From our Berkeley office, we serve clients ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies.

With our commitment to excellence, we offer unsurpassed attention to detail and level of service. We find ways to optimize your budget and maximize your results.

Web technologies

We often get asked what web technologies we use. The short answer is, whatever serves our clients best.

That means we'll take the time in the project definition stage to make sure all good options are being considered. We tend to like the open source CMS, Drupal, for sites that require a fair amount of customization. If your needs are simple, Wordpress might be the best solution, or for very simple sites, just straight html. For eCommerce, we've implemented Magento for complex sites, and services such as Shopify for simpler stores. In other words, We have the breadth of experience to find the most appropriate and cost effective solution for your particular needs.

Our team

Louis Benainous is the founder and principal of Bay Design Associates. He brings the expertise and broad experience essential to his approach to marketing communications – consider the big picture, pay close attention to the details. Louis' broad skill set covers content, creative and technical. He is supported by on-going relationships with top-caliber designers and developers.

Louis first entered the world of media as publisher of The Mother Lode Weekly, a community newspaper in Sonora, California. He has taught in the graphic design department at Laney College and launched Bay Design Associates (originally Benainous Communications) in the early nineties.

He enjoys design and web development for many of the same reasons he enjoys the sport of sailing on San Francisco Bay – graceful lines, teamwork, challenging technology, informed decisions, quick judgments and always something new.