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		<title>Denver Energy Logo Design</title>
		<link>http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/denver-energy-logo-design/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:56:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloudburst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Home Energy Saving Solutions logo design was created in early 2011, and incorporates a rich &#38; vibrant green, as well as an energy efficient bulb as a substitution for the letter "E" of "energy" in the company name.  We initially began working with Home Energy Saving Solutions on the logo design as part of a greater project that included the logo, and then designing and developing a website based on that logo design to inform customers about their services, home energy efficiency improvements, home energy audits for customers in the Austin, Texas, area.

We were challenged on this project to create a simple, icon, and memorable logo that conveyed the concepts of "Home", "Energy", "Efficiency", and "Environmental Improvements" for homeowners as well as green energy solutions.  Green became the obvious color choice, but we worked closely with the client to dial that color choice in to something bold, bright, and easily readable on both light and dark background colors.  Other elements within the logo, like the CFL bulb, by itself does not read as a specific letter, but within the logo design, this energy efficient iconic graphic takes on new meaning, and clearly conveys the energy message that is core to this companies values and services. Additionally, a roofline graphic element was extended from the top of the first letter of the company name, and extends across the entire logo to create the effect of a home building protecting interior elements, like the energy efficient bulb.  The termination of that ...<div><a href="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/denver-energy-logo-design/"><img src="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Denver-Energy-Logo-Design-sm.jpg?52993a" /></a></div>
				<div></div><br/>Denver Logo Design]]></description>
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		<title>Boulder Logo Design</title>
		<link>http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/conscious-key-boulder-logo-design/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 02:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloudburst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Boulder Logo Design Conscious Key project started with a request for a quote through our Cloudburst website contact form.  New to the Boulder, CO, area and in the process of solidifying a space for their store on the beautiful Pearl Street Mall, the Conscious Key folks were looking to develop a new logo design for their business that communicated their philosophy and storefront accurately.  The Pearl Street Mall has a great deal of foot traffic, high visibility, and definitively portrays the iconic image of Boulder with small, local shops, great atmosphere, and the Flatirons as the natural backdrop and scenery for the setting.

With very little logo design direction we set to work brainstorming ideas based on the name and the description of their store.  The Conscious Key "will sell products and services that promote consciousness and awareness, like gem stones, books, health products, art, meditation chairs etc.  Things that help people find there own self."  After several internal rounds of sketches, brainstorming, and creative efforts, we delivered a first round of logo design ideas to the Boulder company that covered a huge variety of styles hoping that one would hit close to the owners' hearts.  After feedback and close communication with the client, rounds two and three of the logo design and revision process were spent refining one of our initial logo design ideas, customizing the font, tweaking the colors and playing with horizontal and vertical layouts.  This process took place over a couple of weeks time.

The final logo ...<div><a href="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/conscious-key-boulder-logo-design/"><img src="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ConsciousKey-small.jpg?52993a" /></a></div>
				<div></div><br/>Boulder Colorado Logo Design]]></description>
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		<title>NASCAR Team Website</title>
		<link>http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/anton-racing-website-design/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloudburst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Anton Racing Website re-design project was completed for this NASCAR Camping World Series Team in March 2010.  We also designed and built their original website, but were asked to upgrade the site and modernize the site design before the start the 2010 race schedule. The client request included being able to make site updates easily and quickly from the track on raceday so that the race and qualifying results could be instantly posted to the site, as well as dynamic photo gallery integration, Content Management, and Search Engine Optimization.

For this client, we opted to build the site entirely on top of WordPress and leverage the easy to use front end interface that they have developed for managing site content, as well as the option to add plugins, and other applications onto the site.  The left column on the homepage is the dynamic "news" feed, which they can easily update from the track using only a cell phone to send info to the site, which will format and post it automatically.  They can also login as usual and add those updates.

The Photos and Videos throughout the site are powered by Flickr, and are automatically pulled in from the Anton Racing Flickr account as soon as new photos are uploaded by members of the team at the track.  Additionally, all the other pages and content on the site can be managed through WordPress directly, giving the team the ability to change content, or even create new pages whenever they need.

