Technique Studios Blog » e-commerce http://www.techniquestudios.com/blog Graphic Design, Web & Print Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:51:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Countdown to launch… http://www.techniquestudios.com/blog/2010/01/countdown-to-launch/ http://www.techniquestudios.com/blog/2010/01/countdown-to-launch/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:58:04 +0000 Tim http://www.techniquestudios.com/blog/?p=16 web designTom and I have been working on a cracking new site for Manfred Schotten Antiques and it’s not far from launch. Just a few tweaks here and there and we’ll be good to go. This sport antiques website has been a challenging project to work on as we had to consider Schotten’s existing back office system and product database during both the design and build.

If I’m honest I find it easier to design a site based on a new spec than using an existing system but I have to say I did enjoy designing this one. Manfred Schotten Antiques have fantastic premises with some amazing sports memorabilia so the new website design needed to do them justice and convey their personality. I went for a simple design so not to detract the user from the products on the site but included some nice details to create some character like rough borders, paint-roller style edges and lined paper backgrounds resulting in a design which is a kind of ‘shabby-chic’.

Tom worked his magic when building the site and integrating the existing database and we are both really happy with the results. There is plenty of scope for further development and adding functionality so I’m sure we’ll be updating this post as we add new features.

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