Bond Art + Science Builds Community Website for Creating Keepsakes

NEW YORK, June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Bond Art + Science, an information
architecture and user experience firm, has partnered with premier craft
publisher CK Media to develop a destination website for the scrapbooking
market.
CK Media, the publisher of leading craft titles Creating Keepsakes, Simple
Scrapbooks, Paper Crafts, and Digital Scrapbooking, sought to develop a new
publishing system to manage the digital presence for all of their titles. They
also wanted to create an experience that would be engaging to readers who want
to contribute and participate online, and appealing to advertisers and
promotional partners who want to reach their audience. Bond Art + Science
developed both the back-end technical architecture and front-end design, and
the Joomla-based content management system developed is one of the most
customized Joomla installations on the web.
"Scrapbookers are incredibly passionate about their hobby," said Karen
McGrane, Senior Partner at Bond Art + Science. "We wanted to build a site that
would empower them to share, contribute and connect online, in a way that was
true to the spirit of the avid scrapbooking community."
"It was critical that what we delivered enhanced their business from all
sides," added Evan Orensten, Managing Partner at Bond. "We developed a digital
strategy that not only supported each title, but also created a comprehensive
community site for all scrapbookers."
"We needed a firm that could translate both our business goals and the
needs of our readers into a sustainable system that we can manage and grow
internally," said CK Media CEO & President Dave O'Neil. "Bond built us a great
system to manage our titles online as well as creating a tailored resource for
our demanding audience."
Creatingkeepsakes.com (http://www.Creatingkeepsakes.com) was released into
private beta last week, and will be available publicly this summer. CK Media
will be launching new sites to serve their quilting and sewing titles
(Quilter's Newsletter, McCall's Quilting, Quiltmaker, McCall's Quick Quilts,
Quilter's Home, Sew News and Creative Machine Embroidery) in the near future.
About CK Media
CK Media consists of a diverse mix of traditional magazine publishing,
online and digital media, multiple consumer and trade events, merchandising as
well as domestic and international product licensing. CK Media's foundation is
built on eleven leading consumer magazine titles with a combined circulation
of 1.2 million, and a trade publication. CK Media's consumer magazines are
household names and market leaders providing content and community resources
for scrapbooking, paper crafting, quilting and sewing. The publications are
Creating Keepsakes, Simple Scrapbooks, Paper Crafts, Digital Scrapbooking,
Quilter's Newsletter, McCall's Quilting, Quiltmaker, McCall's Quick Quilts,
Quilter's Home, Sew News and Creative Machine Embroidery. CK Media's trade
publication is Craftrends.
About Bond Art + Science
Bond Art + Science is an information architecture and user experience firm
located in New York City. Bond's Experience Design practice helps clients
create meaningful bonds between technically complex, information rich digital
services and the people who use them.
Bond primarily works with clients in financial, media, and retail
industries by delivering strategy, design, and development services.
Bond Art + Science was founded in 2006 by four veterans of the interactive
services industry. Bond's partners have honed their skills over more than 15
years and more than one hundred interactive engagements. Bond's partners have
managed and participated in teams that designed the first corporate intranet,
the first online banking application, the largest online trading service, the
first multi-platform unified messaging system, and the first Linux-based
mobile touch screen user interface. Bond's experience gives it unique insights
and strong instincts about strategies and designs for the ever-evolving
digital landscape. Bond is passionate about helping clients realize the value
of digital technology.
Bond's partners also publish the award-winning web site, Cool Hunting,
http://www.coolhunting.com .
Bond's clients include Nike, Microsoft, Conde Nast, Fast Company, CK
Media, Cut&Paste, and Signal Patterns.
To inquire about a career with Bond, please submit a resume to
jobs@bondartscience.com.
Contact: Evan Orensten, 212 226 6344 or info@bondartscience.com

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