Today we had our first meeting as a group, these were the items on the agenda:
1. Meet new team members
2. Apologies from Nic
3. Plan demonstrations
4. Dani and Ollie offer the systems re booking etc
5. Discuss Web site. E-journal, launch and brand.
6. Share contacts
7. Discuss plans and timetables for individual projects
8. Discuss plans and timetables for group projects
9. Know the industry - Web sites podcasts and journals
10. AOB
The main topic of discussion was Artswork Media branding and how we as a group feel about the website designs. I felt the initial mock ups didn't really show what Artswork Media is really about as a company i.e young, creative, vibrant, imaginative. The homepage was very boxy and the colours homogenized and banal. One group member commented that it reminded them of "more than" insurance! That is not the image we want to get across with our website. I voiced several ideas for the website, one of which was to animate the artswork logo so that the blobs shot paint splodges out of them, which then could be used as buttons.
We also talked about the e-journal and how that would fit into the website - the group seemed to think this would work best in the form of company news. The other aspect Nic asked us to think about was the links page and how the sites we link to say a lot about us, Artswork Media as a company. I also suggested we set up our own youtube channel to showcase our work. We could include this as a link and attach it to company emails so prospective clients can view our work. The idea's was well received and Nic agreed to contact the website builders to find out just how much creative input we do have in to the site.
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