Portfolio

Sydney Cooking School is a new business who wanted a simple website to allow customers to book classes online and advertise their other services. The website has a shopping cart to allow online payments and a simple Content Management System (CMS) to allow Sydney Cooking School to update their classes themselves.

Sydney Corporate Catering had an existing website and when new owners took over the business they wanted to re-vamp the site to give it a more modern and professional image. They asked Abacus Design to create a simple, but striking website to promote their business.

Sydney Corporate Catering wanted a website with lots of food photos to showcase their menu great. This was achieved with a simple flash animated banner and a website layout that incorporates images into every page.

Valhalla Counselling Practice were referred to Abacus Design by a previous client. They wanted a simple, professional website to help market their counselling services. The site was designed using an orange/pink colour scheme to match their other marketing material.

Adam's Cakes & Chocolates wanted a new website to help market their business to restaurants, people organising weddings and the local community. Abacus Design designed their website to incorporate their logo and brown colour scheme used in their existing marketing material.

Able Removals & Storage approached Abacus Design to create a simple website to market their removals and storage business. They wanted an online quoting system and general information for people needing removalists services.

Strata Property Inspections wanted a website to help advertise their new business. Abacus Design created a simple, eye-catching website to match the purple and yellow/orange colour scheme used in their new logo. The website provides them with a professional means of promoting their company online.

Sturt Associates approached Abacus Design to design a website to provide a professional means of promoting their company online and to easily allow them to showcase their previous body of work.

The look of the website is designed to match existing company marketing material, using the same teal green/blue colour scheme and blockish style.

Camilla Baker - Chef | Author | Teacher | Mother

Camilla Baker wanted to create a professional website image to advertise her cooking classes and further promote her recipe/cooking interests. Abacus Design created a simple website for with an eye catching flash animated banner showcasing her cooking creations.

Her website also allow website visitors to signup to her newsletter and links to her blog.

Sydney Funeral Prices - SMS Quote Service

Sydney Funeral Prices approached Abacus Design to create an informative website, providing the facility to send SMS message to potential clients with standard quote information.

They favoured a subtle, warm and welcoming design with a purple colour scheme.

CSR Past Employees' Association

CSR Past Employees' Association asked Abacus Design to create a simple website to provide information to their members. They wanted to keep it very simple with easy to find information and pictures from recent events available online. Abacus Design ensured the website met these objectives and created a visually appealing site adhering to their comprehensive corporate branding and style requirements.

The website also includes a simple administration area where CSR Past Employees' Association administrators can maintain the website pages and membership details themselves.

Osborne Bricknell Howell approached Abacus Design to re-design their existing website, giving it a more modern look & feel, plus improve search engine rankings. The website needed to be clean and clear with lots of white space, but also utilising the colours in their newly re-designed logo. Abacus Design created a simple website to archive these objectives.

The website also allows Osborne Bricknell Howell to update the pages themselves using a simple Content Management System.

Your Kids - internet directory for children's products & services

Your Kids is a new online directory which aims to list Australia's leading suppliers of children's products and services. The team from Your Kids wanted to simplify the search for child-related products, services and activities.

Abacus Design created a clean and simple website that is easy-to-use. It also has an extensive administration systems to allow the Your Kids team to manage the directory themselves.

First Contact Relocations wanted a website to advertise their new relocations business. The colour scheme of the website needed to match their logo in the earthy red and green colours used. It was also to reflect some of the lifestyle reasons to move to the Northern Districts of Sydney in it's imagery. Abacus Design created a simple website to archive these objectives.

The website also allows First Contact Relocations to upload new information to their client resources area themselves.

H.G. Motors appoached Abacus Design to re-design their existing website to create a more modern and professional image. The website incorporates the blue colour scheme used in their existing marketing material.

The website is simple, but functional. It allows website visitors to request bookings for servicing their car online.

Zig Zag Licensed Cafe - Marsfield

Zig Zag Licensed Cafe asked Abacus Design to design a simple, distinctive website to advertise their new business. They wanted it to look stylish and sophisticated, yet relaxed and vibrant.

Abacus Design used colour in the website to complement Zig Zag Licensed Cafe's logo and create the desired look. The design is simple, with stunning photography to showcase the food.

Touchpoint Australia - Local, State and Federal government lobbyist

Touchpoint Australia wanted a simple, professional website to provide a secondary means of marketing their business. Abacus Design created a website based around the blues used in their existing marketing material and included an animated representation of their logo with their business name, rippling a pool of water.

