Ballymore required a super-fast development turnaround of The Embassy Gardens website and together with creation of a new iPad App for the Hong Kong launch, it has been all hands to the deck to ensure everything could be completed in a mere 5 days.  The website and App are now up and running and available for prospective purchasers to register their interest in this beautiful new development set in a prime location. http://www.embassygardens.hk/

Other locations coming soon.

We are of course lucky to have such lovely clients who were happy to say lovely things about the work we do.  And for that, we’d like to say thank you to all of them who took the time to provide feedback.

So, whilst we might not have managed to lift an accolade this year, we have been recognised for being in the top 1% of great digital agencies nationally, and for that we are really chuffed.  As they say, onwards and upwards for the small agency with big talent and we already have our noses back to the grindstone doing great work in anticipation of good things to come.

As part of the brief, we undertook planning and implementation of a detailed user journey along with a full site design.

The chosen e-commerce platform is Magento which works very well for the client and integrates nicely with SagePay and other internal systems and also ties in nicely with Sweet Tooth; the e-commerce customer loyalty rewards programme.

In addition, for the customer’s benefit, we have incorporated comparison facilities; and enabled purchasers to submit reviews on products; as well as providing peer to peer recommendations.  The navigation incorporates Mega Menus giving the customer easy access to all products quickly.  With clear call to actions throughout the site we are sure it won’t be long before ROI is achieved.

http://www.bestavdeals.co.uk

His attention to detail and beady eye were called into action to peruse the latest Pro HTML5 Programming book which is aimed at helping the experienced web application developer increase the usability of forms, get websites working offline and generally manage data better.

Tony’s task was to diligently review each chapter and act as a sense check for development users to ensure that all code was accurate with any programme features clearly explained. Although at times there was a bit of midnight oil to burn, by suggesting alternatives and improvements, Tony’s assistance on this publication has helped to ensure that it can be as factually accurate and error free as possible.

The book, Pro HTML5 Programming, is published by Apress.com, and as they say available in all good major booksellers – “Don’t delay, get your copy now”, and if you ask Tony really nicely, he’ll even sign it for you…form an orderly queue please.

www.apress.com   ISBN 978-1-4302-3864-5

We’ve got a bit of growth spurt going on at INK HQ which takes the shape of a budding new talented developer; Nicola Elvin whose key development skills lie in XHTML, CSS, mobile development and animation.  Nicola has many other talents that she will be applying to a range of projects for the benefit of our clients and we look forward to her joining our happy team and bringing a touch of magic to the INK blend.

For those of you who haven’t heard, we spent the last week and a bit working on a variety of digital media for an overseas sales exhibition. We created a beautifully engaging touchscreen application, a 3D CGI animated screensaver, launched a shiny new website and an interactive sales application for a few ipads. All this (and a few extra bits and bobs) were shipped over to Singapore early last week in preparation for another overseas sales expo.

Well the weekend is over, the sales guys have worked their socks off and aided by the digital media we created the results are amazing.

The biggest sales result in the last 3 years from an overseas expo!

The cherry on the cake is a lovely email from our client saying thank you. It really is our pleasure.

We’re all absolutely delighted to be one of the Recommended Agency (RAR) finalists for the Best in Digital award, wow!

Our clients have been asked to anonymously rate our service, creativity, delivery, strategy, and a few other key factors. This information has been downloaded and analysed by the crack team at RAR and the top 10 scoring agencies in each category are then shortlisted as finalists for the national awards…. That means us!

We’ve made the top 10 Best in Digital and we’re over the moon.

Obviously a lot of care, attention and hard work goes into each of the projects we work on and we’re feeling hugely appreciated by our lovely clients.

Cream cakes and a glass of bubbles are definitely the order of the day.

21 Wapping Lane is a major 5 building development which combines iconic styling with modern comfort creating the ultimate in stylish living… and what better way to showcase these luxurious apartments than with a shiny new website!

This iconic development is complimented beautifully within the glossy new website design. A striking colour palette, clear call to actions and sumptuous photography is brought to life on screen by simple and engaging animation.  We’re also making the most of the available screen real-estate by scaling the photography to fill the available space.

With the bespoke content management system being integrated into the main Ballymore Corporate CMS all apartment availability, plans and content is managed by the Head Office team.

So what are you waiting for, Discover the beauty and grace of 21 Wapping Lane online.

In true INK fashion, over the last 8 days we have worked incredibly hard to produce a fantastically interactive, touchscreen application to help promote the beautiful 21 Wapping lane development.

The app includes, a 3D CGI animated screensaver which takes the viewer on a tour of the development; multi touch options, swiping content, apartment availability and a 3D CGI rotating development model. There’s also a lot going on under the hood. The touch screen app beautifully compliments the iPad apps we’re arming the sales team with.

Just in case you’re not able to pop over to Singapore this weekend, we’ve included a few snapshots for you.

We’re delighted to introduce you to Embassy Gardens by Ballymore. Register for your exclusive preview.

http://www.embassygardens.com/