AWB Charlesworth Solicitors approached alangarland.com to to develop the brand of their newly formed law firm, as it grew it's offering to commercial and private clients.

Our response

Working closely with the partners allowed us insight into their personal, people-focused approach. This was communicated across stationery, signage, a brochure and their new website. The photographs were commissioned from Lorne Campbell of Guzelian who captured the sense that the firm is truly part of the local landscape.

Client's response

"We were very pleased with the level of understanding of our firm’s vision and values shown by alangarland.com. The resulting approachable, client-focused brand for our website, signage, publicity materials and business stationery captures the essence of our newly merged practice, that people are at the core of everything we do.The nuts and bolts of a website are hard for non-IT people to comprehend, yet alangarland.com made the process of creating a large website as uncomplicated as possible, never losing sight of the overall vision nor running out of patience with the numerous changes we came up with as the process played out."

April Chamberlain, Partner

Client: AWB Charlesworth Solicitors
Project: Branding: logo, business stationery, brochure, website

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ARMSA Consulting approached alangarland.com to design their training materials for use with senior managers in the Power Sector.

Our response

We developed a workbook which was easy to follow and ensured the subject of health and safety was communicated in a professional and stimulating way. Alongside the 200+ page workbook we developed a supporting presentaion, maintaining the consistency of branding, style and clarity of content.

Client's response

As well as client satisfaction the project's success can be measured by its inclusion in the Institute Of Safety and Health (IOSH) Training Guidance Book. This refers to the positive feedback from course delegates who commented that "The workbook is excellent and a good reference point".

Client: ARMSA Consulting
Project: Training materials: course workbook and presentation design

ARMSA Consulting asked alangarland.com to develop a concept for their web site.

Growing out of the strength of our positive working relationship, ARMSA were confident that we could build a strong, graphic identity for their site, one which reflected the holistic and cutting-edge practice they offer their clients.

The resulting concept communicates the clear focus and client-centred values that sets ARMSA Consulting apart from its competitors.

Hospitality recruitment agency ACB Recruitment were looking for a web site with a cost-effective way to keep their vacancies up to date.

Our response

We designed and built a vibrant CSS site to appeal to thier target audience. With inbuilt, web-based Content Management, ACB can easily publish their content to showcase the latest vacancies from prestigious hotels and restaurants. The beauty of the system lies in its simplicity - the information can be updated remotely and securely, from any computer with internet access.

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Be Safe@Home required a site to showcase their innovative service offering which focuses on integrated home safety. The site required easy navigation, given the wide scope and range of services on offer.

Our response

We created easy-to-follow navigation and CSS based site to ensure that the information was accessible and scaleable.

Client's response

Chris Sealey, Director of BeSafe was delghted with the results. "alangarland.com were very approachable and knowledgeable and able to guide us smoothly through the design process. Our initial ideas were developed and moulded into a site which communicates what we are about very effectively and gives us a professional online presence."

Throughout the whole design process we were kept in the loop, and were impressed at how responsively any quick changes we needed were implemented."

Charity CravenDEC needed a website to provide online access to their downloadable resources and to advertise the courses they run.

Our response

The CSS website is easy to navigate and uncluttered. The muted colour scheme refelects the organisation's core focus of "sustainabilty".

Client's response

CravenDEC are delighted with the result. "We've had really positive feedback from both our users and other Development Education Centres about how professional the site looks, its ease of navigation and the clear presentation of information. It has proved popular with educators and other visitors who have found the site ‘fresh and easy to use’ whilst making sure that our resources can be easily found and downloaded”.

"As a not-for-profit organisation we work with limited funds. alangarland.com helped us to get the most from our resources within our agreed budget”.

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In conjunction with the website launch CravenDEC needed a promotional flyer to let people know about the site going live.

Our response

By identifying striking and positive images we created a flyer which focuses on the positive outcomes of their work. Applying the colour and main image from the website ensured consistency across online and offline media and cemented their new look.

daSh Coaching were looking for a vibrant yet understated look for their company identity and web site when they talked to alangarland.com.

Our response

Simplicity and clarity lies at the heart of the design of the site which communicates the extensive people development skills daSh offers. Identifying a memorable image and fresh colour scheme reflected the underlying values of daSh coaching.

Client's response

MD David Shindler was very positive about the site: "Alan is an experienced and creative web/brand designer with a genuine love of his craft who developed our website. I would happily recommend him to others".

Resolve Gets Results asked us to develop engaging and interactive materials as part of a change programme for a major infrastructure organisation. The information needed to be easy to assimilate and support the introduction of a new vision and set of values.

Our response

We created bold and vibrant typographically focussed banners to encourage and record delegates' interaction. We also developed themed materials for the team to take away and reflect upon.

Client's response

"I recently worked with Alan on a project for a major infrastructure organisation. Alan produced excellent work with minimal briefing, in challenging conditions, and to very short timescales. He quickly got to the heart of what was required and the work he produced met the requirements completely."

Gill Thewlis, Resolve Gets Results

Charity CravenDEC needed to develop their identity, including the logo.

Our response

Focussing on simplicity whist embracing global sustainability and care for the environment, we designed a logo which relates to a hand print, reflecting the organisation's educative aims without it looking "childlike". Muted colours were utilised across the statineryonery to refelects the organisation's core focus of "sustainabilty".

Client's response
CravenDEC were thrilled with the design and the strightforward process. "As a not-for-profit organisation we work with limited funds. alangarland.com helped us to get the most from our resources within our agreed budget”.