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website design, Drupal development & interactive kiosks

user research
Highlights
  • We are a full service web design firm
  • We design and build web sites, kiosks and rich internet applications (RIAs)
  • We are a creative company that respects aesthetics and fun
  • We use proven methods and execute with technical expertise
Ideas
You come to us with an idea and a vision of the where you want to go. The challenge is turning that idea into actual web sites and fully functioning applications. We can help you get from concept to full production. We follow our process and partner with you throughout.
Why and for whom
We'll assist you in clarifying strategic, business and user goals.

Clarity about your goals and your audiences will be the essential ingredient throughout the project. It's the star that guides us. Your users will decide what they need, what works well and what needs to change.

User research lets us help you understand who'll be using your products, in what setting, and for what purpose. The result will be a pleasing experience that reflects positively on you and assures business success.
Design matters
Experience is both functional and aesthetic.

We design web sites and RIAs that provide a positive user experience, both ease of use and visual impact. This experience results from our thoughtful attention to interaction and information design, and to visual design. Compelling visual design will make you stand out, attract attention, and more fully express your brand.
Building better applications
When you partner with us, you're selecting systems and programming knowledge and experience. We'll give you our assessment of what solutions would be best for you. We take into consideration your budget constraints and lay out the options.

Our developers work closely with you and with our designers when implementing specifications and requirements, in order to assure that the resulting application fully realizes the vision.

We build custom content management systems and specialize in implementing commercial systems that are tailored for small to medium-sized businesses.
"Understanding the user experience isn't new. However, because it's linked to innovation and innovation is now an important corporate objective, its value has increased. Now organizations realize they have to study how users currently experience their products and service. From this, they derive insights into how to make improvements and those improvements go into the design the teams aspire to achieve."
Jared Spool
Innovation is the New Black, UIE.com
"Explicitly define the one-point vision for your app. What does your app stand for? What's it really all about? Before you start designing or coding anything you need to know the purpose of your product — the vision. Think big. Why does it exist? What makes it different than other similar products? This vision will guide your decisions and keep you on a consistent path. Whenever there's a sticking point, ask, 'Are we staying true to the vision?' "
37signals
Getting Real
Image Works • 541 Congress Street • Portland, Maine 04101-3363
1-800-324-6463 • Fax: 207-774-7699
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