22 Beaches - Holiday Letting Specialists Northern Beaches

22 Beaches is a business specialising in short term accommodation rental in Sydney's Northern Beaches. They approached Abacus Design to create a visually appealing website to help market their services.

The website includes a simple administration area where 22 Beaches staff can maintain the website pages and properties themselves.

Site Image had an existing website designed using Joomla Content Management System. They asked Abacus Design to re-design the website, still using Joomla, to provide a more professional image of their company and better showcase their previous work.

The look of the website is designed to match existing company marketing material, using the same pale blue and grey colour scheme and uncluttered style concentrating on the imagery.

Site Landscapes, an affiliated company of Site Image, also wanted Abacus Design to re-design their existing website. The new website was required to use the same layout and design as the Site Image website, though using a different colour scheme and content.

The website also utilises Joomla content management system so Site Landscapes staff can update the images, portfolio and general text themselves.

The House of Light asked Abacus Design to re-design their existing website to create a more modern and professional image. The website subtly adds interest using a simple animation to showcase some lighting products.

The house of light can update their New Products themselves via a simple Content Management System (CMS).

Concrete floor protection wanted to improve on their internet presence provided by www.citysearch.com.au. Abacus Design created a simple website for the to promote their services to the food & beverages, automotive & pharmaceuticals industries. The website includes an eye catching flash animated banner showcasing some of their previous work.

Jenta Organisational Development Services approached Abacus Design as they wanted to re-design their existing webiste to promote a more modern and professional image. The colour scheme for the website needed to be based around the green used in Jenta’s existing logo and marketing material.

Jenta required Abacus Design to provide a simple Content Management System (CMS) to allow Jenta to update the website pages and resources themselves.

DM Carr Constructions Pty Ltd contacted Abacus Design to design their website after being referred by another client. They wanted a simple, elegant website to promote their business and showcase some of the previous work they had completed.

Abacus Design created a striking website, using some simple javascript animation and incorporating the blue and white colour scheme used in their existing marking material.

The Import/Export Training Centre were referred to Abacus Design by a previous customer. They wanted to update the look of their existing website, making it a little more modern and professional, while still maintaining the original content and green colour scheme.

Abacus Design created a simple website which also includes an administration interface so The Import/Export Training Centre can update the content of the website themselves.

SoakDesigns wanted a classic and elegant, yet modern and minimalistic website to help advertise their growing range of bathware. They wanted a flash animation on the home page to draw the viewer's interest.

Abacus Design created a simple logo for SoakDesigns and a line drawing fading into a photo of bathware for the Flash Animation. The way the menus and pages have been designed in the website will also be easy and cost effective for SoakDesigns to add products and pages at a later stage.

Telford Tours asked Abacus Design to design a website to promote their services and create a more professional image for their business. They had just re-designed their logo and wanted to keep the strong red and black colour scheme.

Abacus Design created a simple, eye-catching website emphasising their phone number, link to quick quote page, brochures, 1 day tours and their areas of expertise.

YourHomeWorks approached Abacus Design to design a website to advertise their interior styling business. They had just gone through the process of redesign their logo, colour scheme and associated stationary and wanted the website to incorporate the olive green and maroon colours.

Since their business is very much about appearances and impressions, they were very concerned with every detail of how the website looked. Abacus Design worked closely with them throughout the design process to ensure they were happy with the end result.

Charyl originally approached Abacus Design in 2003 to create a simple, professional website to enhance her business. This website served her very well, but when she decided to update her website in 2008 she again asked Abacus Design for help. "Flowers and bells" were to be avoided, Charyl wanted a modern and classic looking website.

A.J. Benco Electrical Services wanted a straightforward website to help advertise their business. They had no logo or existing colour scheme to complement.

Abacus Design created a simple logo and used warm colours throughout the website's design to convey the feel of lighting.

As a new business, Cheeky Monkey Photography approached Abacus Design to develop a cost effective website to display their photographic portfolio and attract business in their local area. The website's style is simple, so the viewer's eye is drawn to the stunning photographs.

Abacus Design created a simple maintenance section so Cheeky Monkey Photography can upload new images to their portfolio of galleries.

The new owners of MAASH Sports & Fitness wanted to update the existing website to reflect the new attitude they bring to the center. They wanted the new design to look professional, but fun and incorporate an orange and blue colour scheme to match their new promotional material.

