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New Billionaire Boys Club Shop

November 11, 2015 By announcements, Blog No Comments

shop.bbcicecream.com

shop.bbcicecream.com

We’re one month away from the ten year anniversary of the launch of the original Billionaire Boys Club site. And today we officially relaunched the web shop on a new platform (Shopify) and relaunched the NYC Flagship store with a new Point Of Sale system (Shopify POS.)

I spent the last two days at the store, overseeing the switch. A few migration issues aside, the transition has been smooth and the store staff seems very happy with the new system. Previously the physical store was on System A and the web shop was on System B, and we had Some Other Thing sitting in between the two, trying to force these two unrelated systems to work together. Now, on Shopify, the physical store and web shop can share inventory seamlessly. It’s a whole new world!

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New site for Liz Miele

November 4, 2015 By announcements, Blog No Comments

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I was talking to Liz Miele a few weeks ago about redoing her site, and she had the nerve to suggest that we’ve been working together for a decade. That sounded crazy, but I checked back and – sure enough, our first meeting was in the summer of 2005. (Back in the days when people looked at websites on computers, not on telephones!)

So, it was about time for our longest-running Flash site to take its final bow and ride off into the sunset. Today we relaunched Liz’s site for the post-Flash world. (But if you’re feeling nostalgic, and haven’t removed Flash from your browser, you can still view the 2006 and 2010 sites. They’re still fun!)

Some October Launches

October 29, 2015 By announcements, Blog No Comments

It’s been a busy October at Fishbucket! Here’s what we’ve been up to…

Raury

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This young man has some talent! His new album is really interesting and different, and he performed in the first month of Stephen Colbert’s Late Show. It’s exciting to work with a new artist who’s on the way up. We did a quick little two-pager for him, on a site that’s expected to evolve and grow.

Big K.R.I.T.

bigkrit.com

bigkrit.com

We’ve been working for KRIT since early 2012. Earlier this month we gave his site a full update to reflect the style of his new release (using artwork by the great Growing Pains Studios.)

DJ Premier

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premierwuzhere.com

Also this month, we refreshed the look of DJ Premier’s official site, Premier Wuz Here. We reworked the navigation, added a tour page, and gave the site a new tan look for the fall. (And also managed to catch PRhyme when they performed in NYC, which was great.)

Vashtie

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This spring we redesigned Vashtie’s site with a fresh new look. Losing the purples and fun characters from the previous versions and going with a simpler, responsive style. After a few delays and tweaks, we were happy to finally relaunch the new design this month. (But a version of the old animated scene is still available if you’re feeling nostalgic!)

Kirk Knight

thekreeper.com

thekreeper.com

This is a one-pager for Kirk Knight of the Pro Era crew. His debut solo album drops at midnight tonight. The design came to us from his label and we handled coding and responsive-ifying. (And check out that subtle flicker!)

Phew! Can’t say this is all we worked on this month, but this was the bulk of it. On deck for November is a brand new site for comedian Liz Miele and the long-awaited refresh of the Billionaire Boys Club shop.

Onward!

Books – Check ’Em Out

August 3, 2015 By announcements, Blog No Comments

www.nyrb.com

www.nyrb.com

Last month we relaunched the shop for New York Review Books, which is the publishing house of The New York Review of Books. NYRB was running on some awful e-commerce platform, which seemed to be nothing but headaches. So they were very excited to switch over to Shopify.

We’ve set up a bunch of different shops now, but this one let us dive deeper into metafields than any before. (And this sentence about metafields is probably more than most people ever wanted to hear about metafields, so let’s just leave it at that!)

The NYRB crew seems very happy with the change. The site is now easier for them to manage and easier for their customers to deal with.

But don’t take my word for it… (haha I’m full of old book references here!)

Side note: yes, after writing the title above I totally had to go back and look this one up. YOU’RE WELCOME.

New Site & Shop for Lizzie Fortunato

August 7, 2014 By announcements, Blog No Comments

This one was a change of pace from the usual Fishbucket clientele. Lizzie Fortunato is an NYC-based jewelry and leather brand, led by twin sisters Lizzie and Kathryn Fortunato. We partnered up with the talented Winsome Brave again on this one; they handled design and we handled development. The site is half WordPress, half Shopify, with a lot of attention paid to details and keeping the experience seamless between the two sides.

