Shown: It’s Nice That Issue #6 - Buy online
Written, designed and distributed by It’s Nice That

From quarterly print publications, to annual conferences, via a frequent series’ of talks, events and commercial projects, It’s Nice That is an undeniable powerhouse that champions great creativity from within the worlds of art and design.

Where we fit in

We’re lucky enough to have worked with It’s Nice That for over 3 years now, on planning, wireframing, scoping and designing across all their online projects, the core of which being our custom CMS. Tied into the CMS we employ Shopify and a number of other smaller custom systems, stitched so tidily together that the experience seems seamless and never stands in the way of content.
www.itsnicethat.com

Shown: William & Son Catalogue
Designed by Material Organisation for William & Son

William & Son have two shops on Mount Street, London. At 14 Mount Street, Paul West, their resident gunsmith, creates unique matching shotguns available with custom detailing and engraving. At 10 Mount Street they sell a range of unique luxury gifts, from exclusive timepieces to rare ostrich skin handbags; at both addresses William & Son provide an incredible and unique service for their clients.

Where we fit it

We built a framework across our Slices CMS and Shopify that allows William & Son to replicate the elegance of their printed catalogues. Working with Material Organisation who are the brand guardians, we ensured the house typeface, colours and grid were all looking sharp and sexy.

Right now we hope that this is just one of many websites in the fashion and luxury market that is saying goodbye to Flash and hello to progressive enhancement, touch interfaces, webfonts and helpings of clever Javascript.
www.williamandson.com

Shown: House Magazine Issue 18 Autumn 2011
Edited Justin Quirk and Published for the Soho House Group

Ever growing, the Soho House Group currently consists of 11 restaurants, 9 private members houses, 7 hotels, 2 cinemas, 1 music venue and more Cowsheds than the West Country.

Where we fit it

We’re working with Soho House on a whole host of projects with the single aim of bringing their myriad of websites and networks together under one digital roof.
www.sohohouse.com

Shown: Let’s Make Some Great Art - Buy online
Illustrated by Marion Deuchars and Published by Laurence King

Let’s Make Some Great Art is a stimulating and interactive book from the award winning artist and illustrator Marion Deuchars. The book features step-by-step guides in an accessible and encouraging format that will have ‘artists of all ages’ up to their elbows in paint, paper and pencils in no time.

Where we fit it

In the first instance our brief was to create a ‘microsite’ for the launch of Let’s Make… but on closer inspection of the actual book it became clear there could be further reaching ways of spending the online budget. Working very closely with Marion, we helped her set-up Twitter, Facebook and Vimeo accounts and introduced her to animator Daniel Bitt, while coaching her on how to weave everything together, and created a simple single page site to help weave some more.
www.letsmakesomegreatart.com

Shown: The 2010 LIFE Catalogue
Published for Caprice Holdings

LIFE is a personal concierge service created by The Caprice Group for its club members. Only ever a phone call away, clients experience a personal service where they can gain priority access to exclusive restaurants and hotels around the globe. Every year LIFE partners with exceptional brands and offers its members unrepeatable occasions and experiences.

Where we fit in

One of the challenges of websites with lots of content is finding the right fit. Designing pages that try and fit everything in often leaves you with an awkward few that never seem to feel right. We worked on several different arrangements of content with LIFE, the wireframing and UI process ended up being very hands on. We brought in Regard to work on copywriting to really tie-in the high-end experience for the clients of LIFE. www.life.uk.com

Shown: Composition No. 1
Written by Marc Saporta, Designed by Universal Everything and Published by Visual Editions - Buy online

In a time where some foresee the demise of the printed book, Visual Editions are effectively reinventing the format and putting paid to ideas that the end is nigh. Their publications go beyond narrative, innovate visually and become beautiful and collectable objects in the in their own right. Real modern day treasures.

Where we fit it

Partnering with design agency Airside, we work closely with the VE team on all aspects of their online design, strategy and build. A custom CMS, PayPal, Campaign Monitor and numerous other third party networks and systems have been employed over the last year, and a new phase in the coming months will see a larger Shopify offering alongside revised templates and site structures.
www.visual-editions.com

Shown: The With Associates Field Guide 2010-11
Illustrated by Louise O’Reilly

Louise’s work is quite simply beautiful. Her illustrations are of a wide range of natural history subjects including plants, insects, birds and animals. The attention to subtle details in her subject matter makes her images look true to life and leave you wondering how she did it.

Where we fit it

We didn’t want to make a site that overpowered Louise’s work; the design needed to be subtle and elegant. She has the ability to update details about her art management and add and edit illustrations.
www.lorva.co.uk

Shown: Trafalgar Square - Buy online (coming soon)
Photo by Matt Stuart

Matt Stuart is a photographer with an uncanny ability for being in the right place at the right time. Working primarily as a Street Photographer, his images manage somehow to be beautiful, technical, irreverent and intimate at the same time, and never fail on first viewing to cause double-takes or accusations of begin staged!

Where we fit it

Our first job with Matt was to help him rebuild his old Flash website into a more accessible and appropriate HTML version. Since then, visits and views have risen steadily, as more and more people discover, share and then credit his work, testament to which is his consistently high ranking in Google in searches for ‘photographer’. Next in line for the site, we’re adding a simple shop section alongside other tweaks such as a thumbnail views and more touchscreen friendly navigation options
www.mattstuart.com

Inspiration for this months site came from multiple sources. Images following the process of creating this months’ site can been seen on Flickr in our ‘WA October 2011 website’ set, and there’s a clearer demo of the overall trompe-l’œil effect on Vimeo.

Once again, many thanks to Andy Matthews for spending the day at our studio.