news
May
interactive with wakefield council
The Microsoft Shared Learning Group is a collection of local councils who were all required to educate and inform their teams about the large number of best practices in the workplace to conserve energy and in turn save money and the environment.
Keen to avoid the more traditional and less effective methods of internal communication, the SLG appointed Teabag to produce something a little different and more engaging. The solution? An online, interactive, 3D environment for team members to browse and explore. The project included the creation of various online spaces in 3D before every option was animated and and each animation was compiled in Flash to produce the final piece.
Explore here and see how many energy saving tips you can pick up for your office - slg.wakefield.gov.uk
May
spring update
Well, it’s been a busy start to the year at teabag towers with a new office, new team members (hello Jason and Rick) and new office equipment (hello pool table!).
We will blame the upheaval for lack of updates to our own website!
We have been equally busy launching a wide range of projects, from the interactive enviro-office produced for Wakefield Council with Microsoft Shared Learning group, through to an independent reviews and ratings website for accommodation in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.
We also have lots of exciting new digital account wins with new clients including an award-winning independent fashion retailer's website, a number of large e-commerce projects that we will be deploying using the excellent open source Magneto platform, a range of 3D product animations for a number of childcare products and an online product configurator for a national retailer.
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May
fossick
The beta version of www.fossick.com - an independent reviews and ratings website for accommodation in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific - has just been launched. A bespoke development on the Ruby on Rails framework, teabag handled all design and front end development areas of the site for the Fossick team.
Finding accommodation is often a frustrating process, wherever in the world you might be. All too often, it involves long, bewildering lists, a huge array of baffling prices and deceptively flattering marketing materials and photographs produced by the venues themselves.
Once you’ve visited somewhere, of course, you can wax lyrical about the best places to stay or spit tacks at your neighbours boasting about the dinky B&B they found at a quarter of the price. Surely there has to be an easier way. Well, now there is in the Australian and New Zealand region at least! All you need to do it spend five minutes at the end of your holiday sharing your insights with next week’s quests and when you book next time, you’ll benefit from others’ insights too.
Reviews, ratings and opinions are just that, naturally, but they are also invaluable when it comes to making your mind up. With such information to hand, travellers can see if a place honestly lives up to the photos; if it’s off the beaten track, but worth the journey for the great price; or if there’s a reason it’s so cheap in the first place!
Fossick is about creating collective knowledge about our tourists’ own backyard. Written by Australians and New Zealanders, it is a completely independent and unbiased source of tourist information. Fossick does not actually sell any accommodation, so have no ties to any provider, and at Fossick, hotels can’t pay to be at the top of the list, they have to earn their spot from happy customers!
We wish the Fossick team the best of luck with this exciting new project and look forward to working with them in the future as the site grows.
Apr
barkley alexander
Let's be honest, insolvency and bankruptcy are not the cheeriest of subjects but to serve the current demand for these services, Barkley Alexander asked us to launch them into the debt management sector with a professional and approachable range of marketing materials.
Barkley Alexander are a firm of insolvency specialists who offer a professional service that is tailor-made to each customer’s individual needs. They team have many years experience in helping individuals and businesses resolve their financial problems.
We have just launched the first phase of the project with new branding and consumer-focused website at www.barkleyalexander.com , with the corporate and franchise websites to follow shortly.
Apr
honest property
An honest estate agent? Sounds too good to be true? Well, that’s what OneOone property hope to be by offering transparent, fair and fixed fees to the property market whilst still delivering an excellent personal service.
To launch the new company, we created a bright new brand - complete with halo! - to communicate their different and refreshing approach to doing business in the property market.
To support the brand online, we have implemented our custom developed property and lettings platform at www.oneooneproperty.co.uk
This includes a range of features such as automated imports from the companies property management system, search engine friendly URL's, full content management, google street view and maps for properties and a full range of user features including saved properties, tailored email updates and online property viewing bookings.
Mar
we hit a hole in one with 'Leicestershire's number one golf coach'
Making use of the open source content management solution Wordpress, we have developed a new site for Leicestershire County golf coach, Clive Fromant.
Clive needed a modern, search engine friendly solution to promote his golf business online for both the more traditional consumer focused services and also the corporate range that includes exotic activities like psychological mind coaching!
Have a look at the site here www.clivefromantgolfacademy.co.uk
We personally like the 404 page for you fellow web geeks out there! If you haven't got a clue what we are on about, feel free to ask!
Feb
Wind Turbine in action
Teabag worked with Evoco turbines to create this working 3D model of their cutting edge technology wind turbines.
Feb
fitbritz
We have just released a beta version of www.fitbritz.co.uk Built on a custom developed platform using the Symfony MVC frameworks, Fitbritz is (or soon will be) your global guide to sports health and fitness.
Featuring thousands of fitness articles and hundreds of fitness venues and professionals, there is plenty of useful fitness information on there for you fitness fanatics!
We wish the Fitbritz team the best of luck and look forward to developing the site with them in the future as it grows.
Jan
a taste of the exotic
Welcome to the delights of Moorish where you can sample the exotic and atmospheric delights of North Africa in Leeds.
Through the use of the content management system wordpress, teabag were able to deliver a cost effective web presence for this local business. The use of wordpress enables the owners to easily manage the website content and add new recipes from the restaurant.
'Moorish' specialises in providing authentic Moorish events with a healthy, hearty and elegant cuisine - bringing the nomadic culinary experience to life!
For this website it was important to draw upon the themes of the North African tents, traditional decor and the herbs and spices used in the cooking.View the Moorish website
Dec
we give the nhs a winter booster!
Since its creation in 2006, NHS re:source has delivered over £60 million in cash releasing opportunities as well as delivering quality improvements and innovation for the NHS across the East Midlands.
Through the use of the open source content management platform Drupal, we have been able pass on an economic saving to the trust. visit the NHS Resource website
