Design

Areas of expertise

We possess a strong knowledge and experience in HTML, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), animated GIF, Javascript and Flash animations programming.

In regard to design, our vision of a successful Website involves two important aspects: a clear content (the structure) and an attractive look (the visual elements).

1. Structure

Our first concern consists of evaluating the whole content of the site and the way in which it will be grouped together and classified. This step is of prime importance in designing a clear structure that will allow visitors to navigate easily within the site, without becoming disconcerted. Indeed, visitors are more likely to stay on a site in which finding things is efficient and easy. We thus have to put some effort on the Website's ergonomy and ease-of-use. Obviously, the larger the site, the greater the work that is needed to keep it clear and simple.

A list of the important elements to highlight then needs to be drawn up and an outline prepared of the pages' visual structure so that the elements are well positioned.

2. Visual elements

They represent our passion: finding different visual solutions, creating a mood, an original visual impact. As a visual artist, we tend to approach Website creation somewhat like painting. By means of play of colors, layout, clip art, photographs, etc., we strive to catch the spirit and the caracteristic energy of the company or organisation.

In addition, small animated drawings or clips can enhance a site's appeal or draw visitors' attention to targeted content. Our approach always aims at staying simple, without visually agressing visitors nor irritating them with downloads that take too long.

Our complementary abilities

Thanks to our music and visual-arts background, we are able to offer services that can complete a site's contents without having to resort to different professionals:

• Music recordings: We have not only a small studio at our disposal that allows us to make fine audio recordings but also MIDI instruments for easily creating various musical arrangments. From such sources, we can create musical pieces or excerpts in WAV or MP3 files that can be listened to from you Web site.
• Artistic drawings and clip art: We can create custom drawings specially designed for your site as well as works in different mediums (charcoal, pastel, watercolor or acrylic) for embellishing it.
• Photographs : Without claiming to be a professional photographer, we are nonetheless able to take photos ourselves, for the purposes of the site, that most clients will find satisfactory.