ambiquity design

About 10 years ago, Rick and I discovered that we enjoyed designing websites. In fact, we liked it so much that we began creating free sites for friends, family, and organizations: the Garden City Educational Secretaries Union, the St. Thomas Cemetery in Ontario, JMP Enterprises, and my own ancestry site, to name a few.

In 2002, we decided we’d try our hand at professional web design and formed Palmerworks. We began selling our services to small businesses in our then-current home town of Edgewater, Maryland: a local mechanic, a guitar shop, a realtor, a landscaper, and a karaoke/DJ service.

After relocating to the Detroit area, we began to branch out and started offering hosting services. In 2008, we partnered with photographer Lindsey Price and IT expert Brandon Billings to form Ambiquity Design, and added photography and IT services, as well.

Last year, Lindsey started her own company: Lovella Photography. Brandon assists her with clients, but will continue to provide contract services when we need his technical prowess for things like elearning system setup and backend server maintenance. However, the Palmers are now sole owners of the web design company, formerly known as Ambiquity Design.

As of June 1, 2010, we are reverting back to our old name: Palmerworks Design.

Our name has changed, but our services remain the same. Palmerworks will continue to provide web design and hosting services, plus design logos, business cards and other print media for small businesses. We’ve also added another new product: learning management systems.

The Palmerworks Design team will continue to offer affordable professional services. Palmerworks will work closely with each client when designing and writing new website content, and utilize a variety of marketing strategies to help establishing a viable internet identity.

Please be sure to check out some of our clients:

americancme.com

ostlundplumbing.com

marshawestfall.com

everlastasphalt.com

trotterstrategies.com

911setmedics.com

twtchurch.com

singbecauseyoucare.com

gracewayhope.com

Even after we’ve completed a website for a client, there’s always more to do. The company’s new logo is incorporated throughout the website, but there’s still a need for business cards, letterhead, and envelopes that brandish the new company look.

Here’s a sample of Everlast Asphalt’s new look on their company stationery and business cards. Contact us to ask about our print design services. Packages start at $325 (250 business cards, sheets of letterhead, and envelopes).

We just completed a one-page “business card” site for a new client:

Trotter Strategies, a Washington, D.C.-based firm headed by veteran lobbyist Tom Trotter, provides Congressional consulting, strategic advice, and issue advocacy. Whether it’s promoting a particular issue or trying to stop harmful legislation, Trotter’s years of experience and established relationships will help you navigate the process and achieve your legislative goals.

Our business card site package include hosting for one year. We offer customized extras that you can add to your site. In this case, we’ve linked to Trotter’s resume. We also designed his company logo and business cards.

We created a site for a new local company. Geoff Lassers and three other West Bloomfield firefighters have created a service that protects local film production crews. They offer an important service and we’re happy to have the chance to work up a site and business cards for these young entrepreneurs.

Since the style and color of the new website are going to complement the company logo, we needed to create that first. The guys wanted something that utilized the staff of life and the EMS star, plus something that signified the film industry.

After playing around with some ideas, we came up with this:

The white background, grayscale, and stark red will work on small media, like a business card, and can also be used as a banner for the site, once we add a tagline. Here’s how the logo looks on the new business card:

The next blog will focus on the site.