The year has launched with a bang. We’re busy working on an interface design project for a major piece of financial software, finishing an educational game, finalising some event marketing materials and getting going on a series of new websites. Phew!

Everyone in North West London knows that Wenzel’s is the best place to go for fresh bread, lunches and delicious cakes and the Ech team grew up with the brand. As a result we were particularly delighted to be asked to build on their existing brand and develop a new website to showcase the range of products available and their chain of stores.

We have designed and built a new website which We have concentrated on using natural textures and a high impact font that works well in online and print form. The website allows customers to order cakes and food for functions, learn more about the company, apply for jobs and keep up to date with news and special offers. The website is fully content managed to allow Wenzel’s to add new products and information and is fully integrated with social media to tap into the wellspring of interest amongst the local community and to allow others to get involved with the brand.

Beyond the design and programming of the site, Ech have got involved in photography, packaging design and are now enjoying assisting with Wenzel’s shop re-design programme.

Website: www.wenzels.co.uk | Facebook: www.facebook.com/wenzelsthebaker

Style Research, providers of global investment research and portfolio analysis asked Ech to re-design their website. The new site developed for them maintains the clean, clear approach to the brand in line with the clarity of the investment information they provide.

In addition to use of a modern font style we have brought in a series of themed images to represent the areas described including use of the animal kingdom. The site is fully content managed, allowing Style Research to add and edit content, set up new pages, downloads, videos and blog items. We have developed a range of templates which ensure that additional content continues to use the design set for the site upon launch.

www.styleresearch.com/en/

The Brendons group is a well-known chain of estate agents in the Ealing area. They cover the full range of services from residential sales and lettings, through to commercial acquisitions, surveying and auctions.

Ech have developed a series of 3 interlinked websites to help to showcase the range of services Brendons offer and to allow existing and prospective customers to easily get in contact and find out more about the properties on their books at any one time. The new websites are fully content managed, allowing Brendons to edit the pages and add news items. We carried out a custom integration of the property details system they use which means that in real time customers can search and view extensive details of all of their properties including viewing photos at large size within a custom template that is as clear to read as a printed sheet.

www.brendons.co.uk

Green Light are masters of consumer insight, employing innovative approaches to understanding their clients’ markets and purchasing patterns.

Ech were asked to refresh their branding, tackling a new logo and then building from this to produce an updated website, PowerPoint templates and stationery.

The website features a clean, minimalist look to match the fresh, sharp approach Green Light bring. It is fully content managed and makes use of slideshow techniques and image carousels to subtly showcase a range of content within a limited vertical height, making use of the green square motif.

www.greenlightresearch.com

Apteligen use structured analytical methods and present results innovatively to help organisations understand what their data is really telling them.

Ech were pleased to get involved with Apteligen at launch, developing a logo and branding for this new organisation. This branding has been taken forward into a fully content managed website, allowing Apteligen to add testimonials, case studies and edit any and all of the content on the site. We have kept to a minimalist aesthetic in keeping with the clarity of the Apteligen approach.

We were delighted to recently get involved in further developing the site: incorporating Apteligen’s Twitter feed and building further interaction in the form of a carousel slideshow and an interactive approach diagram.

www.apteligen.co.uk

Balance Verbier run courses designed to empower individuals and employees to reach their potential, set and achieve their goals and find fulfilment in their lives.

Ech were inspired by the naturally beautiful setting to create a mountain themed design and to bring in elements of the warmth that the training can give through more organic elements like the butterfly. The website is content managed and makes use of a clear font type, emphasis on quotations and ease of navigation to get its message across.

www.balanceverbier.com

Juke Magazine fills a gap in the world of music magazines, focussing on the weirdness, passion and iconic appearance of music, occupying a space that includes print, online, events, travel and fashion.

Ech were delighted to get involved with the creativity of The Juke, providing the technical skills to turn the Juke’s own design for their website into a fully functioning Wordpress blog. The website is split into 3 main sections, a homepage featuring key articles, ‘backtrack’ a section listing articles and the individual articles view themselves. Each of these sections is tied together by The Juke’s unique design style and our technical architecture gives them the flexibility to continuously change and update articles to build an evolving magazine. Juke’s style is as much about fantastic photography, video and of course audio as it is about original writing and to represent this online we have provided full page image slideshows, post slideshows, embedded video and audio jukeboxes.

www.the-juke.com

The NHS and other public sectors are being asked to make tough decisions to make savings. Simple cuts will not make the grade and with adversity comes opportunities to entirely remodel services to provide better care at a better price. Access Redesign exists to help organisations make this change.

Ech have always had strong links to the public sector and were delighted to be able to get this new start-up off the ground with branding for the new venture and a small website which gives a rapid insight into the organisation. Access Redesign is about reducing complication and we have gone for a simple structure of pages and incorporated a Twitter feed to make it super-easy for Access Redesign staff to keep both their website and social media up to date.

www.accessredesign.com

Over the last two months we’ve launched 10 websites, many of which will be gracing this website shortly. We’ve also been crafiting some fine print work for the RSPCA, Balance Verbier, and Stream Communications. Moving into the world of packaging and shop design we’re delighted to have been involved in some packaging design work for great local chain Wenzel’s the bakers and to be playing our part in their fantastic shop re-fitting programme.

It’s been great in between all that to hear from some existing clients and to be involved in site updates for City Year London, Apteligen and Technical One. Can’t wait for Christmas and a bit of creative rest before we hit the next year running!