Who They Are Natero is a startup based in Palo Alto that has developed software to mange big data and help break it down into manageable pieces for enterprise clients. Natero works directly with their client’s software to sort, analyze and pinpoint key data elements to save countless hours of time. Project Requirement: Website Design & Development As a startup company, Natero needed a quick, professional-looking website for an upcoming tradeshow to give them an online presence and to explain their services. We were asked to develop a general look for the site based on their current logo and 4 different visual graphics to explain their services. Solution We helped determine a general color scheme for the company based on their current logo and their unique personality. They wanted a very simple design style with graphics that visually explained the benefits of their software. This final design and website was created in a very short timeframe in order to be ready for their trade show day.

The Corner Creperie Who They Are The Corner Creperie is a new crepe shop opening in Downtown Pleasanton in the fall of 2013. Growing up in France, the owner has always loved crepes and felt that they were missing when he moved to the United States. Project Requirement: City code-compliant technical drawings detailing the proposed signage for the storefront, and social media pages. Downtown Pleasanton is a very charming area, partially because the city has strict rules about maintaining it. City code allows stores along Main Street one awning and blade sign each, a certain area of window signage, a choice from several pre-approved awning colors, etc. Our challenge was to create technical drawings that showed The Corner Creperie’s proposed awning, blade and window signs, while staying within the city’s building code requirements. These technical drawings must be submitted to the city for approval before The Corner Creperie can open shop. Furthermore, the owner is aware of the importance of social media, but unfamiliar with how to use the sites themselves. He needed a little help setting up profiles for his upcoming store. Solution: We carefully reviewed the city’s guidelines and studied examples of other technical drawings to create drawings [...]

The Boxing Gym Who They Are In This Corner Boxing Gym is a boxing gym located in Santa Rosa, CA. They have been in business for several years but needed help updating some of their marketing materials. Project Requirement: Logo revision and business cards The circular shape of the logo and the placement of the text under it made it very difficult to read. They also required business cards to help promote their business and to share their contact details. Our challenge was to update the logo in order to ensure that it looked good as itself, but also to ensure that it would suit other print materials, such as these new business cards. Solution: We helped redesign the logo to better fit within the physical boundaries of print materials and also to improve the overall visual style of the logo. In our logo redesign, we extend the edges of the logo outward into a square. In addition, we changed the placement and size of the text to improve legibility. We redesigned and printed these business cards for the client.

OpenWager Who Are They? OpenWager is a recent startup in the heart of San Francisco focusing on developing social games and entertainment platforms. The company develops a range of social casino games across social media applications and mobile games to allow casinos to better interact and engage with their visitors. The branded games help build loyalty, customer retention and are pioneering a path to real-money gaming. Project Requirement: Responsive website design as an iOS app prototype The client wanted to prototype their new casino app to showcase its functionality and to market it. They created a prototype on Proto.io, but discovered it did not have enough the usability that they were looking for. They approached 3-Key Communications with the request to build an app mockup using HTML and responsive design. Our Solution OpenWager provided us with their original designs which we translated into HTML code and a responsive website. We paid special attention to how each page would appear on iPhones and iPads as these are the devices that OpenWager will develop for first. Since the site was custom-coded by our programmers, we were able to include much more of the functionality they were looking for. This included images and text [...]