Liquid Light

London School of English site launched

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:15:00 +0000

This week saw the launch of the redesign of the London School of English (LSE) site. The redesign elegantly distills trust in their brand and pushes the professionalism that LSE provide as a genuine language school offering the 'best of its breed'.

The site brings in social media in a subtle way, enabling people to write course reviews and developing a sense of community within the organisation. The slick new site helps to redefine LSE and gives it a strong online presence to compete with the multinational players in its niche market.

A new structure for Gifford, but this time it's not a building

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:10:00 +0100

Gifford is a world leading consultancy of engineers and specialist advisers. After a very thorough design and development stage, Gifford now have an improved site, whilst retaining its simplicity, with a fresher design that presents the vast array of projects in a sexy, dynamic way.

The new site allows users to explore what Gifford does in a tactile way and presents them as knowledge leaders with their quality of service and approach.

Parasol is re-branded

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:12:00 +0100

Parasol is one of the leading names in contractor and freelancer support, providing 100% compliant, tax-friendly support service for contractors and freelancers. For a second time, Liquid Light were given the task of reskining the site, this time to incorporate their playful and friendly re-brand.

With a tight deadline, the Liquid Light team had to use quick thinking and decision making to interpret the print brand guide into a convincing online format that would be ready in time to coincide with other external marketing of the Parasol brand re-launch. The result is an engaging, colourful, professional looking marketing site, which effortlessly communicates to the user in a friendly and personal manner what the Parasol service is and how it can benefit them. The site has had outstanding feedback across the board since it’s launch.

Media Development Loan Fund steps towards wider coverage

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:47:00 +0100

Media Development Loan Fund (MDLF) is a mission-driven investment fund for independent news outlets in countries with a history of media oppression. Liquid Light have created a top end professional site that better communicates what MDLF do with an emphasis on their credibility and suitability to potential investors and donors.

The polished, professional site strickes a creative balance between a media persona and feel, which has helped refine the presentation of MDLF as a credible entity - naturally expanding their scope of coverage. There has been a definite tangible benefit for Liquid Light in working with MDLF, in the sense that by helping them do their job right, this consequently has a massive ripple effect on so many.

Another two in the bag for Avicenna and ILEP

Fri, 29 May 2009 11:55:00 +0100

Avicenna, the website for the Centre for Chinese Medicine and ILEP, the NGO leprosy site have both picked up Awards of Distinction in the Health and Charitable Organisation / Non-Profit categories of the Communicator Awards.

This year the Communicator Awards received an astounding 7,000 entries making it the largest and most prestigious award of its kind.

Web designer, Mish Maudsley, at Liquid Light said, "Having intuitive content and strong web designs that are still winning awards (and more importantly serving our clients needs) a few years after their launch is testament to the effectiveness of Liquid Light's in house process."

Medicines Transparency Allinace win two awards

Wed, 27 May 2009 17:47:00 +0100

The Medicines Transparency Alliance (MeTA) site has been awarded a Gold Communicator Award of Distinction and an IMA Best in Class Award with an overall score of 485.

Medicines Transparency Alliance (MeTA) is a multi-stakeholder alliance working to improve access and affordability of medicines for the one-third of the world’s population unable to access essential medicines due to high cost or local unavailability.

The new site needed to step up the professional presentation of MeTA, allowing them to better communicate their company vision as well as enabling them to take control of all content management. MeTa now have a contemporary and colourful site built using a powerful content management system, Typo3, that offers them the empowerment to publish their own content and ensures the site remains up to date with their latest developments.

The Best in Class award is the highest honor bestowed by the Interactive Media Awards. It represents the very best in planning, execution and overall professionalism. In the Communicator Awards the site was up against 7,000 other entries, so being honored with an award is a true testament to the innovative work Liquid Light have achieved in making such a usable and striking website.

View MeTA Case Study

Kinstellar site is in the league of gold excellence

Wed, 27 May 2009 16:08:00 +0100

The Kinstellar site has won a second award – a prestigious Gold Communicator Award. That makes a total of two awards for Kinstellar alongside their Bronze Horizon Interactive award.

Kinstellar’s highly skilled team of lawyers offer top quality legal advice across a range of practices in a variety of New European sectors.

Liquid Light effectively had to design a website for Kinstellar without a brand, whilst sticking to a tight, fixed deadline. The result is a professional, elegant, distinctive and fresh website offering a visual presentation of the strong Kinstellar brand.

The Communicator Awards is the leading international awards program honoring creative excellence for Communications Professionals. The 2009 Communicator Awards featured an incredible pool of over 7,000 entries, making it the largest and most prestigious award of its kind.

The African Development Bank are on a roll!

Fri, 22 May 2009 12:07:00 +0100

The African Development Bank website has just won it's third award - the IMA Best in Class. Earlier in the month, the website won two bronze Horizon Interactive awards.

The IMA Best in Class award is the highest honor bestowed by the Interactive Media Awards. It represents the very best in planning, execution and overall professionalism. In order to win this award level, the site had to successfully pass through the comprehensive judging process, achieving very high marks in each of the judging criteria - an achievement only a fraction of sites in the IMA competition earn each year.

