Web site for New Mexican Restaurant

Just launched is the web site for Kirkwood's best Mexican Restaurant, Amigos Cantina.
If you like mexican food then you will love this restaurant. Visit the web site to explore their menu then jump in the car for a trip to Kirkwood to sample their delights.
www.amigoskirkwood.com

New web site for St Louis development

If you are looking for a St Louis loft appartment or Town House, check out one of our latest web site http://www.embrace4449.com/

The site details the floor plans of a luxury condo and Town house development in the central West End.

The web site is the latest brand element we have created for this project. Next come business stationery and a brochure.

New web site for St Louis Law Firm

Launched today is a new web site for Rossiter & Boock, a St Louis law firm.

The site is very clean and easy on the eye with a simple but effective navigation and focus on content.



You can visit the site at www.rossiterboock.com

New web site in progress for St Louis based Stroco

Currently in progress is a new web site for St Louis based Stroco

Logo for a new St Louis restaurant.

Opening this spring in downtown Kirkwood is a new Mexican restaurant, Amigos Cantina.

We are currently in the process of creating the branding elements and have started with the logo.



The branding project includes everthing from business cards, letterhead and web site to a fun custom designed kids menu. I had the opportunity of sampling a dish created by the chef recently. It was fabulous!

Our first web site launch of 2008

The photographs of ancient Britain take center stage in the web site we created for Sharp Foto. The site features a fabulous collection Castles, from Windsor to a welsh fortress Carreg Cennen, ancient monuments such as Stonehenge and industrial monuments like Clifton Suspension Bridge.

The site features a full content management system allowing photographer Andy Sharp complete control of the site.

Visit the site at http://www.sharpfoto.com/

Our approach to designing web sites

We follow a very methodical process in the creation of web site , here is a simple description of our process...what I like to call the 4 D's


Phase 1 : Define
During this stage we learn from our clients the full scope of their project.

• What do they want to achieve with the website?
• Who is the target audience?
• Who is the competition?

Armed with this information a tactical plan is developed and a full proposal produced to proceed with the project.
This phase of any project is always FREE

Phase 2 : Design
Keeping in mind usability and good web practices a polished concept design is created. This is a collaborative phase where client's feedback is used to refine the design and helps us "home in" on the optimimal "winning" concept design.
Our tools of chice for the design phase are Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.

Phase 3: Develop
The "pictures" created in the design phase comes to life in the development phase of the project. The designs are coded to be understood by web browsers and undergo strict testing to ensure cross browser compatibility. Any functionailty assocaited with a web site is added during this stage.

Phase 4: Deploy
Once the site is complete it is ready to be launched online. The site is uploaded to a hosting account and publicised to the world.

Web Design Projects: Testimonials

I have had some nice compliments of the last couple of weeks for two of the sites I have lauched this year.

The first was for The Rockwood and came from Nathan Shurtleff of RetirementCommunity.com

"nice site design...I have seen quite a few websites geared toward seniors and The Rockwood is one of the best, nice color, good layout and most important... easy to navigate."

The Senior Vice President of the Rockwood agreeed:

"I also certainly agree that you have done a fabulous job with the website...we have gotten many compliments on it as well."

Then today a nice testimonial from Loomis Bros:-

So far, we've had good response to our new website. Thanks so much for all of your help and patience!

Happy clients make me a happy web designer!

New web site for Commercial Laundry equipment supplier Loomis Bros

Launched today is our latest web design project, the re-design of a site for Loomis Brothers.

We developed a completely new look and feel which gives the site more appeal and improves the user experience. The navigation and copy is organised in sections relevant to the users, from those interested in Commercial Laundry system, Self service laundries or Parts and Service.

The site also features a custom blog allowing the client to easily update with news and events.
Visit the site at http://www.loomisbros.com/

Updating our web design portfolio

We have had a very busy summer and although much of our work is featured on our blog, there has been a bit of a backlog of projects which had not been added to our portfolio. Until now!

Our web design portfolio is now up to date and features six galleries. Visit it here. Most of the newer projects are in gallery 6.

Our print design portfolio will be updated next week.

New web site for St Louis company: Throttlenet

I have been working with Throttlenet for nearly 7 years now and in that time have helped them create a brand image for the company though the design of letterheads, business cards, powerpoint templates, trade show displays, interface design and web site design.

Today sees the launch of a new company web site.


Check them out at
http://www.throttlenet.com

On a technical note for those of you requiring a bit of a "geek fix" the site was designed and coded as a fluid site. This means that whatever the size of your browser window the site will horizontally fill it. If the browser window is resized the site will adjust accordingly.

New web site for ArcMelt

Launched today was a new web site for St Louis based ArcMelt.


