A brand design refresh, web design and e-commerce website development project is vibrant at Pixel8 in Manchester.

Reviber, part of Zen Lifestyles Group, works with sports scientists, physiotherapists and biomechanical professionals to design health and fitness equipment that utilises vibration exercises originally created to prevent astronauts losing muscle and bone mass in space.

Reviber supplies over 1,500 distributors in 12 countries and sells direct to consumers worldwide. Reviber approached Pixel8 to refresh the brand and to design a new website to wow new customers.

Pixel8’s extensive experience in graphic design, brand development and implementation enabled us to quickly get under the skin of Reviber’s requirements to provide a creative online solution.

Paul Rudge, Managing Director of Reviber said, “After consultations with several design and marketing agencies we have been delighted with our choice of Pixel8 for the branding of our Reviber range of health equipment. Pixel8 took the time to really understand our business, the market sectors we supply and the customer demographic; enabling them to create tailored and very effective branding and web design solutions”.

After the Pixel8 brand design workshop to understand Reviber’s vision, Pixel8 began by designing new logo options, the aim being to create an overarching logo that can be used as an umbrella for new products and sub brands going forward.

When the new logo design and branding were established, the next stage was to design and build the e-commerce website which also offers opportunities to inform and inspire new customers.  The website design utilises the colour palette established in the brand development process, together with a simple template to promote the key products.  Visit the new website now at Reviber.co.uk

The Sunday Telegraph’s opinion described the Reviber Original as “one of the hottest exercise machines of the year.  It will leave you tingling all over as it stimulates muscular activity and circulation”; and The Independent on Sunday gave Reviber 5 out of 5 Stars!

Jamie Watson, joint MD of Pixel8 said, “We’re very excited to work with Reviber and look forward to supporting the brand over the coming years”.

Pixel8, which recently developed new global branding for two of InterContinental Hotels Group brands Crowne Plaza and Hotel Indigo, offers complete brand design and development solutions, along with web design and CMS driven e-commerce websites.

For more information please contact Pixel8 in Manchester on 0161 228 6489 – 0845 230 1336 or contact us by e-mail.

Calendar industry leader Danilo, which supplies over 10,000 retailers globally, asked Pixel8 in Manchester to create a new brand, and to develop a new eCommerce website that would allow consumers to personalise officially licensed calendars and greetings cards online.

Pixel8’s brand design team developed the Personalise.com brand then worked with their in-house web design and web development teams to create an eCommerce website that would:

A)     Appeal to a wide consumer audience as the website offers calendars and cards ranging from Manchester United and Hello Kitty to Wallace and Gromit and Hollyoaks.

B)      Allow people to order personalised official calendars and greetings cards easily.

Pixel8 developed bespoke backend software for the website that produces print ready artwork after personalisation. Using a simple four step process, consumers can now get their favourite celebrities from the worlds of music, football, TV and film personalised on calendars and greetings cards which are despatched within 24 hours.

The website allows people to put their name, or a loved one’s name on a Manchester United shirt held up by Sir Alex Ferguson or on the billboard outside Old Trafford. Hollyoaks fans could find Gemma Merna (plays Carmen McQueen) asking them to be her valentine in February or Ashley Taylor-Dawson (plays Darren Osbourne) requesting a meeting under the mistletoe in December.

Jamie Watson, joint managing director of Pixel8 said, “Danilo saw there was an opening in the market for personalised, officially licensed calendars and greetings cards, so we have set them up to fill the niche.

“Pixel8 has produced numerous award winning licensed calendar designs for Danilo over the last decade and was well placed to help them diversify with this exciting new brand. The bespoke software we created for Personalise.com has several other applications, including the creation of uniform marketing collateral for multi-site franchises. This is an avenue which Pixel8 is keen to explore.

Danilo produced its first design, an Elvis calendar, 32 years ago, and is now licensed to produce the official calendars for top brands including major football clubs, Top Gear, Cliff Richard, Glee, Toy Story 3 and Hollyoaks.

For more information please visit www.Personalise.com or call Pixel8 in Manchester on 0161 228 6489 – 0845 230 1336 or contact us by e-mail

Several graphic design agencies in Manchester have very good web design skills, but few have in-house expertise in web development and web server technical support.

