Envy Web+Design Blog

Client: Otautau New Life Centre, Otautau, Southland Brief: To create a new website for a family church - to provide a great source of information to promote events, ministries and community efforts. Both for church members and visitors. Otautau New Life Centre had an existing website, but it had very limited functionality and was outdated in design and construction. A thriving community in Otautau, the church wanted a website that would more accurately portray their personality and presence. Top features needed for the websi..

Client: José Oliver - Marriage & Civil Union Celebrant Brief: To create a simple, brochure style website to promote José Oliver's celebrant services. First we created her  logo  and business cards  which gave us the design cues to carry through to the website. The design was kept minimal and bright - with a clean white background, bright images and pops of colour from the branding style guide. The key internal pages included a sidebar to aid movement and flow through the site, and her contact details were m..

Client: Rubys Cinema, Lonestar and Basecamp Climbing Centre, Wanaka Brief: To design a full-page magazine advertisement for the Whytewaters publication  to promote these three businesses as a destination for entertainment, activities and food. Wanaka is an Alpine tourist town, and these three businesses form an entertainment hub on Cardrona Valley Road, on the way out to Cardrona. We created a colourful advert that featured the iconic building at the top of the advert, which is highly recocnisable when driving out to the destination. Each ..

Client: José Oliver - Marriage & Civil Union Celebrant, Wanaka Brief: To create business cards that would reflect José's vibrant personality and portray her as a fun, quirky but also professional, Marriage and Civil Union Celebrant.  After working together to create a new logo for José , the next project we collaborated on was her business cards. They needed to reflect the design style of the logo, but we wanted to also have some fun with colour and so we used the watercolour backgrounds on..

Client: José Oliver - Marriage & Civil Union Celebrant, Wanaka Brief: To create a logo that would reflect José's vibrant personality and portray her as a fun, quirky but also professional, Marriage and Civil Union Celebrant. José is establishing herself as a Wedding Celebrant based in Wanaka, but also looking after weddings throughout the wider Otago region including her hometown of Oamaru. She loves people; hearing their stories and helping them create wonderful ceremonies to mark their special days. We worked tog..

Client: North Waikato Physiotherapy, Huntly Brief: To update an existing website to make it both responsive and more visually appealing. North Waikato Physio  in Huntly had an existing website but it was not mobile friendly (did not adjust depending on the device the website was being viewed on). To keep up with with changes to  Google's search algorithms , and to make the website more modern and easier for their customers to use, they approached us to update the website. "In early 2014, the landscape in which businesses operate chang..

High quality, eye-catching images are absolutely key to a professional looking website. But professional stock photos can be expensive! Sometimes for our clients' projects, we need to help keep costs down as much as possible, and one great way to do that is by using free stock image sites. Websites like Shutterstock  and iStock have amazing photos (and if you can plan it into your budget, please do!) but if you have a limited budget and are prepared to spend a bit longer looking around, you can often find some very comparable images for fr..

Our LET THEM PLAY BULLRUSH A4 print was inspired by a discussion about letting boys be boys, and not preventing them from some of the more risky business they innately want to be part of! It reminded me of an Auckland school who recently ditched the rules  and let their kids choose to play bullrush, climb trees and skateboard during play time. It reduced bullying, serious injuries and vandalism. Sounds good to me! There are three versions of the file - White writing on a grass background, blue watercolour writing and straight black text. P..

Here is another free hand lettering download - an A4 print that reads DONE IS BETTER THAN PERFECT. This is a mantra that is on the walls of the Facebook offices, and a favourite of a great friend of mine. A good reminder that sometimes perfection isn't needed - just get on and do it! DIRECTIONS 1. Click here to  download the free A4 DONE IS BETTER THAN PERFECT print. 2. Right-click on the image and select  "save image as" and save to your desktop 3. Print out the image onto an A4 sheet of paper  4. P..

Client: MP Audio, Melbourne, Australia Brief: To create a simple, image dominant website for customers to view & purchase MP Audio products. MP Audio is an Audio Electronics company that strives to design the best sounding and well built products possible. When it comes to the design, countless hours have gone into finding the best components and materials for the job. Every product is designed, hand built and tested by the owner & engineer, Matthew Pennycuick, to ensure the best possible quality.  The MP Audio  webs..