Smiles all round here at Substrakt as we are pleased to announce our involvement in some pretty exciting projects that we will be busy with over the next couple of months:

Light House

We were successful in winning the pitch to re develop the Light House website. We were really keen to work with the Light House on this project as it looked like an ideal project for the Substrakt team. The Light House is at the impressive Chubb's Lock Works building in Wolverhampton, definitely worth a visit if you haven't been...

Light House aims to increase the enjoyment and understanding of technologically - based media, in particular film, video, photography and creative media and to emphasise their importance to the cultural, social and economic life of Wolverhampton, the West Midlands and further afield.

We're extremely pleased to be working on this project with the Light House team and aim to have the website launched early next year.

Punch Records

We have been working with Punch Records on a new web presence, the website will be launching early November and aims to effectively communicate Punch's work and allow the team to successfully integrate their growing social media presence.

Punch specialise in a range of music events and touring productions including spoken word, theatre, dance, film and visual arts.  Punch is also an official Arts Award centre.

Producers Forum ¶

We are delighted to be working with Producers Forum after winning the pitch to re develop their website.

The aim of the Producers' Forum is to push the West Midlands forward as a vibrant centre for film production by supporting the region's film professionals, whilst providing them with networking opportunities and high quality training from leading industry experts. Our aim is to put the West Midlands on the map by utilising the region's talent and facilities to create a sustainable film industry.

A main part of the web development is to implement a members section which will enable user to join and build up their own profile pages as well as effectively communicating with other members. We're looking forward to getting stuck into this.

Website due to launch in November.

Selco Builders Warehouse ¶

We've just had confirmation that we've won a great new contract and will be working closely with Selco Builders Warehouse. We're re developing their web presence in order for them to effectively display their vast product range online.

(I'm in the process of doing up my house so am well into the old DIY at the mo... hoping i can sort a cheeky membership)

NHS

We're obviously very pleased to add the NHS to our client list. We are working on some web development with NHS Birmingham East and North. Not too many details to dish at the moment, but we'll update when the 1st stage of the project is complete.

Oh, and finally... ¶

We are super chuffed to have an awesome new web developer, Mark Steadman, who will be introducing himself on the blog shortly.

We uploaded a website for The Social Investment Business on Wednesday. This project was led by Futurebuilders, a great client whose website redesign was completed by us a few weeks ago. The Social Investment Business website needed turning around in less than a month, including design, content development, site build and testing ready for the launch event yesterday.

This site has more features to come including the expansion of a blog / resource section and the integration of social media including image feeds from Flickr and video feeds from Vimeo.

We have just had news that we won the international design competition for the design of Golden Square, in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter, as part of a team led by Capita Lovejoy's Birmingham office, beating over 100 international practices in the process.

Golden Square is being created as one of the first new projects in Birmingham City Council's 'Big City Plan', which will see the city centre transformed over the coming years. The proposals for this new public square seek to create an exciting, iconic and inspiring space, which would act as the focal point to the Jewellery Quarter.

Our part of the proposal was to implement digital media technology, providing visitor information facilities as an integral component of the scheme - connecting users of the square to the facilities and businesses within the Jewellery Quarter. This is a great opportunity for Substrakt to work closely with sister company Subcom to provide innovative touch screen display solutions.

We are delighted to have the opportunity to be involved in such a significant project and are excited to work closely with Capita Lovejoy and the wider design team, which include David Patten, Bryant Priest Newman, Ramboll Whitby Bird, Light Bureau, and Ocmis.

We have just launched a website for the Hare & Hounds in Kings Heath. This is a great venue and has been transformed since Adam Regan took over and started bringing some great live acts and opening it up to some fab promoters. This pub also happens to be my local, so it was really cool to be able to help with a new website and some ideas for online marketing and promotion.

The new website has a blog which aims to provide insight into the venue, its history and some extra information on some of the artists and local community. Chris Unitt will be helping to kick this off with a few guest posts.

The gallery section feeds images directly from Flickr, allowing the host of talented photographers who take photos at the venue to easily get their pics on the website. These photographers include a Substrakt HQ resident Kate Beatty, who took some great photos of legendary reggae singer Horace Andy on Sunday night.

You can also follow hareandhounds on Twitter.

We have just relaunched Kate Beatty's website. Kate is a good friend of ours and works with us here at Substrakt HQ. She is working with some exciting clients as well as working on various personal projects that sound very intriguing, so watch this space.

Kate is also now on the blogosphere, so keep a track on her photographic musings.
http://blog.kate-beatty.co.uk/

We are extremely pleased to announce our involvement in a new project. Walkit.com is a fantastic concept and a web site that already has a huge following. We will be working closely with the walkit.com team to develop their current web site with a new style and the addition of many exciting new features.

We are due for beta launch by the end of November.

While i'm on the subject of Wordpress... here is one of our latest sites, built with the help of our friend WP...

Ankerside Shopping Centre (Tamworth) needed a web upgrade. The new site offers them full content management, including the ability to easily add content to the 'what's on' section. The site also features an interactive store guide.

www.ankerside.co.uk

A few pictures of the yearbook we recently produced for Birmingham's School of Architecture

We have just uploaded a new web site for St George’s School in Edgbaston. It was a great pleasure to work with the school and both parties are very pleased with the final result. The site runs a full content management system and has brought the school into the digital age with the likes of RSS feeds and an online calendar that allows the school staff to input and organise all events within the school calendar.

We are looking forward to seeing how the site is received and developing the site in the future with possible additions such as the implementation of more social/community features.

Visit the site at www.sgse.co.uk

Thanks to Stef Lewandowski, who is on the School’s Council of Trustees and Marketing Group, for preparing a clear and comprehensive brief as well as helping us to communicate the more technical elements of the web site to the staff and board members.

Artmarkt is a web site that profiles artists including graphic designers, illustrators and photographers. The web site showcases artwork and invites users to purchase this work in various sizes as prints or canvases. The site aims to help promote emerging artists as well as offering an outlet for established artists.

Take a look... www.artmarkt.net

by Chris Keenan

by Carlie Ness

by Kate Beatty

by Max Barrett

by Patrick Lawrence

by Daniel Cullen