"BioCity; The Centre for Urban Habitats
is a multi-partnered research centre located within the University
of Adelaide. Its functions include delivering research information
to the general public and coordinating activities and information
exchange between its members. BioCity is also co-ordinating a
masters program in urban ecology located within the School of
Earth and Environmental Biology. These functions have required
state-of-the-art communications and the development of a wide
range of promotional materials. Within the last 18 months we
have developed a logo, produced a strategic plan, research center
proposal, annual report, promotional brochures for BioCity and
for the masters course, posters, banners, electronic survey forms,
letter-heads and email-heads, business cards and other forms
of signage.
To provide material to the general community
and facilitate communication between our 150+ members, we needed
a website. This website has both private and members only functionality,
as well as electronic research surveys, and radio and video file
formats. The site receives over 12,000 page views a month (www.biocity.edu.au).
In addition we produced a book titled "Adelaide Nature
of a City: The Ecology of a Dynamic City 1836-2036" which
required a professional graphic designer and expert in manuscript
layout.
This incredible range of requirements would be daunting
for even large firms. However, we got lucky. We contacted A7Designs
(A7designs.com.au). They undertook all of these tasks in a professional,
expert manner. All the products requested were beautifully designed
and produced, and available within a short time frame, at reasonable
cost. The website in particular is a brilliantly designed site
capable of dealing with a large database and performing a wide
range of tasks. Moreover, by dealing with the one firm, we obtained
a consistent quality layout for all the materials, with matching
designs, and themes, so that there is a continuity for our materials.
The first Annual report and the book layout, are simply outstanding.
Examples of these products are downloadable from the Biocity website.
We at BioCity consider ourselves extremely
fortunate to have had the pleasure of working with A7Designs
on all our promotional and communication-related material. This
company worked with us to understand what we were about and produced
excellent material to support our organization. For a small company
to produce such a range of quality materials has been fantastic
for us. We will NOT take our business elsewhere!"
-Chris Daniels PhD, Director,
Biocity.
"A7Designs has been great to us. We are a very small business, but our website needs are quite complicated and we are pretty fussy about how our site works and looks. A7Designs has built us a great site, that we can adapt as we go along. It is user friendly, robust and looks the way we want it to look."
-Chris Duigan, Email Media, NRM Jobs, HAC Jobs and COM Jobs
"Thank you for your continuing maintenance of our website, for which I regularly receive compliments. I think it still has a fresh look three years after it was launched which is testament to your design, and the ease of navigation has made it very attractive to prospective parents all over the world... thank you for the dedication, professionalism and guidance of your service to St John's since we started this journey some four years ago."
-Cathy McMahon, Enrolments and PR, St John's
Grammar School
"Thank
you for the great service you have provided me with. It is very
much appreciated."
-Sarah Height, Melton Motor Inn
"We are very happy with our website.
What we have experienced with A7 Designs is none but far the best
with their understanding of what you want, they are very efficient
and understanding, especially in ways we wanted our website to
be, and they accomplished it.
They told us in 5 working days the site would be ready to view,
it was and within 7 days it was published on the internet ready
for business.
I would recommend them to anyone. Tell them what
you want, they know exactly what to do. Great team effort."
From the
Bordignons
"David,
It has been my pleasure to work with you and the
team from A7Designs for more than a year now. You may be a small
organization but you have a large commitment to giving professional
and competent service.
A7Designs represent the
pinnacle of customer service in the field of Web Design and we
at T&G Printing
Services would recommend your company without a moment’s
hesitation.
When ever I telephone I feel valued and I am always treated with
the utmost courtesy.
It is a reflection of a realistic and understanding approach to
a demanding business where often values can be lost in the haste.
I take pleasure in saying “thank you” and
I hope we continue to do business together."
Regards
Todd Fawcett
Director
"Dear Dave and Barbara,
I wanted to write to thank you both for the wonderful job you have done on my website. Your design, management of the task, and your service has been first rate during the entire project.
I particularly appreciated your flexibility with myself and in your ability to come up with a straight forward solution to my business needs. You have perfectly completed the task set and I now have a site I know will grow
with my business. I also valued your ability to explain what was needed and how it was to be done in a way that both did not make me feel like I was asking for anything that was difficult to achieve in our time frame. You also clearly explained how everything works, with a tailored and suitable training session and have been incredibly fast in feedback when
requested.
Thank you for your flair and professionalism throughout the project and the final result which everyone (including our customers) are thrilled with."