"It's not often a website spurs me to write an email of admiration to its designer but yours has! It's visually a joy, and clear and easy to navigate. What a pleasure to happen upon in the midst of a lot of badly designed, jarring sites. Thank you." — Martine Chérau, France
Robin received this email one day in 2007 about the Katywil site she designed. She also designed the logo, which is actually the mountains that you see from the long deck at Bill Cole's house. This is what Bill said about her work:
"Great design almost never happens like this, but it did for me. I had met Robin and knew she was a graphic designer. One of my goals for my ecovillage was to use as much local talent as possible. So I called her. We spoke briefly, and I emailed her a font I like, along with several photos of Katywil, including some of Stone Mountain, which Katywil looks out at.
"She emailed me back a Zen-like, lush, taupe brushstroke of the mountain’s horizon. At first try, she had nailed it: the image, how the font was used, the color, and—perhaps most important—the 'white space.' They were all perfect.
"How many times have people told me, 'Bill, your website is simply lovely.' They’re right. My website glows.
"It doesn’t happen this way in the real world. It does with Robin." — Bill Cole, founder of Katywil Ecovillage
"Great design almost never happens like this, but it did for me. I had met Robin and knew she was a graphic designer. One of my goals for my ecovillage was to use as much local talent as possible. So I called her. We spoke briefly, and I emailed her a font I like, along with several photos of Katywil, including some of Stone Mountain, which Katywil looks out at.
"She emailed me back a Zen-like, lush, taupe brushstroke of the mountain’s horizon. At first try, she had nailed it: the image, how the font was used, the color, and—perhaps most important—the 'white space.' They were all perfect.
"How many times have people told me, 'Bill, your website is simply lovely.' They’re right. My website glows.
"It doesn’t happen this way in the real world. It does with Robin." — Bill Cole, founder of Katywil Ecovillage
(Many shifts have happened for Katywil, so this website is no longer live.)
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