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Basics
Site Building
Domains
Design Lab
With the ability to have multiple sites of different purposes, comes the need for a flexible and multifaceted design tool. We are calling this tool/area The Design Lab™.
The Design Lab is essentially a collection of rows of either templates or design elements. (There are also rows for design-research/inspiration as well as how-to type videos/articles.)
There are many different styles of templates — from deep portfolio, shops and presentation-type sites, to quick bio/profile, flyer/announcement and drop-shop-type sites.
The Design Lab was developed with flexibility in mind — flexibility in starting a site and flexibility as to how one can piece together a site. That is, use a template straight away, or assemble (copy/paste) from various design elements, or mix and match (copy/paste design elements into a an existing template or site).
As well, with the Design Lab, a site can pretty much start from anywhere. Even a font specimen can be a starting point from which to build a site. (Note: Most sites and elements have a “duplicate” button).
The Studio Kit
(The Multi-Site Concept)
The “Studio Kit” is a concept / model to help a studio / artist / designer develop a multi-site scenario.The rows labeled “Studio Kit” are a collection of both dense and lightweight site templates — organized out of the rest of the Design Lab. The idea is to assist studios / artists / designers in getting to multi-site representation faster. To quickly help with simultaneously having a portfolio, client presentations, design boards, shops, etc., etc.