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The Pyramid Scheme Bar and Venue

Web Design + Development
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Where Everybody Knows Your Name

If you ask around, it won’t take long for you to find out that I can almost always be found hanging out in or around the Pyramid Scheme. When I got the opportunity to redesign their website, it was almost too good of a project to pass up. Almost.

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You can’t find a better neighborhood pub and concert venue in downtown Grand Rapids. I mean, where else consistently has 25+ pinball machines, cheap pints from diverse microbreweries around the state, and even a jukebox.

Seriously, what are you waiting for? Find a show and go!

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Since it was still in my early days of full site builds, I originally designed the layout in Illustrator, and then hand coded in Brackets. I also used the Timber framework on top of WordPress, which made the templates so much better to work with.

All of the events are managed by Tribe Events and TicketWeb. In addition to buying tickets there, finding a show to go to is as easy as visiting the Events page.

And if you aren’t already, you should follow them on Twitter and Instagram.

By now, the website also has had a good amount of iterations. It started with a very gridded and light layout. Over time, it has slowly been growing into a more personalized theme. And by personalized, I mean I’ve added a little extra grunge, and a little extra detail.