Slick Design

Maurice Meade have been a leading name in the Australian hairdressing industry for over 37 years and are a West Australian icon.

One of our latest projects has been the new Maurice Meade website which is now live.  You can see it in all its glory at:

www.mauricemeade.com.au

Besides having all the info you'll need for making your next hair appointment, it also includes special offers and an awesome new photo gallery; where you can choose a colour and length to find a style that best suits you.

We hope you enjoy looking around the site, as much as we enjoyed creating it.

Also check out their Facebook page here:

http://www.facebook.com/ExperienceMauriceMeade

The Cottesloe Beach Pool is a relatively new community initiative established by the Cottesloe Beach Pool Committee (CBPC) to drive the proposal for a sea water swimming pool to be built at Cottesloe Beach.

We are proud to support them and have created their logo and a brochure to help get their message out there.

The project is at the concept stage and needs your support too!

So check out their website by DogHouse Media and their Facebook page and let them know of your support:

http://www.cottbeachpool.com.au/
http://www.facebook.com/cottbeachpool

Here are just a few points (in no particular order) on what we think makes up a good logo…

It should look good
Well this is obvious, nobody wants to have a poor looking logo as one of the first things people see and if it doesn't look good the design will have to change at some point.

It should create a positive, powerful first impression
This is an important factor in a good logo, as first impressions really do count and could be the difference between a client choosing your company or another.

It should be simple
Keep it simple, stupid. Simple logos are often the best logos, easily recognisable, reproducible and scalable. Remember less is sometimes more.

It should be memorable
Following on from the previous point, a simple logo is more likely to also be a memorable one. If you can not remember a logo then chances are you might not remember the company.

It should look good in black and white
A logo needs to work well in black and white / grey-scale, as this is often how it gets reproduced, and it needs to remain recognisable. If there isn't a black and white version of the logo then there is the risk of it becoming distorted as it gets copied and passed around.

It should be scalable
It is great when your logo is used on a really big scale so everyone can see it but more often than not logos are used less than an inch in size. At a small scale the logo should be just as clear as a large reproduction, which is why simpler is often better. A good logo should be recognised from a distance.

It should be relevant to your industry
A logo design should be relevant to the industry that it represents. For example, it is no good having a flower in the logo to represent an industrial manufacturers (unless they deal with garden manufacture)

Done well a logo will help build the brand and also give a more professional look to any business.

Need a slick logo designed for your company? Get in touch with us today.

Heart Kids is one of the charities that we are proud to support. A really fantastic cause that is solely focused on all aspects of children's heart disease. They offer support, encouragement and hope to families of children with Heart Disease, while raising awareness and vital funding into the causes of this chronic disease.

Have a look at the latest newsletter we have designed and produced for them and show your support by going to www.heartkidswa.org.au

You might hear the terms static and dynamic websites and wonder what the difference is? Surely a website is just a website. Well the main difference is that one is written in HTML only and there is no database that it draws on. The only way to edit a static site would be to go into each page and edit the HTML manually. Not something most people would like to approach as it means learning how to code, and also throws up the possibility that something might go wrong. Sure a static site is a great way to have information on the web for when people search for your company or a particular service, but will it keep users coming back to your site when the content is over a year old? Probably not.

A dynamic site is created with more complex code and can do a lot more. For example, a content management system will allow you to log in to an admin panel and change various parts of the site, such as adding new information about products or changing a price list. The ability to do this comes as each page is constructed based on information in a database, and that information can be changed by an easy to understand interface.

Dynamic sites can reduce ongoing maintenance costs if you don't want to change things yourself with a webpage editor or with HTML. They also allow you to change the content of the site, without changing the design, so there is no risk of accidentally breaking the site. Other special features can be built in, which allow you to store all your contacts, newsletter signups, and emails sent via the website, etc, in one easily accessible place. Fantastic if you misplaced a particular customers details.

When we design websites here at Slick Design, we make sure that we focus on what you need, whether that be a simple static or a fully functioning dynamic website, we like to work with you to make sure you get what you want. The initial stages focus on the content you would like your website to show, with a visual style being uniquely designed and created. Only once you are happy will we move on to creating the code that make the website pages work. On completion we can set up your hosting package, so the website can go live straight away and if you have a dynamic website then we will provide you with a manual so you can edit the content as and when you please.

If you think it is time for an update to your current website, or if you need a new website designed then get in touch with us. Be sure to have a look at the other designs we have produced for some of our other clients by viewing our portfolio!

Well we have finally set ourselves up with a Facebook account, so be sure to head over and like us. We will be keeping it updated with plenty of studio activity and new designs as they come in, so you can be the first to see what is going on!

If you are interested, you can also find us on twitter, the links to both facebook and twitter are at the bottom of this page. Click on them, you know you want to!

Like a carpenter never builds his own home, we hadn’t got around to getting a new website off the ground. So FINALLY we decided to set aside the time to make it happen. We are delighted with the result.

The main improvements have been a better showcase of our work and a news feed where you can keep up with all the latest at Slick Design.

Thanks to Grafik, our fantastic web wizs, who have worked tirelessly with our demands and weird and wonderful requests to help make this a reality for us.

Enjoy!