D4design Studios

Swiss Webdesign at its Best!

D4designStudios — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:27:36 +0000

D4design Studios has been awarded the prestigious “Swiss Label” for its web design & customer support.

What does Swiss Label stand for?

The crossbow – symbolizing Swiss precision work – is a highly recognisable, market-leading label for Swiss quality products at home and abroad. The trademark underscores the origin and quality awareness of buyers and consumers who purchase goods and services of Swiss origin.

Need a solid & trustworthy design agency for your next website project? Get a free estimate & proposal today!

Hello D4design Cloud Hosting

D4designStudios — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:43:18 +0000

We are very excited to present you our next generation hosting solution! D4design Cloud Hosting
offers unmatched performance, availability and security that is considered secure even by Swiss banks. Sounds like Chinese to you? Don’t worry you won’t need an engineering degree. We fully manage & support the D4D Cloud Server for you, allowing you to focus on your growing online success and not the technology behind it.

Why Cloud Hosting?

Cloud hosting has many advantages over the common shared or dedicated hosting solution. D4design Cloud Hosting is keeping your projects separate and secure, before, during, and after launch. The D4D Cloud Server is mirrored. If one fails temporarily, another one automatically takes over its duties and your site is once again online.
In addition, the infrastructure is constantly updated and thanks to the redundant hardware you’ll always be ready for intense bursts of traffic.

Who is it for?

Its for anyone (individuals and companies), who wants to move their website & applications to a next level hosting platform that offers high performance, availability and security.

Who is it not for?

It’s not for people used to $1 per month shared hosting. It’s also not for people who want to manage every aspect of their infrastructure through a feature-saturated control panel. It’s about professionals working with professionals and delivering respectful, attentive service.

D4D Cloud Hosting Features:

Worry Free, Fully Managed & Supported Cloud Server
InterXion Data Centre, considered secure even by Swiss banks
99.9% uptime guarantee, thanks to load balancer
SPI Firewall, Malware & Virus Monitor by Sucuri.net
Your Favorite Webmail @ yourdomain.com (OX Mail, Google Business Apps)
30 Days Money Back Guarantee

Existing Customer? We’ll transfer your site + 30 Days Free!

Are you are an existing D4design Hosting customer? Let us migrate your site for you free of charge. In addtion we’ll give you 30 days free service as a welcome present.

Make Your Newsletters Last Longer

D4designStudios — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:37:00 +0000

Send out stunning email campaigns with our re-usable newsletter system! We help you build relationships with your customers and grow your business. There’s no need for technical expertise, and you can send professional emails quickly and easily that get real results.

Stunning Custom Design

We will design a beautiful one-of-a kind newsletter,
that you can use as often as you like. Just add your content, images and send!

View Sample: Email Newsletters

Furthermore our Newsletters are tested all major email programs & mobile devices, so your campaign will look perfect when they arrive in the inbox.

World Class Editor

Whether you’re new to email marketing or are a seasoned pro, with the world class editor (powered by Constant Contact)
you will be able to change text, images and colors with ease. It’s Intuitive drag & drop interface and the ability to clone elements ensures a fast and easy workflow.

Insert your social media pages, payment buttons, surveys, blog posts (RSS), video links and much more, all with the click of a button

Send your campaign

Once you’ve finished adding your content,
we get it delivered to your recipients inbox with over 97%+ inbox delivery rates

Furthermore our Newsletters are tested all major email programs & mobile devices, so your campaign will look perfect when they arrive in the inbox.

Track your Results

Track what happens after you click “Send.” Just log in to your account to see who read, clicked, liked, tweeted or forwarded your email to their friends. We’ll show you with easy-to-understand graphs and reports. Also available on iOS and Android.

Interested in getting a re-usable custom newsletter for your business? Fill out our newsletter inquiry form today and we’ll contact you shortly with a free estimate and proposal.

Responsive Web Design

D4designStudios — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 11:13:32 +0000

Besides mobile phones and computers, these days internet can also be accessed via various size tablets, smart tv’s and gaming consoles. It is just not feasible to make a websites for each and every one of them. Even now, according to Mongoose Metrics, only around 9% of the total numbers of required mobile websites are up and running. Won’t it be simpler to have just a single website that could work everywhere? Responsive web design technology does exactly this.

What is Responsive Web Design?

A website that is designed to established standards laid down for responsive web designing will be able to adopt its design and layout to fit the specifications of the device calling it. It does this by dynamically adopting to different screen sizes and by reformatting the positioning and look of the constituent elements of the website.
So what may appear to be a website with large images spread through three columns on a computer screen, will appear to have smaller images in a single column on a mobile screen. All of this does not need multiple codes written for each type of device. A single set of code which accepts various specification parameters from the device will do the job. CSS3 is used to give the generated website the desired look and feel.