A true testament to the professional craftsmenship at Liquid Light.

View the African Development Bank Case Study

Another hat trick for Liquid Light

Mon, 18 May 2009 15:44:00 +0100

Liquid Light has won another hat trick with three Horizon Interactive Awards: two Bronze awards for the African Development Bank website and a third Bronze award for the Kinstellar website.

The Horizon Interactive Awards is a prestigious international competition recognizing outstanding achievement among interactive media producers from all over the world. Each year, an international panel of industry professionals, from diverse multi-media, graphic design and marketing backgrounds, review the entries to determine the work that is to be recognized.

This year Liquid Light were competing against just over 2,000 entries from 32 countries (double the amount from previous years) and we're thrilled to have our unique craftsmenship recognised once more by Horizon.

Ede & Ravenscroft receives the profile to match its heritage

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:03:00 +0000

For 320 years Ede & Ravenscroft has upheld its reputation as tailors of distinction. Moving with the times, they now have an online presence that elegantly portrays their breadth of expertise in one single online format.

The team at Liquid Light have taken the existing Ede & Ravenscroft website consiting of four separate sections lacking in unity and have created a tasteful and contemporary site that integrates their online presence. Through the use of Typo3, (in our opinion) the best open source CMS available, Ede & Ravenscroft have complete user friendly content editing tools. The eCommerce section of the site offers a simple, user-friendly solution for browsing an online catalogue.

Positive change for the African Development Bank – brand spanking new site

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:53:00 +0000

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group’s mission is to help reduce poverty, improve living conditions for Africans and mobilize resources for the continent’s economic and social development. With this objective in mind, the institution aims at assisting African countries – individually and collectively - in their efforts to achieve sustainable economic development and social progress.

The AfDB approached Liquid Light with a brief to reinvigorate and improve their existing site to reflect the quality of what they do and to provide an efficient communication platform. They wanted a natural home for the content with a fresh and vibrant feel.

From a design perspective, there was an interesting challenge of creating something that would represent the richness of the vast African continent whilst also reflecting the modern corporate image, capturing it’s positive energetic philosophy.

The result is an elegant site with a vibrant balance between a corporate edge with the African energy. The large intelligent architecture of the site allows visitors to simply browse by a wide range of options to access the huge repository of documents.

It was an enriching experience for the Liquid Light team to work in a vibrant environment with a broad range of people that are passionate about what they are doing.

The Relax experience launches – Liquid Light are in for a treat

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:49:00 +0000

Relax offers a luxurious, elegant and friendly space in both Soho and White City where clients can experience massage and beauty treatments. They also bring quick and convenient chair massage into the office place or work event to help keep everyone happy and productive.

Relax wanted an elegant marketing site with a clean, professional boutique feel, eCommerce enabled and easy navigation that would reflect the relaxed drop in atmosphere within their branches. The result is a gorgeous website using professional imagery to create a relaxed, friendly and vibrant feel that truly captures the essence of Relax. The website was delivered on time to a tight deadline, on budget and spot on with the client brief.

The Liquid Light team have had a chance to experience the relaxing effects of on-site massage in the studio – they come highly recommended!

Top 10 agency recognition from the IMA

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:48:00 +0000

The Interactive Media Awards (IMA) recognised Liquid Light as one of their top 10 agencies – the only UK agency to make the list. The top 10 are chosen by judges for their ability to create websites that meet judging criteria including design, usability, content, functionality, and standards compliance.

In recognising the top 10, the IMA cited: “…high level of professionalism, extraordinary achievements, and consistent contributions towards a stronger, more useful, and more secure Internet.”

More awards for Avicenna and ILEP

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:47:00 +0000

Avicenna, the website for the Centre for Chinese Medicine and ILEP, the NGO leprosy site have both picked up Silver Awards in the website, web advertising, and web video, W3 Awards.

Avicenna won its award in the ‘Health’ category; ILEP in the ‘Charitable Organisation’ section.

Web designer Adam Wallace at Liquid Light said: “We know both sites are doing a great job for the respective clients, but it’s great to see them recognised by independent professionals in our industry too.”

Four Best in Class Awards at the IMAs 2008

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:45:00 +0100

Liquid Light has won four Interactive Media Awards (IMAs) at the highest level – Best in Class – for websites created for Avicenna, Elbus Group, ILEP and Rexiter:

Avicenna - the Centre for Chinese Medicine won Best In Class in the Health and Nutrition category

Elbus Group - the international professional services company won Best In Class in the Financial Information category

ILEP - the anti-leprosy organisation won Best In Class in the Non Profit Association category

Rexiter - the investments and trusts company won Best In Class in the Financial Information category

The Interactive Media Awards is a prestigious international competition recognising outstanding achievement among interactive media producers from all over the world. Each year, an international panel of industry professionals, from diverse multi-media, graphic design and marketing backgrounds, review the entries to determine the work that is to be recognised.

Web designer Mish Maudsley at Liquid Light said "All these sites are having a real positive impact on our clients. These awards are a great testament to all the understanding, expertise and hard work put in by the entire LL team."