The CSC - Skyfox Design

The Centre for Systemic Constellations

The Centre for Systemic Constellations (The CSC), is an international group of therapists. The commissioned me to help rebrand and restructure their online presence.

I sat down with the director of The CSC to listen to exactly what she wanted from their brand and their website. She wanted to generate a real community, somewhere people could go for support for a variety of different issues.

Inspired by this sense of community, I came up with The CSC’s logo design. The meaning behind the design was to evoke people coming together around a centre. Using colour theory, I took the calming hues of orange, green and blue, and adding a base ochre to them so that they had a similar intensity. This is much like how Farrow and Ball create their ranges. I selected the fonts ‘Lora’ and ‘Montserrat’ for their legibility and the way they play off each other for both approachability and clarity.

Using this information, I created The CSC’s brand guidelines and the website grew from this. Alongside the standard website pages, I built a custom calendar, using various categories of event types. For people to represent themselves in the community section, there is a map facility to showcase their services. There is also a resource hub that is user-level locked. This means if you are a subscriber to the newsletter, you see more information than the average guest.

They also had an extensive list of subscribers from their last site, and did not want to lose this. One of the challenges was to integrate these subscribers into the new site. Generating secure, unique logins and passwords for over 1000 people was a logistical puzzle. Especially as immediate access to the resources on the new site had to work first time for it to be seamless!

User Guide

This website was a much larger platform than I had developed before, and would be maintained by various members of the organisation. I felt it necessary to create an in-depth guide to help people operate the site’s back-end.

I wrote this in plain English (complete with annotated screenshots). This allowed even those new to the concept of WordPress to be able to confidently edit the site. I made sure to cover all bases from post creation to changing user roles.

About

About me

and what i do.

WEB DEVELOPER IN BRISTOL

Hi! My name is Piers Elliott and I’m a web developer in Bristol who also works with branding and graphic design. Skyfox Design is the company I created in 2002 as the professional face of my work.

Design has always been a life-long passion for me. From a young age, I enjoyed painting, photography and sculpture. This led me to attain Kings School Winchester’s highest individual accolade for Art. I followed this by studying Graphic Design and Fine Art at college, exhibiting and selling my A-Level work at a prestigious London Gallery. I went on to complete my Degree in Graphic Design and Animation at the University of the West of England in Bristol.

Since 2002 I have worked with a variety of clients as a web designer, graphic designer and a brand consultant. From small start-ups and bars to large charities and festivals. Now, as a graphic designer and web developer in Bristol, I help businesses all over the country achieve their goals. All businesses (big or small) should have memorable, unique concepts that will make them stand out from the crowd. That’s why I do what I do. Vivid identities, user-friendly interfaces, clear communication and a focus on the details.

Plus you’ll get totally awesome support afterwards if you need it!

YOUR NEXT BIG IDEA? LET’S MAKE IT STAND OUT.

BRANDING

So you’re starting a new company, or maybe you’re just giving the old one a bit of a freshen up. I’m here to make sure your company goals and ethos are present and at the centre of your company’s voice. Logo design, business cards, stationary are just the start- a great brand is consistent and pervasive through all areas of communication, even the footers on your emails!

GRAPHIC DESIGN

Have you got an idea you want to get down on paper and you just don’t know how to visualise it? Let’s work together on fleshing it out, looking at your target audience and focusing in on the key information you want to get across. Be it for print, the web or even in motion on the screen, I can help bring your concept to life.

WEB DESIGN

A website is a curious thing. It’s like a store front, only it’s interactive. It’s an advert, yet also a destination. It’s the first port of call people will visit to find out about you, and it’s there 24/7 so it has to make a great impression. I will make sure your site fits your brand, looks great on all devices, is super easy to use and most importantly is easy for you to keep fresh!

What technologies am i proficient in?

HTML 5

CSS 3

JQUERY

PHP

AFTER EFFECTS

ILLUSTRATOR

INDESIGN

PHOTOSHOP

WORDPRESS

MAILCHIMP

Blog

A blog

about

my ideas.

Welcome

This is my first post, and really the only point of this is to say hello! The main thing I'm going to try to do with my blog is document the development of my game 'ChessMash'. Hopefully I'll be able to make it interesting for you to follow. If you guys...

Contact

Contact me

and say

hello.

Bristol

More Info

Please feel free to contact me using the form above, or the number below, to discuss anything from the simplest commission to your business goals and how I can help reflect these in your design, branding & web strategies.

Location: Bristol, UK

Phone: +44 7453 322166

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