Our Design Department works on a variety of online projects from large inter-active websites, medium sized e-commerce portals to simple sole-trader sites. We also work on the many, ever expanding, web services which complement a modern online presence:- Emailers, Social Marketing, Image Adverts, Video & Animation.
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So why go through a Design Process at all?
We believe solutions to a projects success can lie in asking Questions which will only arise during a full Design Process.
The Questions asked, and the Decisions made, affect not just the projects look & feel but also how fit for purpose the final project is and thus how well it completes its goals.
Most of the Questions we ask during the design process will provoke discussions both internally within the design team but also with the other departments which make up Absowebly. The most important discussions will be with the Client.
The outcome of these discussions can broadly be separated into:
Content! Content! Content! - this is our mantra. No project can be begin without identifying what type of Data (Images, Copy etc) the project will eventually wish to convey.
The gathering of Content is started during Brief Creation. Here, also, work on the relevant markets are researched and questions of how best the project could fit, or diverse, from current market trends & styles are discussed.
All our discussions and decisions are made visual to the Client during the Visuals Production Stage.
Here layouts are tested and presented before any content data structures are tied down. As no code is involved, large changes can be made - quickly and efficiently. Sometimes vital content would have been identified as absent and questions of how it could be created are made.
Using flat visuals helps maintain a strict distinction between the Design Stage and the further Code Development Stages.
The Design Process will bring to light issues that might not be in the foremost thoughts of the Client at the projects inception, some issues only seem to impact aspects of styling and layout; but taken together and with due consideration can positively affect the success of a project.
Our aim is to produce unique results which fit the projects purpose, have a long shelf life and help give a project Structure, Focus and Success.