Tao Te Design

Tao Te Design offers a plethora of services and the flexibility required to fulfill your needs. You may also contact us to inquire about specialized services.

Visual Identity/Branding

• Logo Design - We offer a full logo design package, working closely with your company to nail out the perfect logo for your business or product. We take your input and research your industry vertical, and then come back with our vision to show you alternate logo possibilities. We work closely with your team to ensure the final logo is consistent with your needs as well as competitive in your market.
• Look and Feel - Want to be sure your message is consistent between different mediums, whether it be your letterhead or your website? We will work very closely with you to develop a personal design for all of your different applications. We consult you on the image or message you want to convey, and then come back to you with suggestions on style, color, layout and functionality. We can work from your existing branding or give your business a complete makeover, and we can ensure that your look and feel is consistent in all other areas of design and development.
• Template Design - We offer visual template design for multiple mediums. Let us create visual templates that reflect the unique vision of your business, and you can use these templates in your correspondence to offer your users a distinct and consistent message. We can create templates for Microsoft Word, your favorite email client, Adobe PDF and much more.

Web Design

• XHTML Coding - XHTML is the new standard in web design. We code our XHTML to be clean, standards-compliant and accessible to different users. We can also update your existing site to meet current trends.
• CSS Coding - CSS is the standard for visual design, controlling the layout and aesthetics of your HTML/XHTML site. We code our CSS to be standards compliant and accessible so it is available and consistent on different technologies and platforms. Depending on your needs, we can create a unified experience from PC to Mac, Screen to Print, and even make your site look good and work well on the latest cell phones.
• Flash Design - We offer custom Flash design from Flash banners and advertisements to full Flash websites. Flash offers a full multimedia solution for your online presence. We can integrate music, sounds, video and animation to create a compelling and attractive multimedia experience for your users.
• WordPress Template Design - WordPress is a state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. We can design templates for your WordPress platform that give your blog a unique look and functionality, at once standing out from the crowd and unifying your online presence.
• Drupal Template Design - Drupal is an open source content management platform. Equipped with a powerful blend of features, Drupal can support a variety of websites ranging from personal weblogs to large community-driven websites. We can setup your Drupal platform and create a unique visual design and functionality, and then pass the keys to your team to begin your online presence.
• ZenCart Integration and Design - Zen Cart� truly is the art of e-commerce; a free, user-friendly, open source shopping cart system. We can integrate Zen Cart� into your website along with a unique template to make the transition from your website to your online store seamless.
• MySpace Layouts - We are experienced with coding special templates for your MySpace account. Myspace is quickly becoming a popular tool for marketing any business or product. We can create a custom layout to ensure your identity is consistent on MySpace with your website or branding, and we can also create custom elements that make your MySpace page unique and presentational.

Print Design

• Advertisements - We have experience in many different facets of marketing, online and off. We can create advertisements for magazines, billboards, web sites, flash banners and more. We also offer advertisement packages that allow you to take your exclusive message across multiple mediums.
• Letterhead Design - Want your invoices and correspondence to look both professional and consistent? We can design letterhead templates for any application so that your message is unified in all your correspondence. Let us make your print media stand out and reflect your company.
• Business Card Design - We design unique and effective business cards from the simple and elegant to the flashy and outrageous. Let us know what kind of unique impression you want to make and we can get you there.

Illustration

• Natural Media Illustration - We can create custom illustrations for you periodicals, advertisements, website - whatever! We can do just about anything visually that you can imagine. We also work in a wide array of different media, including: oil painting, acrylic painting, graphite drawing, charcoal drawing, ink drawing, watercolor painting, pastel drawing and most other mediums.
• Vector Illustration - Vector graphics are scalable and consistent. If you need graphics that can be used on tiny business card clip-art as well as enormous billboards, vector is the way to go. We design in both Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Flash, and can also offer Flash animation.
• Digital Illustration - Need a unique graohic for your website? We also work in mixed format to take our sketches into the computer and use digital tools to complete your artwork. This can be anything from simple image optimization to full on digital coloring, and we can design for any target output you require.
• Photography - We offer limited photography services, including site photography and product photography. We also facilitate the acquisition and integration of third party stock photography from many different outside sources.