Visit ...<div><a href="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/anton-racing-website-design/"><img src="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/website-antonracing-SM.jpg?52993a" /></a></div>
				<div></div><br/>Westfield Mass Web Design]]></description>
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		<title>Black Dog Timberworks</title>
		<link>http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/black-dog-timberworks-website-logo-design/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloudburst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We met Rusty Partridge, owner of Black Dog Timberworks, through a client referral in 2009.  Black Dog Timberworks is located in western Maine, and the scope of the project was to create a great looking logo, and then build a website that highlighted his custom timberframe structures and others services that he could manage the content of going forward.  Moving into the online realm was a big step for Black Dog Timberworks, but we were both convinced that with a great site, highly optimized for Search Engines, his business would certainly grow in 2010 and beyond.

Black Dog Timberworks builds hand-crafted, custom timberframe homes, barns, and structures, and we had to convey that craftsmanship and unique detail in the design of the website.  To accomplish that, we decided on a highly stylized design that incorporated warm, earthy colors, wood grain and rustic textures, subtle gradients in some of the graphics and a script-like customer testimonial font, while still keeping a modern "shine" on certain design elements.

It was a project requirement that a Content Management System (CMS) be available to Black Dog Timberworks as well so that they could make changes and update the site with new photo content as they complete projects this coming year.  Here is what Rusty said about the the CMS we have them using:

"you did a great job in setting things up for me to
update and change easily.  I can't tell you how much I appreciate that." - Rusty Partridge

To  make new project photos easy to update and display ...<div><a href="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/black-dog-timberworks-website-logo-design/"><img src="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/website-blackdog-SM1.jpg?52993a" /></a></div>
				<div></div><br/>Maine Website Graphic Design]]></description>
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		<title>Indian Peaks Golf Course</title>
		<link>http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/indian-peaks-lafayette-logo-design/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloudburst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Indian Peaks Golf Course logo redesign was awarded to Cloudburst after an open call for proposals.  The Golf Course was interested in updating the Course logo and overall public image, and then using those new brand standards on their new website and merchandise.

They asked for a logo that symbolized their name, set them apart from the competition and conveyed a professional, elegant, and contemporary image for their Golf Course.  We held weekly design feedback meetings with the Board, where we presented design concepts and discussed new ideas to explore the following week.  Out of this revision and feedback process, the final logo variations emerged.

To complete the project, we provided Indian Peaks with dozens of logo layout variations for the web, print, embroidery, screen printing, and other different uses on Course Merchandise like hats, shirts, pens, jackets, and towels, as well as Course signs, rugs, and even window applications. This project consisted of a complete re-branding for this Municipal Public Golf Course here in Lafayette, Colorado. <div><a href="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/indian-peaks-lafayette-logo-design/"><img src="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/logo-ipgc-SM.jpg?52993a" /></a></div>
				<div></div><br/>Lafayette Colorado Logo Design]]></description>
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		<title>Sigma Logo Design</title>
		<link>http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/sigma-denver-logo-design/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloudburst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sigma Development Group is a Denver software development company that contacted us late in 2009 to create a new logo for their company as they went through a name change in anticipation of an upcoming product launch in early 2010.  They had a very clear direction and color scheme in mind for the logo design, and we worked closely with them on color variations as well as font treatments on this design.  This project was happening at the same time as the company name change, so we experimented with many different tag-lines on the logo, and finally settled on the name that was chosen.

As you can see in the design above, the final logos files were delivered as color variants over white and black, and they were provided in both raster a vector formats for use on the web or in future print projects that Sigma has in mind. <div><a href="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/sigma-denver-logo-design/"><img src="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/thumb-logo-sigma1.jpg?52993a" /></a></div>
				<div></div><br/>Denver Colorado Logo Design]]></description>
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		<title>East Coast Resurfacing</title>
		<link>http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/east-coast-resurfacing-web-design/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/east-coast-resurfacing-web-design/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloudburst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Website Design project for East Coast Resurfacing, based in Western Massachusetts, is actually the second website project we have executed for ECR.  This time, we updated the look and feel of the site to accommodate wider browser widths that are standard now, as well as a large Search Engine Optimization push to get the site to rank higher and generate more business for ECR in 2010.

