Pomegranate

Pomegranate Planning

Website design for Barbara Milgram, a market researcher.

Objectives

  • Focus on “Pomegrante” in business name & conceptually.
  • Site should feel “fresh” and modern.

Solutions

  • Added pomegranate tree to logo and made pomegranate illustrations to help define concept.
  • Used lots of white space and basic shapes to convey a modern, clean feel.

  • Branding
  • Illustration
  • Web Design
  • Wordpress
  • XHTML/CSS
The

The Solopreneur Life

The Solopreneur Life is a new resource for solopreneurs which provides wisdom, tips, insight, and resources.

Objectives

  • Site should clean and easy to use.
  • Site should be comfortable, warm, thought provoking, and entertaining.
  • Site design should reflect what the concept of “open landscapes” and new possibilities.

Solutions

  • We decided not to over-complicate the design in order to make sure it was easy and comfortable.
  • Warm colors and tones were used.
  • A landscape with a large sun and sky in the header was used as a metaphor for possibilities.

  • Branding
  • Web Design
  • Wordpress
  • XHTML/CSS
Life,

Life, Business, and the Pursuit of Truth

Life, Business, and the Pursuit of Truth is the personal blog of Alexis Neely where she talks about discovering her truth, sharing it, and helping others discover their own truth.

Objectives

  • Focus on the concept of “transparency”.
  • Make blog easy to use and read.
  • Make sure everything is ordered in presentable in an easy to understand way without looking crowded.

Solutions

  • Provide a clean design.
  • Careful construction of typography and layout.
  • Liberal use of white with a few warm colors to temper it.

  • Web Design
  • Wordpress
  • XHTML/CSS
IttyBiz

IttyBiz

Ittybiz is a comprehensive resource for marketing information and help for very small businesses.

Objectives

  • Make site design and elements more cohesive
  • Focus more on business areas of site
  • Present most useful information to visitor with first glance

Solutions

  • Tied everything into one distinct style
  • Featured shop products on home page
  • Implemented magazine-style layout on home page to feature information

  • Illustration
  • Web Design
  • Wordpress
Memory

Memory Keepers

Memory Keepers is a photo preservation and restoration service in Dallas.

Objectives

  • Building branding and online presence.
  • Convey friendly service.

Solutions

  • Made illustrations of friendly characters.
  • Gave design a retro touch to convey personality.

  • Branding
  • Illustration
  • Web Design
  • Wordpress
Koldo

Koldo Barroso

Koldo Barroso is one of the owners of Intuitive Designs. His web site is dedicated to art, illustration and stories of magic, mystery and imagination.

Objectives

  • Project a design that represents the artist’s world without stealing attention from his work.
  • Create a Home page featuring the latest updates.
  • Integrate a store into the existing web site.

Solutions

  • Used elements and illustrations from the artist’s style in a simple manner.
  • Created different modules for the most important updates.
  • Created a page for each product.

 


  • Branding
  • Illustration
  • Web Design
  • Wordpress
Laurie

Laurie Gay.com

BluePrint Balance is run by Laurie Gay, a writer, lawyer and coach who helps burnt-out corporate employees discover the energizing careers that they are meant for and express the best of themselves in work and in life.

Objectives

  • Come up with a branding that reflected Laurie and her business.
  • Get Laurie’s online business presence set up.

Solutions

  • Provided a design structure that allowed for easy access to Laurie’s services and offerings.
  • Provided a sophisticated design with a small touch of whimsy.

  • Branding
  • Wordpress
  • XHTML/CSS
Reading

Reading Local

Reading Local is an attempt to expose and promote local literary communities. The sites have tons of information including reviews, interviews, events, news, and more. They are publishing in several major cities across the U.S.

Objectives

  • Make a landing page for site that serves as hub for sub-sites.
  • Portray Reading Local as a leading literary resource throughout U.S.
  • Make sure design reflects existing site.

Solutions

  • Provide a clean minimalistic design to match exiting site.
  • Put site in Wordpress MU for easy updating throughout sub-sites.

  • Illustration
  • Web Design
  • Wordpress
  • XHTML/CSS
American

American Chamber of Commerce Morocco

We worked along with MTDS to provide a new site design for the American Chamber of Commerce in Morocco.

Objectives

  • To update existing site design.
  • To reorganize site information in a clear and useful way.
  • To attract new visitors to site.

Solutions

  • The colors were changed from red,white, and blue to neutrals and other colors to reflect the Moroccan culture.
  • Design was carefully constructed to allow for a clean display of information.
  • Site was moved to Drupal for easy updating and organization.

  • Drupal
  • Web Design
  • XHTML/CSS
West

West Coast Hype

West Coast Hype was a web marketing company located in beautiful Vancouver.

Objectives

  • Convey their services in a clean and coherent way.
  • Make sure design looked cutting edge and modern to fit within an industry that is ever-changing.
  • Reflect the beautiful Vancouver area in the design where they were located.

Solutions

  • Use an unexpected color scheme to convey a modern touch.
  • Icons were designed to call attention to key services.
  • Large photos were used to show beautiful local scenery.

  • Illustration
  • Web Design
  • XHTML/CSS

Key:

  • Branding
  • Drupal
  • E-Book Design
  • ExpressionEngine
  • Illustration
  • Web Design
  • Wordpress
  • XHTML/CSS