Web Design Portfolio: Featured Projects
Highlights of Cayenne's web consultancy, design and development work
Isis Innovation Ltd
(University of Oxford)
Cayenne has been working closely with Isis Innovation, the technology transfer company for the University of Oxford, since 1999. The website contains extensive information on the Isis' activities, including a searchable database of over 150 new inventions available for licensing from the University. Effective information architecture, a clean, fast-loading design, and robust site search facility ensure this wealth of information is readily accessible to a diverse audience.
The Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd
The official UK body responsible for licensing photocopying and scanning from books and journals. The CLA site was upgraded to full "web standards" — semantic XHTML and pure CSS layout — in 2004 with a particular emphasis on improving the site's accessibility. The greater flexibility delivered by adopting this approach was demonstated most dramatically during the CLA's rebranding in Feb 2006, when it enabled the new logo and colour scheme to be rolled out across the site in a matter of hours.
Carter-Ruck
Widely regarded as the UK's leading libel law firm, Carter-Ruck have been a client since 1999. Their website was completely re-launched in 2003 with a new design to co-ordinate with their updated corporate identity. Together with an ongoing search engine positioning campaign run by Cayenne, the relaunch saw visits to the website more than double in just 6 weeks.
Red-Gate Software
Red Gate needed an "ingeniously simple" website to promote their market-leading tools for Microsoft SQL and .NET developers, and a complete redesign which wouldn't damage their painstakingly crafted search engine listings. Working closely with Red Gate's in-house developers Cayenne created a clean, simple design and then used "web standards" — semantic XHTML and pure CSS layout — to create a site which was both fully accessible and even more search engine friendly than before, including an accessible interface for Red Gate's custom shopping cart and a pure CSS homepage animation.
Oxfordshire Business Enterprises
This highly-regarded enterprise agency, which provides support and advice for start-up businesses in Oxfordshire, needed an approachable, professional, easy-to-use and search-engine friendly website. Working with a relatively limited budget Cayenne developed a fresh, new design for this small but perfectly formed website. Integration with Macromedia Contribute, with training and support from Cayenne, means OBE can now update the site in-house quickly and easily.