Visit them at www.arcmelt.com

New web site for Custom Luxury Home Builder; Frontenac Builders

If you are in the market for a custom built luxury home visit the new web site just launched for St Louis based Frontenac Builders.
www.frontenacbuilders.com


The site showcases their current available homes, provides a gallery of projects on which they have worked and provides information about the company

Adding "search" to a web site to improve navigation

We launched a new web site for St Louis based Citizen of Modern Transit (CMT) about a year ago. Since that time the site has grown to such an extent that the original navigational structure was not opperating efficiently.

As with all of our sites, we always design and develop so that if changes are need further down the line they can be easily accomodated and improving the navigation of the CMT site was no exception.

We implement two major chnages to the site to facilitate the user experience The first was the addition of drop down menus enabling vistors to see at a glance the menu choices for each category. The second was the addition of a Google custom search. ...another great free widget by Google. The custom search can be configure to search and return results from the entire world side web, a selection of site or just one site... our choice in this case. The non profit status of CMT also meant that the search results could be displayed without ads.

Google provides all the code so the search function can be easily intergrated into the look feel of any web site.

If the navigation of your web site needs a make over visit us at http://www.indigoimage.com/

New web site for St Louis retirement Community

"The Rockwood" is a retirement community based in Old Webster Groves, St Louis and they contacted us about six weeks ago looking to get a website online ASAP. The site went live today

www.therockwood.com

The site features an important usability option allowing a visitor to easily adjust the size of the type on the page. This is particularly important considering the typical demographic of a visitor to the site.

We welcome your feedback on the site

New Web Design Clients

We have picked up two new clients this week, both for web site design projects.



The first is Frontenac Builders, a builder of luxury homes in and around Frontenac. Prior to starting the project they gave me a tour of some of thier properties and they are spectaluar. We are creating a web site which will engage the high end end market they serve.


Our second new client is "The Rockwood" a retirement community located in Webster Groves

New web site for St Louis Author

Just launched is a new web site for St Louis children's book author, Cynthia Reeg.

It was important that the site appealed to both teachers/parents and children. We created a clean template with a bright and breezy color palette and peppered it with hand custom hand drawn illustrations that were a lot of fun to do!



Visit the site at www.cynthiareeg.com

The site also has a custom blog which already has a couple of entries including a fabulous testimonial ..thank you Cindy!

New web site for Center for Sexual Health: St Louis

Launch this week is a new web site for The Center for Sexual Health

It is Metropolitan Urological Specialists’ newest innovative facility for the greater St. Louis metropolitan community. The purpose of the Center is to provide state-of-the-art comprehensive urological care for men, women, and the couple’s sexual health.

http://www.centerforsexualhealthstl.com/

New web site in production for St Louis Author of Children's Books

We are currently working on a new web site for St Louis author, Cynthia Reeg.

Cynthia writes children's book and provides school visits and wanted a web site which provides good exposure for her on the web, is easy to navigate and friendly towards the search engines.

We are working on a very clean template which is dotted with hand draw line art.

The site is scheduled to go live in about a month.

Fresh look for Valor healthcare web site

Maintaining a consistent image across all communication media is an important aspect when it comes branding.
One of our clients, Valor healthcare, recently introduced an new logo and were eager to update their web site with their new identity. The introduction of the logo on the web site was also combined with a freshenup-up of the header graphics bringing the site in line with the imagergy Valor Healthcare use in their print material.

New web site in production for St Louis company: Throttlenet

We have just completed a design template for Throttlenet, a St Louis technology company.
The look/feel developed for the web site incorporates custom designed icon graphics for each of their main serivce areas, a clean intuative navigation and will be coded as a fluid site. This means the site will fill the entire width of a monitor irrespective of the users resolutions settings.

New St Louis web design client

We have just started work on a new web site for St Louis based "The Melleray Company" The company provides executive corporate housing in the St Louis area. The site is due for launch in the spring.

New web site for Schilli Plastering

Our first released web site of the year is for St Louis based, Schilli Plastering. We designed their original web site 6 years ago, the new site is a far more comprehensive information source, loaded with photo galeries which showcase plastering projects.

Visit the site at
www.schilliplastering.com



If reworking a company web site is something in your New Years agenda conact us at Indigo Image to find out how we can help

Shopping cart for Aeterna Medical Spa

Adding functionality to a web site at a later date is often an important consideration during the design/build phase of a project.

The site we created for Aeterna Medical Spa is a prime example how a site can evolve over time. Originally an informational site it now offers an online shopping experience. Currently site visitors are able to purchse gift cards

New web site design for St Louis Company

Innovative Engineering for industrial facilities is the core business of St Louis based Turnell Corp.

