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We just received exciting news and the website we developed for The Highway Collective has been awarded the Performance VW magazine site of the month which is an absolute honour.
We have loved working with the guys over at The Highway Collective and are excited to have contributed to this exposure for them.
We are excited to launch the Beau & Arrow website today allowing their amazing works to finally be showcased/represented online. We have loved working with the team over at B&A and know that this journey together is bound to be a long and exciting one in the future.
Beau & Arrow create edgy unique handmade silver jewellery and they do this with a passion. Be sure to look them up or visit the site on www.beauandarrow.co.uk
Today we launched the website for The Skillful Zone which is a South African based education facility based on the UK model’s of after-school education where learning becomes fun for the children and students involved. Studio Melon designed the brand identity as well as the website which is developed around the WordPress Content Management System so that the client can directly update the website with ease.
We love this concept and the people that that run the company are great with such a passion for youth development so do make sure to check them out on www.theskillfulzone.co.za
For the past two years we have continually worked with Yellow Capital Wealth Management to develop their brand identity and recently we completed the design and printed business cards for each of their key team staff. We ensured that these are clean and professional to match the rest of the brand.
The cards were printed on 300gsm quality card stock and finished with a Matt Laminate on both sides. This is the front and back of one of the cards.
Yellow Capital Wealth Management is an independent fee based wealth management boutique. They specialize in investment advice and they hold a referral network of very specialized professional firms that are vetted by Yellow Capital for the highest standards of professionalism and service delivery.
Their focus is on being a niche practice and providing an exceptional service standard to a select group of high net worth families and small business owners in 9 major cities around the globe where they have a presence.
Visit the Yellow Capital website on www.yellowcapital.co.uk
We were contacted by Yellow Capital early in 2009 to assist them with the development of their brand identity which they had some clear vision about. After a few meetings with them we grew the ideas into something that would showcase the brand and promote what they were wanting to achieve with the company.
Once we had completed the logo we were commissioned to create business cards, brochures, advertising straplines, flyers, leaflets, information packs and business folders that would tie in with the look and feel that we had created.
Once all the documentation had been completed and printed we worked a good few late nights to created an online home where investors and clients would be able to obtain information about Yellow Capital as well as be able to read up on investment news / opportunities and check up on their investment portfolios. The site was developed around the WordPress backend so that the client could directly update the site with investment news and financial advice.
This project is an ongoing one for us as we constantly take care of our clients needs in terms of design work that they need as well as website developments as the company grows.
Marcus Maschwitz is a professional photographer currently living in London (United Kingdom) and he specializes in Music and Band Photography including live music photography, portrait photography as well as album photography that can be used for artwork as well as marketing.
He has been involved in the music industry as a photographer for over 11 years now and has worked with an incredibly big list of high profile musicians and artists having work featured in publications around the world.
Visit the Marcus Maschwitz website on www.marcusmaschwitz.co.uk
We have worked with Marcus for some time now as he is a great photographer that we have commissioned to shoot for projects we were involved in so we were honoured when he spoke to us about taking over his internet platform and created something that he felt comfortable with.
Marcus is one of the most humble people we have ever worked with (especially in this industry) so we wanted to create something that portrayed this. We began by designing and developing his website which he would use as his main portfolio and face of his work. The site was built using WordPress as the back-end so that he would be able to add and remove images and content with ease.
We then assisted with setting up a Facebook and Twitter profile for him and incorporating these into his site as well as pushing his website on them to ensure traffic is driven between all three platforms.
After the success and growth of readership on we decided to create another site which could be used similarly to a blog that Marcus could utilize to update with images that he photographed that wouldn’t be used as main portfolio pieces but were still great and needed to be shared. This too was built around WordPress and the site has already been linked through from Bands and Artists that feature in the posts. Traffic from here is sent to Marcus’s main portfolio site as well.
Square Services was started in 2010 when a group of experienced freelance contractors decided that they needed a “face” to represent their workforce. The company is headed up by Ish who, himself, has years of professional experience hanging on his belt.
When you use a Square Services engineer or one of their specialist trade teams, you can relax in the knowledge that they are fully accredited in their field of expertise, well presented, arrive on time, courteous, knowledgeable and helpful – and that they will get the job done to the highest professional standards.
