Envy Web+Design Blog

Client: Hikobike, Auckland, New Zealand Brief: To redesign the existing Hikobike logo to be more sleek and modern. Brands evolve and change over time, and one of our clients - Auckland-based electric bike company Hikobike - decided to give their brand a new, more modern and streamlined look. In 2015 we created their logo  for them. The brief at that time was to create a script logo, so we modified a beautiful casual script font, also creating visual links to the Moari origins of it's name using the koru motif. Fast forward to 2016, an..

Client: The Climbing Shop, Wanaka Brief: To create an online shop for Basecamp Wanaka. A place to retail all of the climbing products they sell instore to a wider audience online, with the ability to expand over time. Loz from Basecamp Climbing Centre  in Wanaka has been a long-time client of Envy Web + Design. Right now, we are currently putting the finishing touches on three websites for him - a revamped Basecamp Climbing Centre  website, the new  Rock Adventures  website for their Wanaka outdoor climbing ar..

Put simply, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is about getting found on Google.  It is the steps you can take to make your website easier to find in search engines. The term SEO can sound intimidating. But with a little bit of knowledge, there are ways you can improve your website easily.  Let me explain why you need to be thinking about SEO  for your website and how it all works. Imagine your new website as a new town - full of brand new buildings and talented people with something to offer the world. But this town has been ..

Client: Pete Cartlidge at Elecnet, Wanaka Brief: To create an easy-to-use, vibrant, modern and mobile-friendly website for Wanaka-based internet installer and electrical company Elecnet. We first worked with Pete on his branding  and created a bold, colourful logo that represented his two key services - internet installations and electrical work. This logo and the supporting marketing collateral were the starting point for creating the look of the website. We used the key colours of oranges and blues, supported with dark gre..

Client: This Is It Trademarks, Wanaka Brief: To create a new logo for a Wanaka-based company that will be helping people register their trademarks. John from This Is It Trademarks approached us to create a logo for his new business. The brief was to create a corporate logo with a professional finish. One of the design ideas John wanted us to explore, and the option that was chosen in the end, was a wax seal icon. We created a deep red seal icon featuring the company name as well as the letters TM in a hand lettered style. We chose a serif font ..

Client: Debra Fallowfield, Contemporary Fine Jeweller, Dunedin Brief: To create a hand lettered logo based loosely on a casual script font. Debra Fallowfield is an established Dunedin jeweller who creates stunning, bold and unique custom jewellery by hand. Debra approached us looking for a bespoke, hand lettered logo. She had found a casual script font that she liked the look and feel of, so we used that as a starting point for her logo. From there we presented four different styles for her to choose from and we developed her favorite into a bo..

This Sunday is Mother's Day and over at Brave & Brogue  we've created a Mother's Day card that you can download. Handwritten in black ink, this has a simple "Happy Mother's Day" on the outside, then on the inside it says "You're Amazing Mum". This year we're gifting George & Edi candles  - luxurious candles perfect for mum.   DIRECTIONS 1. Click here to download the free Happy Mother's Day card. 2. Right-click on the image and select "save image as" and save to your desktop (or a folder of your choice) 3. Print out the im..

Client: C3 Church, Ellerslie, Auckland. Brief: To create a single page website for their 2016 Everywoman Conference, based on the existing design and marketing collateral, to promote and sell tickets to the event. The design team at  C3 Church Auckland  has done it again, with a beautifully executed brochure promoting their 2016 womens' conference - Beloved. They asked us to put together a single page website to allow them to sell tickets and convey all the relevant information. We started with a Wordpress theme, and then di..

Brief: To create a website to promote All Things Baby  - a Wanaka-based baby consulting service. Run by Belinda Smalls, and offering sleep consulting, antenatal and postnatal support as well as infant massage courses; the website also needed to be the place where Belinda's clients could purchase her packages. Belinda has a long history caring for infants. She has worked as a Plunket Nurse, a Registered Nurse in an Oncology and Haematology Ward and most recently she worked as a Neonatal Intensive care nurse. In 2015 she compl..

Client: Carry It Brief: To create a website to present information about and purchase options for the Carry It tool - A Three In One Tool For Easy Transportation And Installation Of Sheet Materials. Carry It was designed by a New Zealand builder who saw the need to improve the way plasterboard is carried around the work site. When carrying plasterboard unaided, the wrists get put in very unnatural positions causing discomfort. The Carry It tool addresses this by keeping the hand in a natural position when holding onto t..