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One-page websites

Joe — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:57:58 +0000

I’ve just completed a one-page website for the Three Classicists exhibition, exhibiting at the RIBA in May. One-page websites are a great way of presenting information in a very simple, fuss-free way. They are cheap to set up, which is especially good for short events like this. I can usually set one up in a day – do contact me if you would like a quote for one.

I also set up a one-page website recently for my good friend Kris of McDermaid Design. This was a little more complex as I used WordPress as a CMS so he could update the page himself, but still a very cost-effective way of setting up a site.

New Senchi Apparel homepage

Joe — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:59:15 +0000

I’ve just finished a new homepage design for Senchi Apparel who wished to refresh the page by incorporating a large main image on rotation, and smaller ‘banner’ links to special offers etc. There are also links to Facebook and Twitter enabling customers to receive additional news updates and offers from the company. By changing the background to black we were also able to increase the site’s visual impact.

New website for Working Group goes live

Joe — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:19:50 +0000

I originally designed the website for Working Group five years ago, as one of my first freelance projects. The original website was built with Flash in order to offer an unrestricted font choice and provide simple fade effects.

Old website - homepage

Old website - thumbnail menu

Old website - project page

Five years on, and I’m pleased with how the website has aged. By keeping the layout simple and refraining from using stylistic cues, it doesn’t look outdated. However the company wished to refresh the design, a cosmetic facelift if you like.

New website - homepage

The layout was simplified, some extraneous pages removed, and thumbnail image menus reduced to simple text navigation. The typography was simplified to Akzidenz-Grotesk for titles (via the excellent Cufon method) and Arial for body copy. The result is a simple, to-the-point website which lets the work speak for itself.

New website - project page

By converting the website from Flash to HTML, the company have already seen increased traffic through improved SEO. Building with WordPress means the company staff can easily update project text and manage the images using the NextGen Gallery plugin.

New website - project page