You can view the Square Services website on www.squareservices.co.uk
We were contacted by Ish, the owner of Square Services, to come up with a logo and corporate identity that he could use to step the brand up to the next level. We sat down together and threw ideas around regarding colours that he liked and agreed that the brand needed to be really clean to stand out from the “cheap” look of competing plumbing agencies.
We worked on a few ideas and then came up with the logo that both us and the client really liked. The idea was to have a square because of the name and then use the first two letters of the word square which also stand for the measurement which the company would use a lot. The idea worked well and we followed this up by creating and printing square shaped business cards and flyers to tie the brand together.
The next phase was to create a website that the company could use to promote their services as well as use as a platform to update with interesting news / content related to their field of trade. We ensured that this was developed correctly and the team trained to ensure that they get the best SEO value out of their postings.
This month we launched the website for St. Andrew’s Montessori which is based in Islington (N1) in North London. The website has been completely re-developed from scratch according to a brief that we worked closely on with the client.
The site features photographs that we shot during the development process so that it all ties in and works well together. You can see the website on www.saintandrewsmontessori.com
We have just finished printing A4 Presentation Folders that we designed for Yellow Capital Wealth Management. The folders will be used to house the business and portfolio brochures that we completed earlier this year so that they can pass on their information along with their business card in one neat pack to future clients.
The folders were printed on 350gsm card stock and finished off with a Silk laminate both outside and inside.
Clink Music Magazine is as the name suggests and music magazine with the added benefit of it being free and online so anyone and everyone can access it around the world. Music is their religion and they live it.
Clink brings you up to date news, probing interviews, honest album reviews and passionate live reviews in an easy to access online portal. They provide the reader with an insight into the the world of music without prejudice of style or genre. Their main focus is and will always be the music, nothing more and never anything less than that. Clink Music Magazine is by people in the scene for people in the scene.
Over the last 14 months we have been working really closely with the team from Clink Music Magazine on a several projects after our friend and band photographer Marcus Maschwitz (who was commissioned by Clink on a few photo shoots) passed on our details.
We were first contacted to assist them with their online presence so we got right to work to create an online place where they could represent their take on the London music scene. The idea was to keep the site simple so that users could visit it on a daily basis for relevant news as well as online interviews, live music reviews, band introductions and several other interest pieces all at no cost to the user. This all grew as time passed with the site growing to over 21 000 unique readers in less than 12 months so we rethought the concept with the team and again sat down to redesign the site to make sure that it stays fresh. The latest features include Album Reviews, Video of the Day, Music Playlist and Facebook Comments.
If you care about music at all or are just bored at work, be sure to check out and show your support for the guys at Clink Music Magazine because it is run by a really decent bunch of people who want to make the music scene open and accessible to the people that keep it going.
You can view the Clink Music Magazine website on www.clinkmusicmagazine.com
We were extremely excited when the Verb family asked us to be apart of what they were doing and we got cracking on the back-end of their website so that it could be ready for their tight-deadline launch today. The site was developed around WordPress so that the crew can update the site with content and news on a daily basis with ease but we provide them with additional support on a weekly basis for larger changes that they need.
We love working with these guys and what they represent and it’s amazing working with them.
Visit their website on www.weareverb.com
The Highway Collective started when a group of friends decided they weren’t satisfied with the offerings (or lack of them) for VW fans in the scene, and set about creating their own. Intent on showing their passion for Volkswagen without having to buy into the ricey products that were currently available, the guys set out to create apparel that reflected their side of motoring.
They have been around for a few years now and we have always found an appreciation for what they are doing so we jumped when the opportunity was given to us to redesign and develop their website from scratch. We ripped the old site down and begin from the start so that we could include features we felt would be beneficial to their growth. The site was developed around WordPress so that the guys can update it in their own time and at their own pace with ease. The site features sections for them to post news, videos, press and then an online store where their merchandise is available for sale.
This one turned out great and we have a strong feeling that this is going to explode for them.
Visit their website on www.highwaycollective.com
Catherine Chater is an amazing make up artist based in London and she has worked closely with Marcus Maschwitz on photographic assignments so it is a privilege for us to announce the launch of her own portfolio website so that she can showcase some of the work she has been involved in.