This was the case with the website for the Expert Patients Programme. Our web design and web development teams took the existing web design and developed it into a fully functional website with an easy to use content management system (CMS), which allows the client to update the website themselves.

The new web design is now hosted on a Linux server and we provide routine maintenance including installing patches to the CMS system, Linux server software updates and patches and website traffic reporting.

For more information about Pixel8’s web development and web server support services, please call us in Manchester on 0161 228 6489, 0845 230 1336 or contact us by e-mail

In addition to providing web design services for the Tullis Russell Group, we also provide web hosting and website support services.

Part of this work has recently involved updating their website with additional product information and stockist information. We also carry out routine maintenance on their Linux web server including downloading and installing the latest server software updates and patches. We now also provide Google analytics consultancy.

We look forward to our continuing our web support services for Tullis Russell in 2010 and to increasing visitors to their website through our search engine optimisation (SEO) and SEO copywriting services.

Pixel8 were approached by Solutions for Housing with the opportunity to design and develop a contemporary, innovative and distinctive new brand, and a new website.

Solutions for Housing are a new business that offers specialist consultancy in the social housing sector. Having discussed the nature of the company and its aims, our graphic designers set to work designing the new logo, developing several design concepts, colour options and icon graphics. From this selection, our client was then able to mix and match elements from each to come to a final solution.

With this stage now signed off, our web design team were then able to take the logo and show how it may live across the website, tailoring the design capabilities to suit the specific requirements of the housing market and to also reflect the quality and professionalism of the service.

Pixel8 were delighted to be involved in the design of this exciting new brand and look forward to further creative ventures in the coming months.

As part of our continuing service for the Tullis Russell Group, we  are now providing web hosting and support for the Tullis Russell website, which is now hosted on one of our dedicated servers.

As well as transferring the current website to our servers, we have also integrated the new web design for the Papermakers section of the website, gradually bringing the look and feel of the site up to date.

The Pixel8 graphic design and web design agency in Manchester have recently carried out a successful logo design and corporate branding development exercises for a new venture called Company Right Move.

The new website which will launch in early 2010 to help businesses to re-locate by providing an online directory of economic development agencies.

Having already developed the corporate branding for Answer IT, our cms web design team will launch a fully content managed website for Answer IT next month.

Answer IT have a new proposition of providing online IT support for the equivalent of only £1 per day.

Pixel8 developed the Answer IT brand including a new company logo and corporate identity, now our web designers will be busy developing the new website over the coming weeks.

We’ll also be providing website hosting and on-going monthly website support.

The Manchester web design team at the Pixel8 design studio are very pleased to announce the launch of Beat-The-Agent.com

The website aims to connect buyers and sellers of overseas properties, without the need for estate agents or unnecessary expense.

To enable this online, Pixel8 have designed an easy to use classifieds website, which enables a seller to buy a full web page advertisement to sell their overseas property online. The system also provides help guides to the seller, by country of sale, and handy hints and tips to help maximise sales opportunity.

The process is fully automated and uploading images of a property and all the property details takes a matter of minutes. The website is also aimed at people wishing to buy property abroad, and allows you to search a vast database by country, region or price band, in three different currencies.

The extensive content management system (CMS) designed by Pixel8 features the use of rich text editors, an online image library, user and property management, news article management, email generation with PDF guide attachments and a fully integrated online payment system. The website design is on brand and uses a fresh and zesty colour scheme, enhanced by icons and banners.

We also host this website; give us a call to find out more about our ultra competitive website design and web hosting services.

If you’re looking to buy an overseas property or you have one to sell, or just want to take a look at our handy-work, please visit www.beat-the-agent.com

The Pixel8 design and marketing agency in Manchester are pleased to announce that we have just delivered a refreshing e-commerce website design for Boxfresh Organics.

Having developed a unique brand design and helping the company to develop their brand and future marketing materials, we feel that we have contributed greatly to the business over the year and have provided a truly bespoke website design, we hope to see the Boxfresh blossom into one of the largest home delivery organic box services in the UK.