[Project Complete] Design for Industrial/Tech - $200

[michaelk]

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Greetings, Designers.

BSC is a industrial machine shop company.
They don't make machines, but rather specialize in creating custom-ordered high-tech machine PARTS for larger-end instrument used in industry, military, defense, etc.

Company name: BSC Corporation

What is the scope of this project?: New site

Who is the intended audience?: Technology and Industry professionals

Mood or tone?: Professional, sharp.

Color/Design psychology?: Strong colors - blues, metallic.
Also, you should use of industry type images - gears, metal. (I'll try to get images from them, but use similar in the interim..)
Conservative kind of look, but needs to reflect high-tech modern concept.

Any dynamic elements?: We'll be creating them

Who are your main competitors?:
Similar websites for this industry are
http://www.bechdon.com
http://www.ridgeeng.com

What resources can you provide?: Please use this logo.
<img src='http://www.pipeland.com/bsclogo.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

Deadline: We would like to show the client some of your ideas by March 5th, but the deadline will be the 12th, after they have reviewed and given us their comments

Links will be:
Home Page
About BSC
Machines
Custom Ordering
Contact Us

Thanks.

[evened]

hi! do you have images of your products or anything..also can I change a little the color of the logo? what other features doy ou want on the principal page. like news, search, etc etc.

Im going to start working on this.

thanks

evened

[michaelk]

Ed,
The logo will remain pretty much as is (that's basically what's on their letterhead and such) But, you can use different background colors for it, and under it use the phrase "Precision Manufacturing"

I'm going to make a zipped file of some possible images, which I'll post in the next 30 minutes.

I don't know if there will be many additional features, b/c they site won't be 'dynamic', programming-wise.

[michaelk]

Forgot to add -
I don't know what the content will be (text-wise) on the front page, but put in some gobbledy-gook text as a place holder.

Here are some zipped pics, just as a starting point. Feel free to add others which might go well.

http://www.pipeland.com/bsc_images.zip

[evened]

ok here are some entries...

tell me if you like them, if you want me to change anything etc

thanks,

evened

#1

[evened]

number 2

[evened]

number 3

[Artemii]

Hello!
Just saying that I'm going to participate.
You'll see my sample soon.
Till soon!
All the best!

[michaelk]

EvenEd,
Nice first try.

Here are some thoughts -

Nice use of blue and the metallic idea.

Instead of 3 columns under the 'big top', let's just use 2 at about a 75% - 25% split.
Also, let's use a white bg for that area, and a softer gray for the text itself.
I'm worried that TOO MUCH blue might look a bit too "Terminator"-ish, which we're trying to avoid.

[DesignGeneral]

I'll post my entry soon :)

[Anne]

Here is my entry.
Looking forward to your feedback.

- Anne

[zing]

please provide some feedback on my entry: http://www.logogod.com/tom/sample.html

[evened]

hi here are the changes, I also made a new option, because I kind of had the feeling you didnt like the previous design :)

thanks!

waiting for feedback,

evened

[evened]

this is the second

[evened]

the 3rd one

[michaelk]

Interesting stuff so far. We're seeing the client Friday.

We're taking all designs in, and we'll get comments then.

[JeremeDavid]

Here is my entry. I figured since it is precision manufacturing, it should have clean lines.

[michaelk]

Jereme,

Try This:

Move the 'BSC' text on the top bar to either left or right side, and on the bottom, include the usual email/phone contact space

Thanks

[JeremeDavid]

I added the contact info and made a couple of other changes as well. I would like to see a photo of the facility where the picture in the contact area is.

[DesignGeneral]

My entry will come tomorrow morning B)

[michaelk]

Folks,
We met this AM with the client, who gave us some sites in their industry that they like, etc.
I'll post soon, to help you all along.

Thanks
MK
B)

[DesignGeneral]

I still working at it.

I'll wait to see the links so I can customize my template to the requested style :)

[Anne]

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We met this AM with the client, who gave us some sites in their industry that they like, etc.
I'll post soon, to help you all along.

Thanks
MK
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Does this means that your client didn't like the entries so far?

[zing]

did they not comment on any of the designs specifically?

