Saturday, April 29, 2017

Use Graphic Design to Effectively Communicate Your Message


At Project6 Design we understand that graphic design is not just about style, but rather it is the most effective way to communicate.  This is why it is important to partner with seasoned graphic designers who know how to help you produce materials that speak to your audience in a clear and concise manner.   

Since our job is to help you communicate your message, we start by asking lots of questions and getting to know your product, your content and just what it is you are selling.  The Project6 team is then better equipped to work with you to design content that supports and strengthens your existing brand image, or if need be, to develop a new streamlined corporate identity.  Our services include creating relevant and effectively branded designs including logos, conference materials, marketing collateral, brochures, videos, trade show booth and stationery systems as well as website design and development. 

Often clients turn to us for help in solving problems such as having too many different messages that have been communicated over a period of time in various print pieces produced from different vendors.  We approach these types of problems by re-tooling the brand image and focusing on clarity of message and consistency, creating a clean, fresh look that better reflects the company’s personality. 

Trust the experts at Project6 Design to help you develop your messaging and to provide rich content and imagery that not only supports your brand but establishes a two-way communication with your customers.  We offer effective business solutions and have been honored to work with some of the leading high tech, retail, educational and non-profit organizations in the world.  Please contact us to see how we can help your company to communicate a strong, consistent message. 

Project6 Design, founded in 2001, is an award-winning graphic design firm committed to using intuitive design to shape brands and solve complex usability problems. We collaborate with clients to help them portray their brand's story and to communicate it in a clear and compelling way.  For the best brand, print or web design services, contact Project6, the leading San Francisco design agency.

Monday, April 24, 2017

Redesigned Website for Home Automation Company Wins Davey Award


The Project6 Design team was pleased to hear we won a 2016 Davey Award for the overhaul and redesign of a website for the luxury home automation company, ELAN.  Sponsored by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts (AIVA), the awards recognize the best creative work from among small agencies, firms and companies across the globe.  This year’s winners were selected from almost 4,000 entries.     

The AIVA, a 700 plus member organization made up of leading professions from within a variety of disciplines in the visual arts, judges and oversees the Davey Awards.  The organization is committed to embracing progress and recognizing the evolving nature of traditional and interactive media. 

Project6 Design’s recent overhaul of ELAN’s website resulted in a clean, visually appealing site that is easy-to-navigate, update and maintain.  In fact the new website design better complements the company’s goal of simplifying and enhancing a connected home.  

ELAN’s business model involves creating private network hubs for their customers that seamlessly combine music, TV, climate, lighting and other home systems with an easy-to-use interface that puts the user in control whether at home or away.  An ELAN system allows users to see, hear, and respond to visitors while sitting on the couch, in their car or out of the country.  

ELAN is an award-winning company in their own right as the newly introduced ELAN 8 was recognized at CES 2017 with the “2017 Human Interface Product of the Year” award from the Consumer Technology Association’s Mark of Excellence Award Program Committee. Offering enhanced interface, powerful new user managed features and voice control through Amazon Alexa, the new software eliminates the need for multiple apps and control switches as everything can be easily controlled through the intuitive ELAN system. 

Please see our website for more information regarding our graphic design and web development solutions.  We have extensive experience working with a variety of companies and nonprofit organizations.    

Founded in 2001, Project6 Design is an award-winning graphic design firm committed to using intuitive design to shape brands and solve complex usability problems.  By collaborating with clients, we help them portray their brand's story and communicate it in a clear and compelling way.  For high-quality brand, print or web design services, contact the top San Francisco design agency.

Saturday, April 15, 2017

Don’t Believe Us – Listen to What Our Customers Have to Say


For more than 15 years, Project6 Design has helped our clients to portray their brand’s story and to communicate it in a clear and concise way.  We have successfully worked with large retail and high-tech companies as well as respected educational and nonprofit organizations.  Our clients include many household names such as Old Navy, Gap, Goodwill, Pottery Barn, John Muir Health, Stanford, and the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.  

However do not just rely on our word that we have many satisfied customers but rather read some honest reviews from actual clients.  As one San Francisco client explains, “The team is so easy to work with. They have a wide range of experience and such a great eye for design. I love their work.”   

