Typography
Promixa Nova has become the PBDH font of choice. We are using sIFR to display the font in our headings throughout the site. The font it self was chosen during our recent rebranding efforts and is summed up nicely on the Font Shop Web site:
Straddling the gap between geometrics (Futura) and grotesques (Helvetica) and weighing in at 42 fonts, Proxima Nova is one of the most versatile sans serif families available. The coverage of each individual OpenType font is impressive on its own. Each features small caps, lining and old style figures, fractions, dingbats, and extended language support. Also included: useful alternate glyphs that do so much to change the nature of the design, it’s almost like you have several typefaces in one.
The rest of the fonts are rendered by the browser via CSS. Lucida Grande for you lucky Mac people and Verdana or Arial for everyone else. And hopefully those using a PC are fortunate enough to have ClearType enabled. (If not, do it now, you will thank us.)
Photography
All of the photography on this site was taken by PBDH staff photographers Karl Bischoff and Geoffrey Smith unless otherwise noted.
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Code
This site was hand-coded in XHTML with Web standards and validates XHTML 1.0 Transitional. The presentation layer is handled by CSS. The separation of structure and presentation is of great importance to the PBDH interactive department.
CMS/Blog Engine
We use Expression Engine for it's flexibility, extensibility, and all around fantasticness to run our dynamic backend. We are able to inject our own custom PHP where needed and this makes us undeniably happy.
Soundtrack Available on PBDH Records
La Femme D'argent - Air
Sleep Through The Static - Jack Johnson
Pusher Man - Curtis Mayfield
Angel of Death - Slayer
Radiohead - Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
Gold Watch - Lupe Fiasco
Carousel - Iron & Wine
Medication - Queens of the Stoneage
Sober Driver - Dengue Fever
Hey There Fancy Pants - Ween
Paper Planes - M.I.A.
Fine Print
All content featured on this site is copyright of Phinney Bischoff Design House. All rights reserved. See our privacy policy.
The Numbers
- 3
- number of versions of the new pbdh.com before we got it right.
- 1,523
- number of cups of coffee consumed while creating pbdh.com.
- 3,778
- photos taken during the people page photo shoot.
- 3,469
- lines of xhtml holding it all together.
- 32
- unique page templates.