Web Design
Engaging, Innovative Designs
Web design is all about communicating your brand, displaying information and guiding your audience towards meaningful actions.
By putting users at the heart of our design work – we can translate everything we know about them into designs which actually resonate with them and inspire action.
When we work on web design projects, we are concerned with not only what looks great, but what is going to result in the objectives and success measures for the project.
We have completed design projects for a wealth of organisations, from arts and culture organisations like Southampton City Art Gallery to start up tech companies like Kelda Technology.
Web Design Process
Within the design phase of website projects, we work through these steps to end up the perfect design.
Design Brief
A written document outlining the boundaries of the design.
Covers off how we will use your brand guidelines, the website colour palette, typography, image styles and more.
Wireframe
A grayscale website prototype showing navigation & page structure.
Allows you to start planning content, test user journeys and get a feel for the features & functionality on the website.
Concepts
Once you are happy with the page wireframe, we will translate this into mockups.
We tend to start with the homepage and then expand this out onto other pages once you are happy with the overall direction.
Let us get those creative
juices flowing
Design is not just about making things look great, but it is also about considering the psychological elements of how people consume web pages.
By putting users’ goals, frustrations and expectations at the heart of our design, we are able to create experiences which generate results.
Get in touch with our team to start the process of turning your objectives or ideas into stunning, yet effective, designs.
We are happy to accept pre-prepared briefs, as well as invitations to tender – you can send these to [email protected]
Take a Look at Some Past Web Design Projects
Kelda Technology – WordPress Website
Kelda came to us for a refresh of their website's design to give their products a cool, tech-focused feel
CVAN South East – WordPress Website
We designed and developed a new WordPress website for CVAN Southeast to help them grow their regional presence in the arts sector.
User Experience & Analytics
Part of both planning and evaluating design is concerned with understanding your users.
Before we start any design work, we recommend a series of user experience and analytics tasks which can help to truly understand the motivations, passions and goals of the people you want to engage.
Once your website is live, we suggest continuing to use this information, as well as recording behavioural data to analyse how well your website is performing with your different audiences. This can provide invaluable user insights which can help inform iterative changes and tweaks to optimise performance.
Principles of Great Design
Want to know more about the theory behind design work?
We’ve drafted an in-depth piece on the core principles of design. This covers off more than 26 different principles including:
- Hicks Law
- Rule of Thirds
- Occam’s Razor
These principles have been tested and proven time and time again. They may contain useful insights for you in considering how to approach design for your website or for other design projects.
Want to see what we can do?
For an initial, no obligation conversation about your website, get in touch today and see what's possible.
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