Abacus Design created a vibrant looking website, which promotes MAASH's key areas: squash; gym; and rock climbing. The new website includes a customised administration module so they can update News Items, Recent Events, the Aerobics Timetable, plus individual website pages as required. For more information about the re-design have a look at our website re-design before and after details.

Affirm Organizational Development and Training wanted Abacus Design to create a website to help people find them more easily and to provide more information to existing clients about additional services available. They wanted a professional, modern looking website with a blue colour scheme and the facility to update the content themselves.

Abacus Design created a simple, informative website with an administration interface to allow Affirm Organizational Development and Training to update their content themselves.

Graduation Photography is an on-line shopping cart designed by Abacus Design. This system makes finding Graduation photos quick and easy and order exactly the sizes and quantities they need. The objective was to provide the facility to find and view a specific photo in a matter of seconds instead of relying on endless pages of proofs.

Abacus Design utilise their customised administration module of this shopping cart to streamline the process of uploading large numbers of photos.

Acoustic Directions approached Abacus Design to design a new website to help potential clients understand the breadth of skill that Acoustic Directions offers. They wanted to promote is as a quality business and to easily demonstrate the expertise of the company. They wanted a simple layout including the company logo and photos of some previous work along a top menu.

Abacus Design a created modern, professional website which includes includes a customised administration module so they can update Projects, plus individual website pages as required.

Anzus Finance approached Abacus Design to design a website for their new business. They wanted a simple website to distinguish who Anzus Finance Corporation are and Outline services of Anzus Finance Corporation.

Abacus Design created a professional looking website based around a blue colour scheme to compliment the blue used in the company logo.

K.C. Turner Engineering Pty Ltd approached Abacus Design to re-design their website. They wanted more professional and modern design to advertise their capabilities online. Abacus Design created a simple website and arranged the required photography through Cheeky Monkey Photography. For more information about the re-design have a look at our website re-design before and after details.

Free Radical Enterprises wanted a vibrant website to promote their unique entertainment products for adults and children. They wanted the website to be "Sparkly" and "Upbeat", giving the appearance of “Show Biz” and "stars", yet they wanted it to be simple and not too cluttered. They also wanted to differentiate between different areas of their business, yet present a united corporate image.

Abacus Design created a bold website using vivid colours, such as rich red, deep blue, royal purple and emerald green to distinguish to different business areas, while keeping the same layout and flash animation throughout for consistency.

Pacific Register of ships asked Abacus Design to design their website after seeing a website previously designed by Abacus Design. They wanted a simple website to add credibility to their business and advertise their services to potential clients.

Building Code & Bushfire Hazard Solutions approached Abacus Design to update their existing website. They wanted it to look more professional, but still maintain the orange colour scheme and logo. They also wanted the flexibility to be able to update the page content themselves.

Abacus Design created a simple, professional and modern design to meet their requirements. It includes an administration interface where they can edit page content, upload new photos etc. For more information about the re-design have a look at our website re-design before and after details.

OnlineLighting approached Abacus Design to design a simple, easy to use, on-line store to sell lighting products throughout Australia.

The website is designed so that customers can quickly find lighting products by room, by category or brand. Product options such as size, colour and price are displayed.

OnlineLighting administer the shopping cart themselves, adding products via a simple administration interface provided by Abacus Design.

Abacus Design developed a dynamic website to showcase David Bailey's growing selection of stunning photographs. The website's style mimics his business card, with subtle text and menu items, so the viewer can concentrate on the photographs.

The website has an extensive maintenance section. David uses this to upload new images and galleries, plus update his services, pricing and information details.

www.ifpix.com is an on-line shopping cart designed by Abacus Design. It was created to provide photographers and artists with a fast and effective way to place their product online, and allow customers to easily access and order images.

The website is designed so that customers can quickly find the images they are looking for, and order exactly the sizes and quantities they need. Each photographer or artist has their own section within ifpix so that they can direct customers to the website knowing that those customers will be able to find the required section without needing to navigate through all of the images that are held on the system.

A Grade Events wanted a website to support their new business. They wanted a strong pink colour scheme to appeal to women. The website was to be simple, elegant and stylish. Abacus Design designed the website from there. We provided a copy writing service for the website's content on their behalf.

PhotoCentral.com.au is an on-line shopping cart created by Abacus Design. It was designed to provide a faster and more efficient way to provide professional photography to event participants.

