Web design, ecommerce and branding.

The Templar Knights Partnership was formed in September 2010 to promote the Knights Templar City of Tomar, in Portugal.

The partnership wants to do this in a number of ways:

Work with the local tourist board to promote Tomar
Boost local business by selling wine from the region
Provide an information service and publish guide books
Run guided tours for visitors

10th Planet were asked to give the project an identity and create a website which looked modern and was easy to use but which reflected the deep history and heritage of Tomar and the fascinating history of the Knights Templar.

The website is the hub of the operation and covers:

Information about the partnership
Several photo galleries
A shop to sell local products, guide books, wine and tours
A historical resource

We decided that a WordPress installation would allow the partnership to constantly update and renew the content and also offer an ecommerce and photo gallery solution.

templarknights.eu

In the run up to the release of the DVD, Sheffield Vision came back to us to update TheBeatisTheLaw.com with the new and finalised branding. We’ve been with this project from the beginning, so were happy to be on board to take it to it’s final incarnation on the web.

This time the root of the core design came from The Designer’s Republic, the influential design studio that set up in the middle of the documentary’s focus period, rather than Martin Bedford, like last time.

The main challenge when turning a print design into something that will work on the web is making everything work within a medium that you as a designer has very little, if any control over how the viewer will see it in the end. You then have to factor in elements of usability, flow and user experience, all without sacrificing the aesthetic quality of the original design… Fortunately, we’re well versed in that

The site’s content was all in place from the last version of the site, so it was important that it all stayed in place and the cross over between versions was perfectly smooth as nether us nor Sheffield Vision wanted to see any downtime on the site. This meant having to readjust a lot of content to fit into a very different form factor, as well as moving and reorganising the structure, all without changing the site’s internal structure, to avoid losing the PageRank.

In need of a complete re-brand, promotional materials and a web presence all at once? You’ve come to the right place! This is what we mean when we talk about being a full service agency, unlike many agencies who farm work out, we can do everything in house, meaning you can be confident about the quality of work you receive across the full spectrum of creative media.

N&SE Coffey are a family run building firm, specialising in high quality domestic refitting and home improvements. They wanted a corporate identity that would extend a professional, reliable yet approachable personality. We delivered a modern, forward looking personality that infers dependability.

We also built them a portfolio website that would complement the brochure and promotional materials. By doing this at the same time we were designing the print materials meant that we could enforce brand cohesion across all the material.

www.coffeybuilders.co.uk

Dave Butcher started compiling lake light in late 2009 from his extensive portfolio of photography taken over a number of years. Lake Light is his third book covering his work in and around the Lake District. It’s also the first book that he decided to self-publish, lending him a little more leeway in the book’s presentation. That’s where we came in.

We developed Dave’s corporate identity a couple of years ago whilst creating his business cards, promotional literature and exhibition material. We also rebuilt  his website last year, but had so far missed out on producing a book for him due to him being locked into working with his publishers.

We jumped on the opportunity to create a stylish, elegant piece of work that followed Dave’s brand guidelines properly and really helped to show off his work in a way it deserves. The photographs are what it’s all about, and the brief was to allow them to tell their own story without distractions, whilst at the same time also provide enough information about them for the casual reader without having to refer to an index. However, if you do want to know more there’s a full technical index at the back with details of the camera used, film type and format of each shot.

As well as the photographs themselves the book has a section containing useful information and technical details to help the budding photographer learn his craft, and this is where Dave’s meticulous attention to details and documentation really shine through.

Each plate is numbered and plotted on a map at the front of the book, so you can even go to the lake district and see each of the sites Dave visited for yourself.

We worked closely with Dave throughout the making of Lake Light to make sure that we lived up to his high standards, even to the extent of arranging for him to visit our printers as the books were running through the press in order to inspet and fine-tune the quality and we were delighted to deliver a product that does his work justice.

You can purchase Lake Light direct from the Dave Butcher from his website.

How do you make orthotic shoes sexy? This was the challenge posed to us with this project. The client wanted to steer clear of any medical connotations and focus on trying to make the product a desirable fashion item.

We started by choosing a look that would ooze exoticism, style and class, so the customer would feel like they were looking at a truly exceptional product. We created a baroque inspired design, filled it with luxurious reds and purples and added subtle textures to bring about a decadent, yet intimate theme.

From a technical view, the Concept Footwear includes a variety of features that help bring the site to life. Each style of shoe includes an interactive 360 rotating view, a feature that required us to carry out product photography and image preparation work for each style. The site was designed to be compatible with all browsers, but included some extra flourishes for people with more modern browsers such as AJAX based loading of available styles by brand and custom fonts using Flash.

It was important to the client to include customer feedback, so we implemented customer reviews and a star rating system, together with a moderation panel for the client. The customer can leave feedback about a product without ever leaving the page they’re on and is invited to join the Concept Footwear mailing list, providing a mechanism to create a customer database.

www.conceptfootwear.co.uk