Corporate Layout Examples Needed
Hi,
I am looking for some good corporate business sites. The reason you ask? Well I am currently brain storming a concept for a corporate/business site. Links to good sites that have great design and layout is preffered as well as maybe tips that you have gathered.
Thanks in advance
Suzanne posted this at 01:24 — 27th February 2003.
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I'd recommend doing a walk through the Fortune 500 companies and getting an idea for what's being done.
Then do it better.
The Webmistress posted this at 08:26 — 27th February 2003.
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Welcome to TWF Coog03
Why not have a look through http://www.coolhomepages.com as they have different sections for business sites
Coog03 posted this at 12:05 — 27th February 2003.
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Thanks for all your replies so far. I have posted this same questions at 3 different forums (including TWF) and you guys are the only ones to reply. Thanks for the welcome. I'll be looking through coolhomepages and the Fortune 500 companies today.
Thanks
forwardtrends posted this at 14:41 — 27th February 2003.
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What kind of business is it? How big? Whats the target audience? How many visitors per day? How much content?
Normally large corporations take into consideration demographics, user response, 3 clicks to all content, color scheme, branding, etc..
before making a decision on their website layout. If your running a business that produces movies for example (an extreme i know but for examples sake..), your not going to want a cut and dry newspaper style site.. but on the other hand if your business is relaying real time stock information - the content is king, not the eye candy.
Browsing a design portal such as coolhomepages is a good place to start, but also notice the type of service or industry the sites are in as well.
Aaron Elliott
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Coog03 posted this at 21:48 — 27th February 2003.
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Well the company is called Automated Solutions International Inc. It services utilities and municipalities in Ontario, Canada. It is not very big and is more centered around engineering. They already have a corporate logo and colors (blue,grey,purple) there needs to be alot of white space as well. Go to their existing site. goasi.com
colorspots posted this at 17:51 — 12th March 2003.
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my favorite site i use for design inspiration is
linkdup.com
Jimmy Changa posted this at 18:58 — 12th March 2003.
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^that is a cool design...just not very "corporate".
That CoolHomePages.com is pretty neat...good place for ideas.
Thanks
Megan posted this at 19:23 — 12th March 2003.
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One example that keeps coming to mind is sitepoint's new design. Very corporate looking IMO.
nicora posted this at 01:10 — 13th March 2003.
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Upslide
Razorfish
Fusion One
CCS
Monson
These are some off the top of my head. A variety of flavors.
Suzanne posted this at 02:10 — 13th March 2003.
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Where's the variety in that selection? They all look the same to me. Drat!
nicora posted this at 03:04 — 13th March 2003.
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Not to start an arguement, but IMO - the only things those sites have in common is style.
Megan posted this at 14:13 — 13th March 2003.
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I tend to agree with you there. Use of photos does tend to be a common thread among them though.
I don't find them particularly "corporate" though. It's funny how different people can have very different ideas of what these things mean! Or are we just looking at sites of corporations rather than sites in a corporate design style?
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Suzanne posted this at 16:14 — 13th March 2003.
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No argument, that's exactly what I meant. The style is so uniform I would be hard pressed to recall which site belonged to who without logos.
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