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Slumerican

July 19, 2014 By announcements, Blog No Comments

This one has been in the works for a long time. Back in 2013 I heard from Yelawolf, a rapper from Alabama who’s signed to Shady Records. He wanted a site for his label/collective, Slumerican. And he wasn’t interested in the typical straightforward blog-style site that most artists are going for these days. He was talking an immersive world that you can explore – which was music to my ears, taking me back to the crazy days of all-Flash sites.

So we set out on the long process of gathering photography (most of it shot by the Slumerican crew at real trailer parks down south) and figuring out the best way to make this thing work in the post-Flash world.

The result is this horizontal parallax scene (like the old days!) which pulls in content from instagram/tumblr (like the new days!) There are a few links hidden in the scene that’ll bring up some videos, with plans to hide some more stuff in here down the road.


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It was a fun ride and it’s great to finally launch it. Pop the trunk!

Premier Wuz Here

April 13, 2014 By announcements, Blog No Comments

This post is about a new site we launched this week. But before jumping right into that, let’s go back in time to this post I wrote after seeing Gang Starr live in 2003. I was looking back, thinking “damn, I remember about ten years ago when I used to sit at home, designing stuff on my computer, listening to DWYCK by Gang Starr. And I just saw them perform it live.”

Well, now it’s eleven years after that post, and I’m looking back on it saying “damn, I remember sitting at my computer writing about seeing Gang Starr live – and this week I launched a website for DJ Premier of Gang Starr!” (The only surviving member, unfortunately; this is the second time I’ve looked back on my DWYCK post here.)

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So yeah, Fishbucket is listed in the Shopify Experts directory, and we get a ton of quote requests through there. (Unfortunately more than I usually have time to respond to.) But one of them quickly caught my eye and made me do a double take – DJ PREMIER!?

The site itself is pretty straightforward. He wanted a blog-based site, easy to update, clean design. Blog powered by WordPress, shop by (obviously) Shopify, and we plowed through the design and development stages pretty easily. A smooth process all along, and I look forward to working with Premier and his team on some more projects soon.

Totally honored and happy to announce this one!

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Side note: the above post from 2003 was about seeing a Gang Starr, Talib Kweli and Common show. I made a site for Premier last week and Common in 2008. Kweli, hit me up!

2013 Year In Review

January 1, 2014 By announcements, Blog No Comments

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Oh hey, Happy New Year and all that.

This blog has been quiet over the past few months, but it would be foolish to assume this means that Fishbucket has been asleep. When the workload gets heavy, announcing what we’ve been working on drops pretty far in the priority list. So here’s a look back at Fishbucket’s 2013, and a look to the future.

Rocawear

rocYou know we’re sleeping on updates when we launch the official e-commerce site for Rocawear and don’t take the time to shout “Hey! we launched the official e-commerce site for Rocawear!” This project was done through the good folks over at Iconix. It’s powered by Magento, (which made me appreciate the ease of Shopify all the more, but that’s a story for another day.)

Billionaire Boys Club

bbc-shorter2013 marked the brand’s tenth anniversary, and we’re proud to have been a part of it since the beginning. (or, well, since the beginning of their website in 2005.) 2013 saw a redesign of the site, plus ongoing design and development work. We have some more site enhancements in the works that should be rolled out in the coming weeks.

Slumerican

slumericanA good chunk of time in 2013 was dedicated to the site for Yelawolf’s Slumerican site. This one is going to be awesome – a throwback to the old days when Fishbucket sites were all Flash, and extra quirky and unusual. Although this one’s not using Flash at all. I’m excited to reveal it, which should be happening in the next month or so.

Mechanical Dummy

mdWe’ve been working on Chris Brown’s Mechanical Dummy for a while now, mostly maintenance and development, but in 2013 had the opportunity to completely redesign the site. That redesign isn’t live yet, but will be soon. Very soon. Like, tomorrow soon. Stay tuned.

Cinematic Music Group

smokersWe had ongoing work in 2013 for a bunch of different projects under the Cinematic banner, including Big K.R.I.T., ASTR and Pro Era. Also, a redesigned Smokers Club site which featured a collaboration with the crazy talented Growing Pains Studios.

Shopify

shopsWe somehow gained “Expert” status with Shopify, and launched a few shops recently – including aNYthing and Super Mookin’ Fiends – plus some development work for The Primary Essentials (design and art direction on that one by the great Winsome Brave.)

The Team

I couldn’t talk about 2013 without mentioning the growing team of talented designers and developers who make Fishbucket work. I especially want to mention Nate, Ted and Susan, who have been a huge help in the past year.

2014

Much more on the way, but instead of listing more links I’ll just say “more soon” and that I hope you all have a 2014 of extra-ordinary magnitude.