case studies

 

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A complete rebrand and new dynamic site for UKCountryRadio.com

A vibrant new media website

UKCountryRadio website

 

Award winning national online radio station UKCountryRadio.com wanted a complete refresh for their website, with an associated rebrand for the entire station.

The brief:
a) design a new fresh vibrant image for the site and logos .
b) develop for speed of update - automating as many functions as possible for this constantly changing complex media site in order to save the extremely busy owner as much time as possible.

A dynamic site was devised, to include automated daily schedule listings, updates and databases for artists and schedules, with associated CMS for the client.

Work completed

  • New fresh media concept
  • A complete new 50+ page site
  • A suite of dynamic pages
  • Dynamic daily schedule listing
  • Content Managment System
  • Automation of site features
  • New logos and icons

Building a brand with Apollo Ensemble

Fast-tracked site

Original fast-tracked site for Apollo Ensemble

Finalised site (click to enter)

Finalised Apollo Ensemble website

New creative product design division of technical design company GSPK of Knaresborough, Apollo Creative needed to promote their new flag-ship product, the Ensemble.

Ensemble was on the point of launch, customers needed an information point, and an immediate new website was critical to the successful promotion of the product.

Brief 1: Fast-track a brand new site. A temporary site to provide key product information and communicate the company's message was launched within a few weeks.

Brief 2: Develop a much more sophisticated site, with more pages and more site functionality. Along the way, this lead to the development of a product logo and some promotional material.

Further briefs requested the development of a suite of over 30 software icons, artwork for lasering onto product casing, technical label artwork and formatting for a technical manual.

Most recently: the development of an online shopping page, initially using PayPal.

Work completed

  • Fast -tracked site
  • Finalised site, constantly updated
  • Logo for use throughout brand
  • 2m high exhibition banner
  • Promotional postcard
  • 30+ software block icons
  • 2 product software icons
  • Software icons for Ensemble customer
  • 4 tray icons
  • Artwork for 4 technical labels
  • Laser artwork for product casing
  • Formatting of 65 page technical manual
  • Paypal online shopping page

 

Ratatat Theatre Company – a sequence of design requirements


The first brief (click to enter)

Ratatat Theatre website

The second site (click to enter)

Henrietta Rabbit website

The brief: A simple site to advertise the current show for a local theatre company and pull together archive information for previous performances.

The result: The required fast-track site….which over the next 6 months was modified to incorporate more features: picture galleries, music players, an e-program for visitors to the performance to download and print.

A second site, for one of the partners of the theatre company, who runs a children’s entertainment agency. A logo, business card and cd cover – various display items for a major trade exhibition.

Work completed

  • e-program for 'The Wind in the Willows'
  • CD cover for the show soundtrack
  • Rabbit logo for Henrietta Rabbit Entertainers
  • Business card
  • Exhibition display artwork
  • Artwork for magic trick envelope

 


 

Affordable sites for Musicians

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Heath Lanzillotti website

 

Self-employed musicians are notoriously short of cash in the early stages of their careers! In the examples here, Empathy Design was able to work with both musicians to an affordable budget without compromising on the rich media features and funky design essential for an ambitious and talented musician’s website.

Both sites are constantly updated with new image galleries, audio samples and video clips.

Work completed
  • Suite of business cards promoting different aspects of activities
  • Display postcard
  • Simple content management system

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