East Coast Resurfacing does Concrete Floor etching, Epoxy Floor coatings, and offers other flooring solutions for large industry, commercial buildings, and even huge government projects at military installations around the East Coast.  For this project, it was important that we improve their online visibility, as well as convey a professional and trustworthy corporate image and brand.

The website re-design portion of this project was limited to refreshing the look and feel of the site by going with a wider web page display/layout, incorporating their existing logo, and implementing a Content Management System that would make the content easy for them to update and change in the future.  In addition, we suggested adding a project Blog to the site that they could update bi-weekly with current project updates, progress, photos, and other info to really show that they are an industry leader and knowledgeable experts in their field.

Visit site <div><a href="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/east-coast-resurfacing-web-design/"><img src="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/website-ECR-SM.jpg?52993a" /></a></div>
				<div></div><br/>Western Mass Web Design]]></description>
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		<title>CDA Website Design</title>
		<link>http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/colorado-dance-alliance-web-design/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/colorado-dance-alliance-web-design/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloudburst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Denver based Colorado Dance Alliance hired us to redesign their logo and website in the summer of 2009.  There are many different dance disciplines that the CDA is involved with, so creating a logo and website that spoke to all those different groups was a great challenge that we enjoyed being a part of.

The logo design for this Denver Company was a smaller portion of a much larger project, including a full website redesign and implementation of a listing web application for dance events, auditions, classes, jobs postings, and classifieds for anything happening in the world of Dance in Colorado.  For the logo, we decided to explore a simple text treatment, but with a stylized dance figure that would cross these various dance genres to project that CDA really is a dance alliance, and not exclusive to any one particular dance group.

All project files were delivered in both vector and web formats, and pre-sized images were created for easy inclusion into Word and PDF documents. <div><a href="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/colorado-dance-alliance-web-design/"><img src="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/CDA-SM.jpg?52993a" /></a></div>
				<div></div><br/>Boulder Denver Colorado Web Design]]></description>
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		<title>SoundRabbit Poster</title>
		<link>http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/soundrabbit-band-poster-design/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 03:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloudburst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Live Event/Concert poster design for a SoundRabbit show at the B-Side Lounge in Boulder Colorado, August of 2009.  This poster design was used as a template for SoundRabbit's national shows in the fall of 2009 as well.  These posters were printed in full color, and placed around Boulder, Denver, and the Colorado Front Range by the SoundRabbit street team to promote the event.

This design features a distressed graphic style, rich colors, graphic textures and several lighting effects to create this eye catching poster.  We also used this design to highlight the "best of" achievements of the band, while maintaining a minimalist text treatment. <div><a href="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/soundrabbit-band-poster-design/"><img src="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/print-sr1-SM.jpg?52993a" /></a></div>
				<div></div><br/>Colorado Band Poster Design]]></description>
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		<title>Neith Motorsports Website</title>
		<link>http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/neith-motorsports-web-design/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cloudburst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[California-based Neith Motorsports hired us to design and build their new business website back in the fall of 2008.  They specialize in manufacturing triple chrome plated accessories and  well-padded aftermarket seats for various lines of motorcycles, and were primarily interested in collecting dealer applications during their startup phase.

During the initial consultation, several design options were presented based on our discussions with them about the site design and other online websites they liked.  After the mockup design was chosen, we proceeded in building out and launching the site in October of 2008.  We also assisted in hosting setup and email access for Neith Motorsports to coincide with the new site launch.

Visit site <div><a href="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/neith-motorsports-web-design/"><img src="http://www.cloudburstdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/thumb-logo-neith-SM.jpg?52993a" /></a></div>
				<div></div><br/>Denver Colorado Web Design]]></description>
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