Red Ant Media, Graphic Design & Websites » Website Development

Balmain Association

Ingrid — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 05:26:45 +0000

From initial concepts supplied by UTS design students to the Balmain Association, Red Ant Media set about a redesign of their web site, which we then developed in WordPress so as committee members and other volunteers can easily add new content, make changes and upload files.

Specific elements of the brief from the Balmain Association were that the site was to be have a clean and simple design, that be easy to read and navigate.

Lushous Strings

Ingrid — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 05:16:56 +0000

With our original design for their website getting on to being almost 5 years old, Lushous Strings asked us to redesign their site, and as part of the process create a brand new look for them.

The brief called for a more formal look to be integrated with elements from our previous designs for them, as well as a change in colour palette to reflect this new positioning. For comparison to the new design, examples of our previous work for Lushous Strings can be seen on our site here (old logo) and here (their old website).

With the group requiring constant updates to their site, including events, new recordings, tesimonials and appearances, we developed the site in WordPress for them, including a pricing table structure and an embedded MP3 player for visitors to be able to listen to their recordings.

In keeping with the playful, musical nature of Lushous Strings we have designed a website that showcases their talent and provides the necessary information for people looking to hire them for their events and functions.

The Glebe Street Fair

Ingrid — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 04:10:53 +0000

Commissioned by the Glebe Chamber of Commerce, our design for the 2012 Glebe Street Fair website uses parts of the existing Glebe branding as well as new imagery we developed to build a design that tied in with the “flair of the fair”.

With bold text, and a cheerful colour palate and simple navigation, the site includes embedded Facebook and Twitter feeds to further enhance user experience, and keep content fresh and relevant.

The website has been designed to act as both an information portal for the public and as gateway for potential stall holders to view information relevant information relating to the fair. It includes an online merchant facility to book and purchase stalls.

Etak Thoroughbreds

Ant — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:50 +0000

Wanting to build more awareness for her business, Etak Thoroughbreds, and provide an online listing of her current sales and stock, Kate Nivison asked Red Ant Media to design her a website that was “playful and fun” utilising her favourite colours, pink and orange.

The website needed to be user friendly for both her horse racing industry clients and potential buyers, so as they could quickly access necessary information about the horses, their pedigree and their bloodlines.

Elite Laser & Cosmetic Clinic

Ingrid — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 04:06:54 +0000

After developing a new logo for Elite, their website needed to be re designed to fit into the styling of the new branding. We created a sophisicated and minimal website, that complimented the logo, whilst also appealing to a broader market.

Glebe Website

Ant — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:27:48 +0000

Red Ant Media were asked to develop a an online information portal about the suburb of Glebe. The purpose of the site being to promote Glebe as a destination to locals, the wider Sydney community and state, national & international visitors.

The website includes:

A full business directory, organised by business category,
Profile pages with information about each listed business,
General information about Glebe,
Directions and links for how to get to Glebe, and
A News and Events listing.

While there is still a little more to complete on the project, it is a great example of how quickly Red Ant Media can get something done when under pressure. The whole site took 7 days to complete, as the Glebe Street Fair was only 9 days away when the quote was approved. We were asked to have it up and running for the Fair and we did! Working from an existing style guide, the 7 days included design, html programming, WordPress integration, content migration, testing, hosting set up and a voting platform for an online competition run at the Glebe Street Fair.

St Michael’s Family Centre Colour My World Calendar

Ingrid — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:11:04 +0000

St Michael’s Family Centre is a not-for-profit organisation based in Baulkham Hills. A key part of the centre’s fundraising efforts is the Colour My World 2012 calendar, featuring artwork from Melbourne design studio Printspace. St Micheal’s Family Centre asked us to design both the calendar and the corresponding landing page, based on the themed artwork by Printspace.

La Source

Ant — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 02:19:07 +0000

La Source was using an off-the-shelf installation of WordPress with one of the generic themes when they approached Red Ant Media to build a customised site and theme.

Our initial concepts were built in Photoshop and then coded as static HTML pages for approval. As the client was heading overseas for business we turned the entire site around in two weeks, including the WordPress customisation.

The WordPress theme developed includes a featured slideshow on the home page, custom category filtering and display, automatic image processing for site thumbnails and an English or French language selector.

La Source were also provided with a training session in how to use their customised WordPress site to its full potential.

Artists’ Gallery Space

Ingrid — Sun, 29 May 2011 06:34:01 +0000

Artists’ Gallery Space is a side project by Red Ant Media, it is an online art collective where artists can display their artwork and develop an online presence. Each member can take ownership and control of their profile and promote their art, to the whole internet.

This website design needed to be simple yet effective, keeping in mind of the strong red styled scheme that is across the majority of Red Ant Media’s projects, we were able to develop a website that was clean, fresh and simple.

The navigation was designed to be bold and easy to use when going throughout the website. The artists page is alphabetically ordered, which lists each artists and their website address, similar to a directory.

There is also a genre page with lists the artists according to their form of media that they use.

Managers’ Guide: Disability in the Workplace

Ingrid — Wed, 11 May 2011 04:33:56 +0000

The Australian Network on Disability (AND) is a not-for-profit organisation resourced by its members to advance the inclusion of people with disability in all aspects of business.

They approached us with the brief to re-design their booklet “The Managers’ Guide: Disability in the Workplace” and provide them with an html version, so that the guide can be accessed by a broader spectrum.

The online version of the booklet was to be used in the internal intranet, of companies and corporations on a national scope.

We had to provide the highest accessibility standards, providing a straight forward navigation system and colour scheme for each chapter, as the guide would be accessed by people with and without disabilities.