Conceptual Design, XHTML, CSS, Flash, CMS
“Hope North is a much-needed sanctuary for young people whose lives have been stolen by a brutal civil war. I hope you can join me in creating opportunities for these terrific kids.
-Forest Whitaker
Hello! Hope North is a non-profit based in Uganda that we found out about through one of our clients, Keisha Whitaker (Kissable Couture). They’re doing some amazing work and we were thrilled to work on enhancements to their site. You can check out a few links below, but also consider donating on their site. It’s a great cause.
Conceptual Design, Flash, CMS
Volvic’s at it again with another admirable campaign. We’ve just developed and launched “Play 1, Give 10,” a sister site of sorts to Volvic’s Drink 1, Give 10 site. The gist of the site is to promote the athletes and adventurers who have pledged to work with Volvic to further promote the “Drink 1, Give 10″ initiative. Check it out at p1g10.drink1give10.com.
Conceptual Design, XHTML, CSS, Flash, CMS
Offering authentic Parisian patisseries, Ceci-Cela has expanded beyond its charming storefront in the heart of SoHo into a full-range online wholesale operation. Ceci-Cela’s culinary creations have resulted in a consistently resulted in an outstanding satisfaction rate, high return customer rate, and an ever growing consumer base.
Ceci Cela Logo
Ceci-Cela’s vast new wholesale operation enables the patisserie to now provide for large order pastry options such as croissants, pain aux raisins, fraisier, or tarte aux pommes and other creations for any business looking to carry our product, or individuals with custom requests.
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While this isn’t a tribute to Mr. Phil Collins, it definitely inspired us to pay a little homage to the man. But what inspired us even more was the photography of our good friend and client Jean Baptiste Degez. Degez, a photographer out of Paris, took these amazing shots in the forest of Fontainebleau (France). With the focus on a cat-like street gymnast donning a full suit and performing parkour, the result is something unexpected yet visually stunning.
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Conceptual Design, Creative Direction, Flash, CMS
That’s right, Executive Chef Laurent Tourondel brings his successful BLT franchise to Las Vegas with BLT Burger. This latest addition (the original is in New York City) is Tourondel’s interpretation of the American burger joint and is housed in The Mirage. We have no doubt it will prove to be a great addition.
We’ve added info on the new Vegas location to the BLT Burger site and included pictures below. Warning: excessive staring may cause drooling.
Conceptual Design, Creative Direction, Flash, CMS
Serving over 400 wines from around the world, Vertical wine bar is a true destination in Old Town Pasadena. With its traditional small plate bistro menu to compliment your each and every wine choice this destination required a site that would express its quaint, elegant nature, with a California modernity and flare.
The small plates menu at Vertical Wine Bistro were created by Chef Sara Levine and are presented alongside wine selections by Sommelier Scott Teruya. Indigo and Vertical Wine Bar had a similar vision for a site in that it would be kept clean, balanced and unpretentious. Balance was an emphasis in this project due to the nature of this wine bar in which food and wine are balanced not only in amount, but in flavor and presentation. This notion of balance is well recognized througout the interior design of the bar as well.
Indigo achieved a balance within the website without compromising image presentation or clarity of information by organizing the site as a diptych wherein one panel uses flash animation to cleanly display the various attributes of the restaurant while clearly listing pertinent information about the establishment on the opposite panel. The result is a website that in the simplicity of its layout, fully expresses the design characteristics and culinary goals which Vertical Wine Bar values as an identity.
Indigo Design has done a wonderful job at creating artistic and accessible Web sites for BLT Restaurant Group. They are able to convey the overall experience of the BLT Restaurants through exceptional design. Visiting the Web site is almost like visiting one of our restaurants!
-Laurent Tourondel Chef/Owner, BLT Restaurant Group
Overview
When Chef Propritaire Laurent Tourondel was honing his new restaurant concept in New York City, he approached Indigo Design for assistance with everything from branding and logo consulting and design to Web and print design. Tourondel, the talent behind the critically acclaimed Cello Restaurant in Manhattan, wanted to present his adaptation of the American Steakhouse, elevating it with his signature style and all-around finesse. The result was the Modern American Steakhouse: BLT Steak.
© Photography by Quentin Bacon
Logo & Print Design
Taking into account the long-term vision of Tourondel’s BLT concepts, the “BLT” segment of the logo design had to be ready for alternative restaurant concepts. Through a series of brainstorm sessions and artistic mockups, Indigo Design considered logo/font treatments that could be applied to a wide variety of colors, media, etc. that would represent his restaurant & hospitality endeavors. This logo concept was then applied to the various collateral and promotional and marketing pieces.
© Photography by Quentin Bacon
Web Design
With the branding and photography completed, the main Web design objective involved translating the look, feel and experience of the physical restaurant and food. This included concentrating on powerful imagery while displaying limited text to convey the visceral elements of the BLT experience. This strategy was used to bring out the casual atmosphere yet sophistication of the establishment and cuisine.
Development
With the design component completed, Indigo Design investigated the various technologies to utilize in the site build. The compact, self-contained element discovered in the design phase, mixed with the client requirement of background music allowed for the use of Flash as the primary technology. Understanding the need for quick site loading and easy content management, Indigo developed to site to maximize speed and ease of use.
© Photography by Quentin Bacon
Result
Based on the overall success of BLT Steak, Indigo Design has continued to work with Tourondel and his BLT Restaurant group on his myriad follow up restaurants. These include: BLT Fish, BLT Prime, BLT Burger, BLT Fish Shack, and BLT Market (with partner The Ritz-Carlton Hotel). As BLT Steak (now 7 locations) continues to expand nationwide, we look forward to helping Tourondel and his team conquer the restaurant industry.
Visit bltrestaurants.com
The Gibson’s Group of Chicago offers a multifaceted array of dining options. In this project Indigo was given the challenge of developing each restaurant website design within it own unique characteristic.
From the unconventional interior of Frog Bar to the big Chi-town Steakhouse dining experience of Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse. To the Neopolitan thin crust stone oven pizza complimented by quaint yet lively Italian character. The variance in this project for Gibson Group Restaurants was no doubt extreme. Indigo used flash animation in each website allowing all to be equally contemporary while unique in design.
Indigo captured the quaint Italian atmosphere of Quarintino was expressed by giving the website an endearing aged motif while focusing most heavily on presenting the food and interior of the restraunt throughout the website to give clients a complete sense of the atmosphere while they browse. Frog Bar’s playful quirkiness was expressed throughout the site by incorporating flash elements not just in the images but in the logo and text as well. Lastly, Gibsons bar & Steakhouse’s website appearance was designed to feel heavier and darker in outfit with a classic steakhouse feel and much like in the design for Quarintino, images of the restaurant’s interior and menu are shown throughout using flash animation, familiarizing the client throughout their visit to the site. The Gibson’s group envisioned the private dining sections of both Frog Bar and Gibson’s Bar & Steakhouse as separate entities of the rest of the site reflecting the nature of private dining. Indigo used flash animation to achieve this and create a detailed visuals with movement and space to create a singular environment for this aspect of the site.
