Project Spotlight: Bottega Veneta x Nancy Lorenz

We’d like to highlight a great example on Squarespace today: a website for the collaboration between Italian fashion house Bottega Veneta and renowned artist Nancy Lorenz. As a platform that supports creativity and artistic expression, we were thrilled that Bottega Veneta chose Squarespace to showcase Skies and Beyond, the third collection by Nancy Lorenz for Bottega Veneta.

The set of 25 one-of-a-kind leather and suede boxes follows two earlier collaborations between the brand and artist: “Lunar Landscapes” collection of 2003, and the "Botanical" collection of 2002. An artist whose work regularly features in the Chahan galerie in Paris and the Morgan Lehman gallery in New York, Nancy Lorenz creates her pieces using luxurious materials such as mother-of-pearl inlay, lacquer, and gold leaf. The boxes are unique, singular pieces of art that can also be used to store letters, photos, jewelry—the small treasures you want close at hand. The Skies and Beyond collection was exhibited at the Salone del Mobile International Furniture and Design Fair in Milan in April, and can now be admired on http://skiesandbeyond.bottegaveneta.com/ as well as in Bottega Veneta boutiques around the world.

The Skies and Beyond website was built using Momentum, which is a perfect choice for interactive brochures, catalogs, and full-bleed photography portfolios.

Squarespace Ireland: Announcing Our First International Office

After nine years in business, we’re proud to announce that we’ll be setting up our first international office in the great city of Dublin, Ireland, later this summer.

With more and more members joining us from different locations all over the world, we wanted to ensure that we’re providing the best possible customer care we can. The Squarespace operation in central Dublin will serve Squarespace customers around the globe and will initially focus on a variety of customer care roles. The initiative is supported by the Irish National Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation through IDA Ireland, the government agency responsible for the attraction and development of foreign investment in Ireland.

We’re looking forward to being closer to our customers in Europe and beyond as we continue our internationalization efforts.

Interested in joining the Squarespace Team in Dublin? Check out http://www.squarespace.com/career-openings.

Thank You for Helping Us Win a Webby!

We are excited to share that Squarespace is a proud winner of the People’s Voice Award in the Best Home/Welcome Page category in the 17th Annual Webby Awards. We’re told that this year’s competition had 11,000 entries from all 50 U.S. states and over 60 countries worldwide. As a publishing company that empowers others to build beautiful websites, we’re especially honored to receive this particular accomplishment.

Of course, winners of the Webby People's Voice Awards are determined by the online community – so we can’t forget that we owe much of this award to those who have cast a vote, and more importantly, to our customers. We’re humbled by the recognition and will continue to do our best in making the web a beautiful place.

Thanks again for your support in Squarespace!

New Feature Roundup: Page Duplication and More

While we’re pushing out changes and improvements to Squarespace 6 almost daily, we wanted to point out a few recent updates that you might find helpful:

• Duplicate Pages – Since launch, we’ve gotten numerous requests for the ability to create copies of a page within your Squarespace site. As of today, this is now possible. You can find the Duplicate button at the bottom of the Collection Settings area (near the remove and save buttons).
  
• Restore Deleted Collections  – Never worry about accidentally deleting a collection again. You can recover any deleted collections by clicking on “Restore Deleted Collections” under the Search bar in your Website Manager. 
  
• Multiple Backends for Form Builder – Unlimited and Business Account Users can now save form submissions to multiple destinations at once (Mailchimp and Google Docs, for example), instead of selecting just one.
  
• Github Social Icon – We've added the ability to connect your Github profile to Squarespace. Look for the Github icon under ‘Connected Accounts’.
  
  

As always, thanks for being a part of Squarespace!

New Template Design: Adirondack

We’d like to introduce Adirondack, the newest design available in our template collection. Check it out in the template design store.

Adirondack is a modern, clean design built with small business owners and savvy entrepreneurs in mind. Minimal navigation and full header images provide a bold framework for your company or brand. The template is characterized by scrolling effects; the header shrinks to become less obtrusive as you scroll, and the banner image fades out and moves up in relation to the distance you’ve scrolled. Navigation links can be hidden to reduce clutter, and become visible when you hover the mouse over the menu icon or the site title.

Adirondack has a number of customization options that are built into the design. Set the height of the banner image, add a drop shadow around the content area, choose to show the navigation menu or keep it hidden, set the width of the blog text, or add a background image. Adirondack also comes with a contact form or location map that can be easily accessed by clicking the icon in the upper right corner. You can customize this by clicking on the Header Dropdown option in the Style Editor.

Have any questions regarding our newest design? Send us a tweet @squarespace with your comments and questions!