Another happy customer writes that the “Project6 team was wonderful to work with!!  They completely redid our academic department website.”  They go on to say, “They gave us a very fair price, brought us along in the creation process, and pushed us towards a more current-looking site. Most importantly, they built a site that is really easy to work within.”  Still another client relates how we simplified the enormous task of redesigning their website and marketing materials “with creativity, responsiveness, and detailed project coordination.” 

These reviews are reflective of our goals each time we commit to a project.  Our entire team works to include the client in the creative process and to build unique, visually appealing websites that are simple to navigate and easy to maintain and update.   We invite you to contact us to learn how we can help strengthen your brand or create a new one, design print materials, or develop a highly-usable website.   

Founded in 2001, Project6 Design is an award-winning graphic design firm committed to using intuitive design to shape brands and solve complex usability problems. We collaborate with clients to help them portray their brand's story and to communicate it in a clear and compelling way.  For the innovative brand, print or web design services, contact Project6, the leading San Francisco design agency.

Saturday, April 8, 2017

Redesigning a Literary Translation Ecommerce Website


We are pleased to announce the launch of our latest website redesign project, the Center for the Art of Translation. The organization’s mission is to find new, overlooked and underrepresent voices, brought into English by the best translators and to celebrate the art of translations.  The nonprofit organization is based in San Francisco and was founded in 2000 by Olivia Sears, an Italian translator.   

Project6 Design’s task was to take two disjointed and somewhat ineffective websites (both CAT entities) and to build a consistently branded ecommerce site.  Our job involved creating an efficient, intuitive way to allow the Center to weave together the works of thousands of writers, translators, editors, and other contributors.  They also wanted to highlight the work of the translators, to build an audience for literature in translation, and to honor cultural diversity throughout the world.

Once you take a look at the new website, you will discover a visually appealing site that is easy to navigate as well as to narrow down your area of interest.  It was also designed to make it easy to update monthly events and to sort through their large offering of workshops, conferences, lectures, and other news.  Furthermore, the redesigned site includes updated biographies of at least 1,100 authors and translators who were published in the literary translation journal, Two Lines: World Writing in Translation over a 20 year period.   

Please visit Project6 Design to read about other projects we have undertaken over the last several years.  Our experience includes working with high-tech, educational, retail and nonprofit organizations.  Contact us to see how we can help you to effectively convey your brand's story and to communicate it in a clear and compelling way. 

Founded in 2001, Project6 Design is an award-winning graphic design firm committed to using intuitive design to shape brands and solve complex usability problems.  By collaborating with clients, we help them portray their brand's story and communicate it in a clear and compelling way.  For high-quality brand, print or web design services, contact the top San Francisco design agency.

Saturday, April 1, 2017

Allow Our Team of Talented Developers to Create Your Website


Along with our branding and print services, Project6 Design has assembled a team of very talented web developers.  Collectively their expertise includes: UI/UX Design; Open Source Development; Content Management System Integration (Drupal!); Ecommerce Development; Custom Backend / Front-end Development and API Design and Development. 

As our leading expert in UI/UX design, co-founder Esten Sesto brings 20 years of experience in interactive technologies, usability and user interface design experience to the company.  In addition Osman Görmüş is one of our Senior Developers and has nearly two decades of experience in developing architecturally elegant, easy to use websites.  As a full-stack developer, his expertise includes server-side and client-side programming.   

The Project6 team also counts on the advanced skills of Senior Developer Johannes Schmidt who efficiently plans and implements robust back and front-end development solutions for our many projects.  Furthermore, Technical Project Manager, Tim Ferman brings years of experience with front end development as well as his knowledge in SEO and technical online marketing.  Rounding out our experienced development team is Baptiste Niviere, who serves in the capacity of developer with an expertise in Drupal, PHP, HTML5, and Javascript as well as other technical skills.     

We encourage you to visit our website to read our entire team’s bios to get an appreciation of the depth of our talent.  While you are there, please take a look at some of our past projects we have posted on our site.  We have had the honor to work with some of the leading high tech, retail, educational and non-profit organizations in the world and would like the opportunity to work with your company. 

Founded in 2001, the award-winning Project6 Design is a graphic design firm committed to using intuitive design to shape brands and solve complex usability problems.  We collaborate with clients to help them portray their brand's story and to communicate it in a clear and compelling way.  For innovative brand, print or web design services, contact Project6, the leading San Francisco design agency.