The site has been designed and developed to work on the WordPress backend so that Catherine can update the news section as well as portfolio sections herself making sure that her work is constantly up to date.
You can visit her site on www.catherinechater.com.
Earlier this month we were commissioned to design and develop a website / portfolio showcase for Artistic Autobody which we were excited to be involved in because of the quality of their work.
The website brief outlined that the site needed to be simple yet effective in showcasing their brand of work as well as allowing them to easily update the site themselves with news of what is happening with in their company including updates on projects they are working on.
We really like the way that this one came out and look forward to seeing some of the new cars that these guys work on.
You can visit their website on www.artisticautobody.co.za
We’ve been working with KFD Skateboards for a few years now and we photographed a few of the current team riders to promote the new Tattoo series range of boards that are releasing soon.
These are 3 of our favourite graphics.
Jonathan Sherwood is an amazing illustrator and we have had the pleasure of knowing and working with him for years so it was a great pleasure when he commissioned us to work on his online presence. Jonathan works under the alias name of Sir Merlin and really has a good collection of art behind his name.
The site has been developed around WordPress and customized according the the brief that we were given allowing for individual portfolio showcases as well as day to day blogging with a twitter feed.
It has been an amazing project for us to be involved in and we are excited that there is now a place dedicated to Jon’s work.
You can view his website on http://www.sirmerlin.com
To start the new year off we have launched the website for RSS Distribution which is an amazing skateboard distribution company based in South Africa owned and run but really nice people.
It’s always a pleasure working with the RSS crew and we enjoyed this project from start to finish. We were commissioned to set up the content management system for the site and then developed the site according to their brief. We really like the way the site looks so clean and is filled with content.
You can visit the website on www.rssdist.co.za
Things here at the Melon offices have extremely busy and we have taken a lot of strain trying to get some stuff up here for you to see as we concentrate on our clients deadlines instead as this is obviously more important for us.
Let me break the silence from our side by introducing you to the latest website that we completed and went live with last week. The website back-end is worked around WordPress and customized so that the client can update news on a daily basis allowing visitors to navigate through news, team, video, product and distribution information while being allowed to comment and provide feedback on each of the posts.
Visit their website on www.killertruckco.com
Today saw the launch of a new website that we were commissioned to work on in conjunction with our UK partner, Studio Melon Ltd.
The website is for a jewellery designer in the UK that works under the name Purple Crunch and specialises in custom wedding jewellery mostly made of sterling silver. She has some really amazing stuff and it was an absolute pleasure working with her and we really wish her all the best with this venture and feel that the website will really help her move up to the next level as a professional.
Visit the full website on www.purplecrunch.co.uk
We have just completed and launched a blog site for writer Andrea Zanin. We love her work and feel really excited to have contributed to a place that will allow her work to be read online.
Visit the site on www.rantchick.com
We have just completed and gone live with a website that we are really excited about. NSR MTB contacted us a while back to commission us to create the first fully dedicated South African Mountain Bike online resource. It has been quite a journey but everything is now in place and already their news and information is rolling in.
Visit their site on www.nsrmtb.co.za
Tsunami Seafood Emporium situated in Rosebank Mall has been a client of ours since 2004. We recently upgraded their website. It is a great website and a little different to our others!
For more info on Tsunami visit their website on www.tsunamisa.co.za.
Melon Graphics was recently contracted to create a personalised blog for musician, Alan Shenton (Harris Tweed, Cassette and Zebra & Giraffe). We created customised headers, colours, fonts and additional navigational pages for Alan using the features of wordpress, so that he would still be able to update and add blog posts himself.
This is the ideal website for a musician, artist, band or even an individual.
Visit his blog on www.alanshenton.co.za]
We recently printed the below flyers for the bands Zebra & Giraffe and Dear Reader. We loved the way the flyers came out and just thought we would post them for you to see!
Killer Ltd is one of the companies that we have worked for several years now and it is always a pleasure working with them. Over the years they have gained our trust so we now normally have carte blanche in terms of where to take projects visually and this was one of those examples. JP du Preez is their new team rider and they wanted to run a full page advert in magazines as well as print up giant in-store POP and POS ads to introduce him to the team. We worked with Marcus Maschwitz on this.
