The Design Canopy

It took years to get to this point. Not this design necessarily, but having a presence on the internet for the purpose of business. There is no telling how many hours I’ve logged sketching, designing, thinking, writing, sketching, coding and sketching (I made a lot of sketches). You’re viewing the result.

The inspiration for this final design came in the layout of a Table of Contents of a magazine. However, there were many different iterations and sketches in the design process; and at many points the design would begin to head in an entirely different direction. These side trips would lead to a dead end and I’d then go back to more what you see here now.

The Name

Coming up with a name was a complicated process also, which involved a name change about half-way through this multi-year process. The first name I had was 86 Designs, but for various reasons it just wasn’t working, so I left it in favor of this one, the Design Canopy.

Logo

The logo proved to be especially difficult and frustrating. There was much lost in translation from the picture in my mind to the sketch on paper to the actual design on the computer. (Although, that particular journey has proved quite difficult in many a creative process.)

The final logo is comprised of the studio name set in Rage Italic and the spiral thing that represents a tree. I’ll go into more detail on the logo choice in another post.

There is, of course, the issue of it being the same form that BP uses. So I’m not sure where to draw the line, I may just end up scrapping it altogether… Maybe some people could give me their opinion on the matter?

Putting It Together

There is still much work to do; the first order of business being to clean up the copy writing and make it flow smoother throughout the site. I also want to add a few more graphical elements and present the search option differently.

It is exciting though to finally have a space where I can write about web design and interact with the community. I’ve waited a very long time.

Let me know what you think of the design, criticisms and praises, and if you see anything that looks out of place please let me know too. Thanks for stopping by!