Tekora is a development platform for mobile phones. They needed a promotional site that would showcase their offers, and describe what the service is about in a nutshell.
evbphoto.com – Showcasing creatives
Eric Van Den Brulle needed to showcase his work, we provided him with a simple site, where this emphasis is being put on the work itself. We also did the subsidiary site, evbcreative.com, in the same fashion.
Design Practices: A closer look at the contact page
Every single time a new web project is started here at Nguma, I have a feeling of Deja Vu. The usual suspects are always crashing the party. I am talking about those recurrent pages: Home, About, Contact, Legals. Today’s post is the first of a serie, which theme is an attempt to give a “once and for all” run down of those commonly found entities.
My first dissection will focus on the Contact information page.
A smart contact page isn’t shy at giving as many ways as possible to get in touch. Of course, you will find Name, Address, Telephone and email, but it should never stop there.
Basics
How can you add a bit of dynamism to that dull, cold contact page? First reaction would be to facilitate the spreading of its content. Vcards have been around since the 90’s and are probably the easiest way to ensure your presence in your visitor’s address book.
Here is more information on how to create link to a vcard
Links
Direct access to Social Media profiles should be embedded. You can opt in for a simple list of icons, or be more specific. Links that state clear call to action, such as “Follow us on twitter @nguma” or “See our company profile on linkedin”, tend to be more compelling than just writing “Twitter”, “Linkedin”, “Facebook”…
Give Room to Feedback
Unless you are already using a third party management tool, such as getSatisfaction, now is a good time to think about implementing a feedback form. Going even further, you could custom design a form that already prepares the ground for each type of reason a visitor would want to get in contact. Remember that as long as you keep it simple, people like guidance.
Where to place my contact section?
Having a dedicated area, clearly labeled contact is always a good idea. In addition to that, I personally like to have the basics displayed on every page (footer?). Take a look at our home page, the address, email and phone number are part of the header, and the first thing you read landing on the site. After all, there will always be a portion of the returning visitor whose only goal in to get in touch with you.
Map it out
You have no excuse not to add a link to google maps, or even embedding a map marking your location directly in the page.
Mercbar – Animate the web
Oldies but goodies, Mercbar has been an all time popular. It showcases at the same time home made illustration and flash animation (flash 5 at the time). Done in collaboration with creative wiz Fabrice Frere @ planetfab.
Fantasy Serie #2: Werewolf Tarot
Nguma was commissioned to develop a set of visuals to be presented as playing cards. This is an example of variation on a theme. If you need to decline a certain visual over multiple versions, let us know.
Promotionals
Our past work include visuals for events, cd sleeves, online promotions. We can accommodate with your needs, and help you develop strong visual that incorporate with your brand.
Fantasy Serie #1
This is a mashup of various character portraits, created for a role playing game. Whether its for animation or stills, we love to create character portraits.
Winetwits.com – Sipping into the community
Winetwits was a 40000+ followers and growing twitter community of wine lovers. We undertook the challenge of designing an event system to service this community, as well as an overall visual and interaction chart. We also created a live system that allow people to tweet to wide screens at tasting events about the wine they tried.