This solution makes finding event photos quick and easy. The objective was to provide the facility to find and view a specific photo in a matter of seconds instead of relying on endless pages of proofs.

Abacus Design also customised the administration of this shopping cart to streamline the process of uploading large numbers of photos.

Best Face Forward - Make up by Ada wanted a website designed incorporating a distinctive pink and grey colour scheme, with both a creative and professional look: "It should look pretty, but not too girly...no flowers".

Ada specialises in wedding make-up, and Abacus Design delivered a website with a light and natural feel that won't date - matching her philosophy in make-up artistry.

Gail Nagel had an existing one page website she was not happy with. She approached Abacus Design to create a new website with the goal of attracting more business through improved web design.

Abacus Design worked with Gail to design a new, more professional looking and search engine friendly website. We also suggested other ways for her to improve her profile on internet search engines.

Sales Schematics Australia approached Abacus Design to develop a website to match their existing marketing material, featuring their distinctive green, blue & red logo. They wanted their website to present a simple, professional and business-like image, but not to seem too serious. They didn't want it to look too much like a "consultant's website".


The website also allows Sales Schematics Australia to upload documents for download. The documents are stored in a database, which Sales Schematics Australia can update via a simple interface designed by Abacus Design.

Lisa Ride approached Abacus Design to design her website after seeing the website we created for another marriage celebrant. She wanted a simple, professional website to promote her services in the local Albury area. The website was created to match the colour and style of her existing marketing material and rose motif.

Since Lisa is based in Wirlinga (near Albury), all contact with Lisa during the development of her website was handled via email and phone.

Deborah asked Abacus Design to design a website for her Marriage Celebrant services. She wasn't totally sure what she wanted, but requested a green colour scheme. Deborah wanted to keep it simple and professional, yet show some of her personality through the design, images and content of the website.

Webb Thom & Associates Solicitors in West Ryde use a simple, professional style with a pale yellow and emerald green colour scheme throughout their marketing material. Abacus Design carried this style and colour scheme through to their new website.

The website outlines their company profile and services, plus allows Webb Thom & Associates to upload newsletters to keep viewers informed about current legal information. The newsletters are stored in a database, which Webb Thom & Associates can update via a simple interface designed by Abacus Design.

The Chair Doctor had an existing website they wanted re-designed. They wanted a small amount of flash animation and to be able to advertise any specials they were offering for used furniture.

Abacus Design designed a website for them, providing a maintenance area where they can update new and used chairs as well as current specials.

B Pickup & Co wanted a basic website designed to reflect their clear and simple marketing style. They also wanted the facility to upload accounting newsletters themselves on a monthly basis. The newsletters are stored in a database, which B Pickup & Co can update via a simple interface designed by Abacus Design.

Bismark Maritime approached Abacus Design after seeing a website they had previously designed. They wanted a simple website to add credibility to their business and showcase their services and resources to potential clients.

Abacus Design created a striking design to match some of their existing marketing material.

Westend Industries Pty Ltd approached Abacus Design to design their website after waiting several months for another designer who didn't deliver. Abacus Design were able to complete their website within two weeks.

Impact Executive had a very definite corporate image and colour scheme they wanted their website to capture. Abacus Design worked closely with Impact Executive to incorporate their unique style and image.

Impact Executive have their own administration area of the website, so they can easily update current/pass job advertisements and available candidates. This was custom designed by Abacus Design to meet their requirements.

Aerial Access Australia is a major supplier of vehicle-mounted Elevating Work Platforms to the electrical, power line maintenance and vegetation management industries in Australia. They wanted a website designed to showcase their products, providing information to potential and existing clients.

Abacus Design created a website to match their corporate colours of red and black and match the image portrayed with their new logo.

Dr Daves Mobile Computer Services wanted to update their old website to improve their image and rankings in search engines. Abacus Design created a website to match the red and blue colours used in their existing marketing material.

Dr Daves Mobile Computer Services also have a simple content management system (CMS) so they can update the website themselves.

Water Care Plumbing asked Abacus Design to design a small website to help them promote their side stream filtration system. Their goals were to improve their corporate image and provide information to potential clients. To this end, Abacus Design created a simple website incorporating both pictures and diagrams provided by Water Care Plumbing.

Shearforce Maritime Services approached Abacus Design to create a simple website for them. They wanted to promote their services to domestic and international clients requiring services on the East Coast of Australia.

Abacus Design created a visually appealing website featuring images supplied by Shearforce Maritime Services.

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