COREWARE. Design Portfolio

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1 COREWARE Design Portfolio

2 Coreware Design Services As a specialist technology company, the majority of Coreware s work arrives with artwork from agencies. Most of the corporate companies Coreware work with have established corporate identities and strict design guidelines, however a small percentage of Coreware s clients are SMEs, charities and start-up businesses that require some level of design service. For this reason, Coreware have an in-house design team who work closely with the Coreware development team to create websites, apps and widgets that combine functional, aesthetically pleasing design with cutting edge technology. Our in-house design team can also offer a range of design services including: Corporate / brand identity & logo design Business stationery and printed marketing material such as brochures Digital marketing material such as PDF s, CD-Roms and You-Tube videos Website and web widget design, software Interface design and mobile app design

3 Logo and Identity Design Any visual communication between a business and its clientèle is strengthened by the use of a corporate identity. This is a set of guidelines listing specific colours and typefaces, which together with the company logo, creates a unique and instantly recognisable appearance through all media. Citizen Green For many of Coreware s clients setting up a business, the first step in designing their website is to create a corporate identity and logo, which then sets the tone for the rest of the site. As with any design process, the first stage is information gathering. Coreware need to understand what your business does, who it deals with and what message you need to portray through your logo. SUSSEX RETRO CAR CLU B A process of refining then takes place until everyone is satisfied, then the new logo and identity can be applied to your new website design. A selection of logos Coreware have created are on the opposite page. STAR-IDAZ Global Network for Animal Disease Research Torbridge Group a caring service for all our animals School of Performing Arts Chelsea

4 Print & Digital Media Once established, the Coreware design team can use your new logo and Identity as the basis for designing just about any form of business stationery or marketing material. This may include: Business cards Letter headed paper Microsoft Office templates PDF documents mailshots Posters T-Shirt Designs

5 Website Design E-commerce Websites There are many factors involved when designing websites which include: Functionality: Will the design integrate seamlessly with the back-end technology? Aesthetics: Does the site look good and present the company in a professional manner? Marketing: Will the design appeal to the right target market? Are the key marketing messages and prompts in a prominent place? User Experience: Is the design intuitive enough for the end user to navigate freely? Availability: Can the site be accessed by disabled visitors? Can the site be accessed across all Internet enabled media? Flexibility: Is the design flexible enough to be easily updated with content, or phased design changes to keep the site contemporary? Mark Parkhouse Jewellers Dealing in antique jewellery, Mark Parkhouse wanted a stylish, elegant website that reflected his shop premises. Inspiration was taken from the shop decor to create a template for the Commerce-Core back-end driving the site. Working from your brief, the Coreware design team will ensure that the above criteria is met, then create a mock up design, which after a QA process will become the template to your website. The following pages illustrate examples of websites that Coreware have designed: Kersplat Kersplat is an online shop specialising in toys and retro games. The site design needed to be bright and funky, yet practical enough to allow the Magento back-end to dynamically change the content depending on settings. The site is still in beta development.

6 Charity Websites Limb Loss Information Centre The LLIC site is a news and information site for people affected by limb loss. LLIC wanted a blog-style site with easy to use, clear navigation. Coreware created the LLIC Identity then constructed a custom Wordpress theme based around it. Windmill Hill Windmill Bader Braves Coreware had already designed and built the Douglas Bader Foundation website using Wordpress, when they were asked to add an extra section to the site for the Bader Braves which is aimed at youngsters. The trustees of the Windmill Hill windmill wanted a brochure style website encouraging new visitors through interaction. Coreware designed a bright, friendly website that is easy to navigate, includes lots of information and features a webcam of the windmill.

7 Start-Up Businesses Official Certificates Official Certificates supply replacement UK certificates. Using lots of imagery made the site bright and cheerful whilst clearly defining the certificate categories, easing navigation. School of Performing Arts As a new start-up business, the School of Performing Arts were unable to supply Coreware with any visual material at all, so Coreware created the logo and identity and used stock art images to give the site a visual appeal. Sussex Retro Car Club SRCC wanted a fun, retro looking website for their retro car-hire business. The 1970s TV plays a slideshow of car images and the old calendar shows the correct date every day.

8 Website Re-Designs Charter Veterinary Hospital Group The Charter Vets website was predominantly aimed at B2B but they wanted the focus changing to consumers in order to push their small animal services. Coreware redesigned the site and upgraded it to Wordpress to allow greater flexibility and control. Colo-X Review Contracts Review needed some fundamental changes to how their site operated, so they opted for a complete re-design during the upgrading. The logo was supplied but the rest was done by Coreware. Colo-X moved from a static, brochure site to a dynamic magazine style site so needed a complete design review in the process. Using the existing logo and identity, Coreware re-designed the site, fitting in lots more content with a more contemporary look.

9 Informative Websites Motorbase Motorbase is a massive encyclopedia covering just about every motor vehicle ever produced. The brief was to organise all this information in a way that would make searching and browsing much easier. The Motorbase site also includes a shop section, classified ads section and news articles as well as advertising for revenue stream. All of these elements had to be carefully considered when designing the site. Coreware were supplied with the data and the logo, but the layout and look and feel were created by Coreware. The Management Channel Information, articles and videos aimed at management. Another Wordpress site, Coreware designed the logo, identity and website from the ground up with only a short brief to work from.

10 The Forge Templates The Forge is where Coreware experiment with new ideas and new technology. One such Forge project is Big Clucker. Based (loosely) around the TV show Big Brother, the stars are chickens that can be viewed all day long through a series of interlinked webcams. Viewers can vote for their favourite chicken and can remotely control the chickens being fed. The site design and build has all been done internally, but is not yet live. As well as designing their own clients websites, the Coreware design team have also produced designs and templates for third party companies and freelancers. Designs could be delivered as Photoshop PSD files, as HTML or as Wordpress, Magento or Joomla themes.

11 App Designs This ipad app allows jewellery shop assistants to help their customer select their chosen stone and band to create their own personal, perfect ring. The app is bristling with technology in the background, using wi-fi connections to query a central database, but the design is elegant to look at and intuitive to use. All design work was carried out by Coreware. This was an iphone app designed to help students with revision homework. The design needed to be bright and friendly to appeal to teenagers whilst being intuitive and engaging. The app used a combination of custom graphics and buttons together with standard iphone IOS system buttons and navigation.

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