We designed a web site to capture the essence of the company, featuring screen shots of their design tools and delivering pertinent information.

The site went live this week. Visit at www.turnellcorp.com

New web site For St Clair County Transit District

We have recently launched a new web site for St Clair County Transit District. The site offers the user a very clean intuative interface to learn more about the transit options available in St Clair County

New web site designed for Courtyard Lofts

Loft conversions are becoming increasingly popular and over the last few years St Louis has seen a boom in thier development. One of the latest additions is Courtyard Lofts located in The Central West End.

We focused on creating a clean stylish image for the web site with intuative navigation enabling site visitors to cruise around the site with ease



Visit the site at http://www.courtyardloftsliving.com/index.html

New Web Site For St Louis Citizens for Modern Transit

Launched yesterday was a new web site designed for Citizens of Modern Transit.

The site was created to reflect recently redesigned print marketing material. The redesign also presented an opportunity to reorganize the site content and navigation to better serve the users. Distinct sections were developed for Employers and Commuters improving the overall usability of the site.

Two blogs were also developed allowing the client to present their news and announcements as a RSS feed.


Visit the site at www.cmt-stl.org

New Web Site for Valor Healthcare

We have just launched a new web site for Florida based Valor Healthcare.

Valor Healthcare is a government contractor for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and operates VA Community Based Outpatient Clinics. Creating a clean patriotic themed web site was an important consideration in our design process. We teamed it with an inuative navigational tool for ease for use.

Visit the web site at http://www.valorhealthcare.com/

New web site launched for Fair Market Inc

We launched a new web site today for Wentzville based Fair Market Inc



Fair Market is a leader in the wholesale discount food marketand employs volume purchasing providing excellent opportunities to customers and supliers alike.

With this in mind we developed a site architecture which delivers the information unique to each type of user, from excess food supplier to customers looking for food distribution for buffets.

The site will be tied to an extensive product inventory system later this year.

Vist the site at http://www.fairmarketinc.com/

New web site for St Louis Property values

A new web site for St Louis property values was launched yesterday.

The site offers visitors a convenient way to recieved a home valuation via an online questionaire.
Visit the site at www.stlpropertyvalues.com

New web site for MyKnowIt

We have recently completed a web site for MyKnowIt.com, a web based training and communications system.

The web site was part of a complete brand development for MyKnowIt including identity design and the development of a custom dashboard for the application.

Visit the site at www.myknowit.com

New web site for St Louis based Crestmark Companies

We have recently designed a new web site for a St Louis commercial real estate company, Crestmark.
The site went live this afternoon.



Visit the site at

http://www.crestmarkcompanies.com

New web site for School Lunch Solutions

We have just launched a new web site for missouri based School Lunch Solutions. They provide wholesome foods for schools and wanted a web site which would allow school food purchasers to easily view their producst with nutritional information.
Visit them at www.schoollunchsolutions.com

New web site for Safe Harbor in Production

We are currently coding a new web site for Safe Harbor.

Look for the launch in the near future.

New web site for St Louis Medical Practice

We have just launched a new web site forMetropolitan Urological Specialists, a St louis based medical practice.

The group is very young and dynamic and needed a web site which portrayed just that as well as being warm and inviting to it's visitors.

Visit the site at www.metrourology.net

New web site for St Louis Wedding Coordinator

We have recently launched a new web site for a St Louis Wedding coordinator, Sarah Grus. Sarah wanted a high end, elegant web site to feature her wedding planning services.
" I think the site looks fabulous!!!"

Visit the site at www.sarahgrusweddings.com

New website for St Louis based Labor Ad Network

We have just launch a first time web presence for St Louis based Labor Ad Network.

The site promotes the avenues the Network offers to advertise to union members and leaders

Visit the site at www.laboradnetwork.com

Launch of new website for Aeterna Medical Spa

We have recently designed a brand new web site for St Louis based Aeterna Medical Spa.

Aeterna Medical Spa is in the business of “attainable beauty” and required a web site which portrayed just that. Delivering information on their new venture and providing incentives on becoming a preferred customer were other important aspects of the site.

We also provided a content management system so the client could create their own promotional pages.

Visit them at www.aeternamedspa.com

New website for St Louis Golf Club

We have recently launched a completely re-designed website for Paradise Valley Golf Club located in St Louis.

The site uses custom shot photography illustrating the "scenic beauty " of the course. It also promotes their junior golf academy and event facilities.

The size and amount of information presented on the site was a navigation challenge. However we overcame this by designing an elegant drop down menu and offering sub menus within each category ..thus building a muti redundant navigation tool.

Visit the site at www.paradisevalleygolf.com