‘Invest in Stevenage’ is a project from the Stevenage Borough Council to promote the area as a thriving and dynamic town, full of potential. Its goal is to encourage new business and inward investment to help raise the profile of the town. The new website is a key part of this project, showcasing the best of Stevenage’s possibilities with a clean, stylish and colourful design.

Beaver Design was contacted directly by Stevenage Borough Council, with a clear brief to design the branding and website for this project. After a thorough design process, the final artwork was agreed and the website was developed. Content for the website and targeted messages was developed by Paul Maguire (Magnite PR). 

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The visual elements for the branding and website were kept personal, with lots of pictures and simple menus. The goal was to steer clear of being too rigid or corporate, using speech bubbles and colourful pages with imagery wherever possible. As a main entry point for encouraging inward investment, the website needed to convey key messages, whilst showing the enthusiasm and strong potential of Stevenage. 

To take a look and find out more about the ‘Invest in Stevenage’ project from Stevenage Borough Council, please take a look at:

www.investinstevenage.co.uk

A couple of our designers recently got their hands on a few sets of intricately hand-carved wooden type for letterpressing, which are currently laid out in our studio. These days, this kind of printing is mostly just a hobby - but it wasn't too long ago that this was how all typesetting was done.

For more information about letterpressing, take a look at www.britishletterpress.co.uk

2010 is just around the corner and will no doubt present us all with new challenges and opportunities for business. Are you ready to start the year with the website and print materials you need?

Beaver Design is proudly exhibiting at the 3rd Business Show hosted by the Business Independent. This is a great opportunity to meet us and find out how we can help your business now and into 2010. We’ll be on hand for lots demos of our design techniques and if you have any questions about anything from web design and development, to graphic design and print, please feel free to just come over and ask!

The business show will also be host to a number of other local businesses, so this really isn’t an event you want to miss.

So come to Knebworth House on Wednesday 2nd December – it’s free to enter and doors open at 10:30am. See you there!