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Cornerstone Masonry, Inc.

Bryan — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 03:55:33 +0000

In early 2013, a group of experienced, accomplished masons set out to form a new masonry contracting business in the St. Louis Metro Area. With decades of combined experience, the masons knew their trade well–many impressive examples of their work can be found throughout the region–however, the nuisances of starting a business was new for the owners. I helped Cornerstone Masonry Inc. build their brand brick-by-brick (pun intended). From being consulted on name choices to designing their logo, I helped the company start off with a strong identity.

Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. -Steve Jobs

The inspiration for the logo came from some of the greatest masons in human history–the Greeks. A Spartan shield acts as a seal for the T-shirts, while the entire logo fits well on most other items. A website domain was secured and business cards crafted. A CMS-driven website featuring Cornerstone Masonry’s commercial, residential and custom-built projects will launch soon, with future plans for vehicle graphics and a brochure.

Business Card

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LPGA International

Bryan — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:33:14 +0000

LPGA International, a premier Daytona Beach golf club, boasts two world-class four-star courses as rated by Golf Digest. As the name suggests, the club is home to the LPGA.

I was contacted on December 29th, to construct a menu for the club’s 1950′s-themed New Year’s Eve gala. Given less than 48 hours, I drafted a legal-sized printed piece that was approved after one round of edits.

BryanWiz.com, LLC - Bryan G. Wieczorek: St. Louis-based Designer & Front-end Website Developer

Inspired Floor & Bath Solutions

Bryan — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 23:34:57 +0000

With more than 25 years in the floor and bath business, co-owners Tim and Ryan knew they could offer customers better prices and service than the big box retailers on tile, carpet, wood and laminate. Thus, a new business was born in the Julington Creek area of Jacksonville, Florida!

In October 2012, I was approached to design a logo for the up-and-coming retailer. Provided a color palette, I crafted the creation below. Other projects followed: business cards, advertisements and vinyl graphics for the storefront windows. A CMS-driven website is planned in the future.

Business Cards

Advertisement (10″ x 7.5″)

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Kerin & Dan’s wedding

Bryan — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 19:08:17 +0000

Working a client who is also creative helps a project move along quickly! Kerin Abbey is a friend I met through a previous side project, the EDC of St. Charles County website. She asked for assistance turning her collection of wedding ideas into tangible items. In late November, we met to discuss her plans.

Two themes were mandatory in all her pieces: specific colors and a unique pattern. I was easily able to match the teal used in her bridesmaid dresses. As for the unique pattern, that would inevitably appear on all her items, I was able to recreate it in Adobe Illustrator. More details to follow!

Save-the-Date Magnets

Mini Cards

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New O’Fallon websites

Bryan — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 22:23:43 +0000

Many government agencies have been slow to adopt friendly, usable sites without making the wealth of information overwhelming to users. In 2012, my colleagues and I set out to change this for the City of O’Fallon, a city of 80,000 in Eastern Missouri.

Two websites were planned to launch later in the year, with three more to follow in 2013. The designs would remain similar, while the navigation, colors and information would vary across each site. The sites were developed entirely in-house.

On November 16, 2012, two new websites launched: www.ofallon.mo.us, and a sister site for the O’Fallon Police Department: www.ofallon.mo.us/PD. More than six months of planning, and a few hundred hours of coding, styling, writing and editing, went into the new sites.

New beginnings

The previous City of O’Fallon websites were built on old technology with an antiquated menu system. Easy-to-use, affordable content-management was in its infancy when the last redesign took place. However, the technology has progressed significantly in the past few years.

Therefore, an open-source content-management system (CMS) was to be used. Not only does a CMS allow for easy expandability, but the platform is growing, offering the City of O’Fallon affordable upgrade solutions for years to come, with minimal legacy costs.

Preparing for the move

Hundreds of pages of content needed to be ported to the new website — no small undertaking! The new design also afforded us the ability to use higher-quality images, new style sheets, web fonts and many plug-ins/add-ons for expanded features and social media.

A ‘mega menu’ was deployed, allowing one-click access to 90 percent of the site content.

Another major component of the new site: more embedded video. With 200+ videos on O’FallonTV’s YouTube channel, we looked forward to offering residents more content, with less ‘clicks.’

Moving day

A simple transfer of the O’Fallon domain address, and the new sites were available to residents within hours. Initial traffic analytics through Google Analytics are very positive, with the average user visiting less than 1.75 pages per visit. In effect, users are easily finding what they’re looking for! More analytics to follow.

BryanWiz.com, LLC - Bryan G. Wieczorek: St. Louis-based Designer & Front-end Website Developer

New O’Fallon logos

Bryan — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 05:29:25 +0000

Colorful and simple, I emphasized the event name as the focal point of these brand new designs–knowing the logos will be appearing on items such as ads and billboards, and everything in between.

BryanWiz.com, LLC - Bryan G. Wieczorek: St. Louis-based Designer & Front-end Website Developer