[michaelk]

Comments/Feedback

Here were some sites/designs the client mentioned that he liked:

Overall, they want a simple understated site (Not in a flashy industry)

http://spcmfg.com/dmmain.html (same industry but would want something a little more creative than this)

Another similar type of industry is http://www.ultratoolmfg.com/ultrawebpages/special.htm (however, BSC does not sell parts this way or make anything this simple)

[michaelk]

Here's another they like:


http://www.timken.com/

[Anne]

Here is a new design from me.

Feedback appriciated.

[michaelk]

Thanks, Anne.

I think that's closer where we need to be.
Can you make the middle text area a different color ?

[Anne]

Changes made

[Anne]

and in blue

[michaelk]

Actually, what I meant was not the text itself, but make that whole area white or a grayish; just for contrast. Might make it stick out more.

[Anne]

Ok, I'll work on it later tonight.

[zing]

this is just a start... any ideas/comments?

[michaelk]

Interesting, Zing.

Try making the top "buttons" a little smaller

[Anne]

Here is a new improved one :)

[zing]

ill make the changes asap and other comments thus far?

[michaelk]

Zing,
Maybe left-justify the logo on top bar

[zing]

you mean above the menu? if so ill make the main graphical bit under the menu much better ect...

[michaelk]

Yeah - Give it a shot.

[zing]

im gonna put this one on hold and try something new, bear with me :)

[zing]

any feedback on this concept?

[michaelk]

Hey everyone,

Thanks for your submissions. here are some thoughts. the client is very conservative and really wasn't struck with any of the posts so far. :( I think I threw you guys off track by listing pictures of gears, etc.) :unsure:

Let's make it more conservative. The postings on the top of page 6 for casper for the posting for software consultants are really good. Let's move in that direction.

Remember : their logo is B / S / C and is in gold so we want to work in that color family.

also, some of the pictures that have been used are of a foundry which is a totally different industry. This is what they do: they make high end parts that fit into other parts of major equipment like Nasa's space shuttle, Navy radar systems etc.

thanks!!! ;)

[zing]

could you try and provide some more ideas if possible... any new pics that are more suited to the industry? are you looking for a minimal look then? also do you want mostly gold colouring for the layout? I havent seen many nice looking gold websites... any secondary colours you would like?

[Luc]

The postings on the top of page 6 for casper for the posting for software consultants are really good. Let's move in that direction.


Which entry in particular? It will also help us designers if you can provide suiting images.

[michaelk]

Hey everyone,

:oops: Sorry if I wasn't specific enough, sometimes I have to show the ideas to the client to see what they are looking for. I would say the minimal look would be better with this client. lebdesign and Luc posting on march 11th for casper's site we like.

As for the gold color. I agree that gold as a predominant color might not look the best but at least either the border or background shading should use that color.

[IDarwish]

Just wondering.. when is the deadline for this one :)

Thank You,
Carlos.

[michaelk]

Hey Carlos

Thanks for asking ;) . We are extending it to Monday, March 22nd due to the confusion.

[dziner]

Count me in before the March 22nd deadline.

Shelly

[DesignGeneral]

HI Michael,

I promised u an entry sometime ago. Here is it ;)

I tried to keep a clean minimal look. let me know what do u think.

Thanks

[DesignGeneral]

If u can provide some pictures, I can integrate them in the design, also if you want other elements on the page just let me know.
I'll be happy to do revisions ;)
Thanks

[IDarwish]

K I know im a little late, but Ive been really busy this days.. Im stilla little but I will try my best to sqeeze time to work on a design for you :)

Thank You,
Carlos.

[michaelk]

Carlos, we're going to extend another week, so we hope to see your design.

DG - Nice work. Comments coming soon.

[DesignGeneral]

I'll wait for your comments. :)

[Anne]

Here is another one from me. I can make it with other colors if your client like the style.

Anne

[IDarwish]

Ill have something today :) .. Just letting you know.

Thank You,
Carlos.

[IDarwish]

Here is my entry :) .. Looking forwoard for your feedback :D

Thank You,
Carlos.

[DesignGeneral]

Hi Michael,

Any feedback here?

Thanks

[michaelk]

Sorry for the delay.
Changes with the client, but for possible further usage, we'll award this to Anne's design, and move forward when things become available.

[Carl]

Michael,

Thanks!

Will contact Anne and move to revisions.

Carl...