Responsive web design is built around three main elements.

Fluid grids,
Fluid images, and
Media Queries

Featured Client Project:

Now that we have explained what a responsive website can do, lets take a closer look at one of our recently completed client projects that is utilizing this new technology: http://www.accelerom.com (Be sure to resize your browser window to see the effect in action)

Interested in getting a responsive website? Get a free estimate & proposal for your next project!

Featured Client: NOVATREND

D4designStudios — Fri, 11 May 2012 10:39:45 +0000

In today’s “Client Feature” we wanted to share with you our latest design project & success story novatrend.ch

Client Profile:

NOVATREND was founded 2001. Today they are one of the largest hosting companies in Switzerland. They are currently serving 15’000 hostings & 10’000 domains. NOVATREND was also the first Swiss Hoster to launch genuine Cloud Hosting with AppLogic!

Our Tasks:

Creativity: Overhauling their old website with a fresh, attractive new design.
Art-Direction: Re-thinking visual communication and product line.
UI: Creating an intuitive and streamlined user interface.
Coding: HTML, CSS, JS
Social Media: Facebook Profile Design
Print: Expo Booth Design / Booklet Design.

The Result:

Sleek index page. Touch sensitive slider (iOS & Android). Intuitive mega drop-down menu…

Easy to use, streamlined interface…

Hand drawn illustration and stunning visuals…

Last but not least we wanted to thank NOVATREND for the fantastic teamwork and being an absolutely awesome client! Be sure to checkout their site http://www.novatrend.ch and don’t forget to like them on facebook!

Introducing: Touch Sensitive Websites

D4designStudios — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:39:46 +0000

Have you ever wondered why regular websites are not “touch sensitive”? Why they are not reacting the same way on: “touch” and “swipe” like all the other native mobile apps on your smartphone and tablet?

Imagine your a Photographer. You wish to show your work on your tablet to a potential client. In the past you were often plagued by “tap” problems when opening thumbnails or lightboxes or worse flash websites that don’t display at all!

What if there was a new type of website, one that would react with same responsiveness to touch, like current mobile apps. A website with super smooth hardware accelerated CSS3 transitions that are fully SEO optimized.

We are happy to Introduce: “Touch Sensitive Websites”! A new breed of website that closes the gap between native mobile application and an ordinary website! Check our cool introduction video below:

4 Steps to a more Successful Business

D4designStudios — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:00:06 +0000

As the time approaches to look at 2011 in the rear-view mirror, it’s important to think about what’s going to drive your business or organizational growth in 2012. With the pace of marketing speeding up, thanks to social media and other tools, knowing what’s in store and how you can respond will better equip you for success moving forward.

Here are 4 things we think will be important as you kick-off the new year.

1. Stay up to Date.

Your website’s aesthetic reflects directly on the perception and trustworthiness of your brand. Give your current website a redesign! Even if your design was the hotness when it first launched, aesthetics & technology evolve. Not only will a redesign refresh the experience for your loyal customers, it will attract new ones.
In addition, it will breathe life into the brand and show your user base, the press, your investors and staff that you’re committed to keeping the experience fresh and top of mind. Need help with your redesign?
Get a free quote from our design team for your next project today!

2. Be Mobile Friendly.

People are relying more and more on their mobile devices to consume and find information.
It’s time to give serious consideration of making your own mobile app or a mobile friendly website for your business. If these mobile users can’t find what they want when they want it, your business or organization may be left eating dust.

3. Be Social.

Greet your Facebook fans with a gorgeous welcome page! Facebook pages have become a necessary component to getting your message, brand or product to more people. It’s faster, cheaper and easier than ever before. Let us help you, to impress your customers with a custom designed facebook fan page.

4. Advertise.

Having an awesome online presence is not enough. You must advertise and promote your products and services. Grab your audience’s attention, and get your message across with a strategic planned Banner, AdWords or Social Media Campaign. It’s the easy, effective and affordable way to reach out to your customers. Need help with your next online advertising campaign? Get a free quote from us today.

Remembering Steve Jobs

D4designStudios — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:01:23 +0000

Steve Jobs (1955-2011) was one of the greatest innovators, pioneers and businessman of our time. His vision and execution have pushed not only PC and personal device design, but the way we interact with technology on a whole. He’s been a huge influence here at D4design Studios, often inspiring the question, “How would Apple do this?”

Once again we would like to share the following video. Most people probably already know this speech, however we can’t see it enough. Its simply: AWESOME!

Thank you Steve…