As winter closes in around us, it's been a mighty shock to discover a whole year has passed since I last communicated what's been going on in the world of Artizan.

Since joining a gem of a business networking organisation called BNI (Business Networking International) in November 2005, Artizan has been amply rewarded with new business and worthy contacts from a whole range of different professions.

As a result, we've created a host of new websites this year ranging from taxi companies to health practitioners to ballet productions and a whole lot in-between. We've also had the opportunity to flex our creative muscles for the likes of Brown Thomas and Failte Ireland.

This year we’ve been proud to unveil a popular new website we created for mycharity.ie. It offers a really effective fundraising service for the Irish public. You can sponsor, donate and create your own fundraising page for the charity of your choice in a matter of minutes - it’s all done online and it’s all so easy. Check it out.

It’s always great to work with companies using the internet to bring shiny new inventions to the market. If you're planning to escape this wet Irish weather in favour of warmer climes, then here's an item you should be packing in your suitcase: a sun accessory called ‘Cush n Shade’ – it prevents a wrinkly face and makes reading in the sun a whole lot more comfortable.

However, if you can’t escape the weather, Artizan wishes you a food-filled, traffic-free, restive, festive Christmas and best wishes for the New Year.



Zanya Dahl
Director Artizan
NRC
  www.radiocabs.ie
  National Radio Cabs (NRC), is one of Dublin's largest taxi companies with a website that was badly in need of a facelift. Artizan was contracted to perform the makeover. We gave the site a much fresher, cleaner appearance and styled the content to make it more reader-friendly. We used unique imagery in each page banner to emphasise the many reasons why a taxi is a good option for Dubliners to avail of.
 
MYCHARITY.IE
  www.mycharity.ie
 

Artizan worked in conjunction with The Whisperstream Research Group to build an attractive and user-friendly website powered by some really advanced functionality. The warmth and simplicity of the site has been a huge success and appeals to web users of all ages and abilities.

BNI
  www.bnifitzwilliam.com
 

BNI is a 21-year old business and professional organisation that allows only one person from each trade or profession to join a chapter. Artizan is a member of the BNI Fitzwilliam chapter. We created a website to explain to visitors what it is that we do in BNI and provide details of the various professions that comprise our membership.
 

QUEEN AT THE BALLET

  www.queenattheballet.com
  Queen at the Ballet is a musical ballet extravaganza celebrating the songs of the legendary Freddie Mercury. The imagery of this production provided great visuals for the website giving it lots of punch and impact. A different track plays as background music on each page to accompany the imagery and bring the site to life.
 
CUSHNSHADE
  www.cushnshade.com
  Cush n Shade is a great new product that's just been launched on the market. It is a sun accessory that combines a cushion and a sunshade all in one light portable unit giving the best sun protection for your face. The site has multiple language versions, an online shop and also includes an interactive 3d environment allowing you to view the Cush n Shade in more detail.
 
BELVEDERE GROUP
  www.belvederegroup.ie
  Belvedere Group manufacture and build quality timber frame homes in Ireland on behalf of both developers and private individuals. Artizan wanted to instantly convey the concept of home to the visitor using the outline of a house to frame the website content.
 
PAUL MC CARTHY
  www.paulmccarthy.ie
  Paul Mc McCarthy is an Irish practitioner of Classical Chinese Medicine, which includes acupuncture, and herbal medicine. His has an interest is in developing greater awareness and integration between Eastern and Western models of health and has written a number of articles for the Irish Medical Times. The site was designed to allow the articles to be available online and to allow clients’ access to the various therapies available at the Summerhill Clinic.
 
ACCM
  www.accm.ie
 

ACCM is the Academy of Classical Chinese Medicine and was recently founded by Paul McCarthy (see above) in an effort to promote a greater awareness among practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the spiritual and philosophical roots of their profession.
 
RALA
  www.rala.ie
  Rala Office Solutions wanted a simple website to reflect their identity and to link to their existing online catalogue containing thousands of office products to order and purchase. Artizan used office imagery and stationary detail in the overall design to instantly convey Rala's primary services to the website visitor.
 
BRITE
  www.brite.ie
  Brite is a new business training programme offering mentoring, networking and training for technology-based enterprises. Artizan built a clean and simple site design around the strong deep pink of the Brite logo using silhouetted characters with a splash of colour to illustrate the content.
 
DISSOLVING BOUNDARIES
  www.dissolvingboundaries.org
 

Dissolving Boundaries is a cross-cultural educational programme using Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to facilitate links between schools in the North and South of Ireland. The site was to provide information for both teachers and students and we created a colourful design with images of the children changing on each screen refresh.
 
PHONES.IE
  www.phones.ie
  Kelleher Electronics (phones.ie) specialise in offering award winning voice and data solutions. The original site was starting to look dated and Artizan was asked to upgrade it to something fresher, cleaner and more contemporary.
 
   
SYNERGI
  SYNERGI
  Synergi wanted a logo to highlight the human aspect of networking and communication that is central to their online networking system. The logo we created is an aerial view of matchstick figures joining hands in a circle to emphasise unity and contact. From a distance they form a symmetrical nucleus-like shape.
 
ZAO
  ZAO
  Zao is a modern restaurant offering the best of several Eastern cuisines. Artizan used the Asian bamboo as a symbol together with red and gold to reflect the colours of the Orient.
 
TYTV
  TYTV
  TYTV (Transition Year TV) is a documentary filmmaking course for transition year students. Artizan was asked to create a logo showing project collaboration using filmmaking equipment in a style that would appeal to teenagers.
 
ACCM
  ACCM
  ACCM (Academy of Chinese Classical Medicine) is devoted to broadening the practice of acupuncture in Ireland by reclaiming the heritage and legacy of Classical Chinese Medicine.
 
   
BROWN THOMAS


  BROWN THOMAS
  Brown Thomas contracted Artizan to create a very stylish presentation on "Retail Excellence" to reflect the quality of the brand using lavish imagery and sophisticated animation.
 
BT2
  BT2
  This project involved the creation of a looped 3D animation for BT2 to play on large screens in all their Dublin stores. The animation consisted of fashion images appearing as Polaroid photos falling one on top of the other.
 
FAILTE IRELAND

  FAILTE IRELAND
  We recently completed a Flash animated eCard for Failte Ireland to send out to its contact list this Christmas. The animation needed to highlight the beauty of an Irish landscape and inject it with a little Christmas magic. Click here to view the animation »