Enigin Design

Knowledge Base for Enigin

Hi to all, just finished some icons off for a Knowledge Base website for Enigin, which will feature video, white papers, tutorials…in fact anything that is relevant and useful for Enigin Partners to further their business. Thought you might like to see how they will look, so have attached an image:

If you want to find out what makes some of the key people at Enigin I work with tick, have a look at their blog spaces.

Firstly there’s Ed at www.enigindigital.com, he’s primarily here as an amazing coder, but his job role doesn’t do justice to the amount of projects and day to day running of systems he’s involved with. I’ve know Ed for four years now and I can honestly say that I’ve never met somebody as talented as he is in his field and a great fun person to have around.

Next up is Nik at www.eniginworld.com. He’s the main man behind all the programming of the latest version of the Enigin Eniscope 4.0 (which I’ve mentioned briefly before). This will be released in the next couple of days, then I’ll be able to bombard you with info on this project! Whatever I ‘ve dreamed up in the form of graphs and dials, Nik has been able to bring the graphics to life and make them as user-friendly as possible. Again an awesome coder like Ed and a good fun to be around.

Another member of the team who helps in so many ways is Phoebe at www.eniginliaison.com.

(The serious bit) – Her main role is to source and ‘vet’ potential new Enigin Partners and recommend them on to our development team.

(The not so serious bit) – she has become a loyal supplier of tea in times of tight deadlines and great stress and has an amazing ability to produce yummy homemade cakes!!! Joking aside Phoebe is the kind of person who you just can’t fail to get on with, she’s always got time to listen and brings a welcome break to our little world of computing when she sticks her head round the door.

That’s all for now folks, speak soon!

Enigin TV

I’ve been working with Ed on a new project which I thought you’d like to hear about. It’s Enigin TV (or e-tv which I like the sound of more). The site is going to contain video content directly aimed at helping Enigin Partners and Enigin Distributors with training and on-going support. I came up with three concepts with the attached image being the chosen theme. I wanted something dynamic and colourful which represented the flow of data streaming from one point to another. Hope you all like it! I’m building the first Enigin e-newsletter over the next couple of days and will post the finished article for you all to have a look at soon as.

Enigin Logo Design

I was discussing with a colleague recently the merits of a strong identity for a company and it led me to explain the process I went through creating the Enigin logo to him.

I thought it might be of interest to others to highlight some of these points, so here you have it!

Enigin was founded to offer real energy savings in business and commercial sectors and to present a business opportunity to entrepreneurial people.

With this in mind, I wanted to show energy in some graphical way which could be easily translated on to different media.

The ‘cluster’ above the first ‘I’ of Enigin represents a power source at its centre (in orange) and then the surrounding circles are how that power is used as it flows out, becoming more ‘green’ with less waste.

The colour palette I selected for the circles includes an ‘egg shell’ blue, which has become a ‘back-drop’ colour for literature and packaging.

The best way (as always in design) to appreciated what I’m talking about is to see it! So, if you’re interested in how the logo looks and works in situ, have a look at www.enigin.com

If you browse the site, you’ll notice on the ‘breadcrumb’ (the small navigation at the top of an article) what has become known as the ‘E-Cluster’. This was created as a tool to reinforce the Enigin identity, but in a more subtle manner. A good example of its use is shown on http://enigin.com/sitemap