Apt Design » Portfolio

Wenatchee Valley Sports Council Website

Apt Design — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:00:52 +0000

The Wenatchee Valley Sports Council was in dire need of a new website. The Council is a key resource for locals and visitors interested in any and all sports facilities and happenings in the Valley. However their old site was hard to navigate, information was hard to read, and the updating process was not as quick and smooth as it could have been. Eric Granstrom approached Apt Design to help rework their site, and I was excited to work with him. The Sports Council’s new website organizes their wealth of information much better for their visitors and presents it in a much more readable format. We added the ability to update the site with News articles, and even pull in the very latest news from Twitter. Eric was thrilled to be able to update every part of the new site quickly and easily himself .

Or, read one of these:

Lukens Insurance Identity

Apt Design — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:33:48 +0000

Ah, the rebrand. Craig Lukens was taking over the family business and needed a new identity to reflect the change. He brought his needs to Apt Design: something modern, clear and very new without losing a conservative, financially-responsible appearance. We worked through the design process together and ended up with a unique, distinguishable mark that met all of his needs. The logo then carried across into all his identity pieces, including business cards, letterhead, envelopes, and a great new sign outside.

See more images from this project:

Or, read one of these:

Apple Annie’s Antiques Website

Apt Design — Fri, 14 May 2010 15:30:26 +0000

visit the website

Apple Annie’s Antique Mall in Cashmere, Washington is one of the biggest in the entire U.S. But their website was badly outdated and no longer reflected was what going on at the store. So Apt Design got together with the management to create a new website that was much simpler, gave a better sense of the mall’s atmosphere, and could easily be updated in the future. We worked with professional copywriter Jennifer Korfiatis to create all-new content for the site, and used the design style across other design pieces, including a new rack card. The owners are very happy with the new look and the website has been driving traffic, and ultimately sales, to the mall.

Or, read one of these:

Kay Kenyon Website

Apt Design — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:29:16 +0000

visit the website

I’ve worked with best-selling author Kay Kenyon for a few years helping her keep her older, static website updated. When the time came to make a change to a site that she could easily update herself we were both ready to move forward. Kay’s new site incorporated her blog, which had previously been hosted elsewhere, directly into her new website (and even importing all the old posts). The new, merged site serves as a one stop shop for her fans and for beginning writer’s looking for tips from Kay’s blog posts. Kay’s new site prominently features ways to connect with her via her newsletter, on Facebook, and at her live appearances. The navigation was kept extremely clean and adds a useful twist of following you down the page. Kay was overjoyed with the new design and her visitors find the new site to be beautiful, easy to navigate and very useful.

Or, read one of these:

RunWenatchee.com

Apt Design — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:14:13 +0000

Visit the site

With spectacular outdoor settings and tons of great weather the Wenatchee Valley is a great place for running. RunWenatchee was created to be a central portal for information about local running events and local routes, as well as for general training and nutrition advice that every runner can use. Set up in an easy to read blog format the website easily lets readers find pertinent articles; while on the backend the RunWenatchee crew is able to easily administrate all aspects of their site, including ads, polls, videos and more.

Or, read one of these:

Dr. Parkhurst Website

Apt Design — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:00:03 +0000

visit the website

To round out Dr. Parkhurst’s complete identity (after creating a new logo and business cards), Apt Design helped create a new website for this dentist’s office. A warm, simple color scheme and rounded edges invite clients to learn more about how comfortable dentistry can be. The website is now a great reference for clients and time-saving tool for the office.

Or, read one of these:

Barnabas International Book Design

Apt Design — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:18:36 +0000

Barnabas International is a pastoral care organization, providing relief and support to missionaries across the globe. After a team of members collaborated on a book they asked Apt Design to help design a publication that would be inviting to read. We took the central theme of the book being a “conversation” and created a book cover that encouraged the reader to sit with the authors for awhile and listen to what they had to say. The cover also suggests the listening aspect of Barnabas’ work. The team was enthusiastic about how the design revealed the contents and the chair motif was carried through to the book layout as well.

Or, read one of these:

Gold’s Gym Blog

Apt Design — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:22:17 +0000

visit the website

There are two Gold’s Gyms in the Wenatchee Valley and they employ almost a dozen personal trainers. Gold’s Gym approached Apt Design to help them create a web solution that would allow the staff to share their fitness knowledge with the public and to create an online health community. We designed a fully-featured custom blog that allows for multiple authors, easy commenting from readers, video embedding, polls and more. The Wenatchee Valley Gold’s Gym Blog is now the premiere website for expert fitness advice and information for all of North Central Washington.

Or, read one of these:

Patrick Ward PhD Website

Apt Design — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:05:30 +0000

visit the website

Dr. Patrick Ward is a marriage counselor in West Virginia who had a treasure trove of blog posts with great information about family, parenting, stress and relationships. What he needed was a blog site that exhibited this great content and allowed his visitors to easily find articles that would help. Dr. Ward also wanted it to be easy for clients to learn more about his office and practice. The new website has already propelled Dr. Ward’s site to the top of search engine rankings, provided a clean layout for his blog posts and archives, and brought new customers through his door.

Or, read one of these:

Community Farm Connections Print Projects

Apt Design — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:47:21 +0000

After creating logos for each of Community Farm Connection’s branches, Apt Design drove the look and style into a complete identity and design style for the organization. We set them up with print materials from business cards to signage to newsletters to brochures. Careful thought was given to create pieces that looked vibrant and beautiful, yet were still editable by staff as they updated the weekly and quarterly newsletter. Staff, volunteers and customers all were amazed and pleased with the professional image and consistent look Apt Design brought to Wenatchee’s sustainable food non-profit!