Project Worksheet

Before we get started, I’d like to thank you for considering Dust and Mold for your upcoming project. Please fill out the questions below—this will help me provide an accurate proposal, and may also help clarify your thinking about what you’re looking for. Please be as specific as possible, but feel free to leave questions unanswered—we’ll discuss these later.

General Information

Your name and title, and the name of your organization:

Your full contact details (address, phone number, URL):

Describe your organization:
(cultural, tech, commercial; number of employees; years in business; etc.) 

Describe the product or service you’re intending to promote:

What kind of service are you requesting:
(e.g. turn-key web production, graphic design for a website, interaction design, consultation)

Do you have a deadline in mind?

What is your budget for the project?
(this helps me provide an proposal that will work for you—even a rough estimate is strongly encourage)

Project Details
(Some questions may not apply)

ls this project a new website, a refresh of design/brand, or an extension of your current website/creative?
(e.g. a website for a new company, a re-skinning of your website, a mobile version of an existing website)

What prompted or inspired this update?
(e.g. a new business model, a new location or products on offer)

What elements of your current website/creative are working? What doesn’t work?

What companies would you consider to be your competition?

What sets you apart from your competition?

What websites or brands do have websites or branding/design that inspire you? What about other sources of inspiration?

Your Users

Who is your primary audience?

Are you looking to widen the demographic range of your audience, or perhaps to appeal to more individuals/organizations in your current audience?

Do you have specific goals for your visitors that your website should encourage?
(e.g. signing up for a service, purchasing a product)

Aesthetics and Perception

How is your organization currently perceived?

How do you want your organization to be perceived?

Do you have a visual identity that communicates this?

Are there brand guidelines, such as logos, typogrpahy or colour schemes, that I should work with?

Do you have copy, images or other content already created?

Features and technical stuff

Social Media - where are things at now, and how can we improve them?
(This includes Twitter, Facebook, RSS, Comments)

Will your website require video, audio, podcasts, galleries?

Do you require mobile support? Mobile-specific versions of your website?
(My websites have basic support for feature phones and work on major smart phones)

Do you have wireframes, a sitemap or outline for the site?

Should your website be bilingual?

Does your site use a content management system or other publishing platform?
(Wordpress, Drupal, Tumblr, etc.)

What is your level of experience with CMSes? 

Do you require extended support for older or non-compliant browsers?
(My websites will work out-of-the-box with modern, standards-compliant browsers such as recent versions of Firefox and Safari, and further compatibility is optional)

Other comments

If there’s anything I've missed, please describe it below.

Thanks once again for considering me for your project. Please email your completed project sheet to info@dustandmold.net and I’ll get back to you shortly.

Dust and Mold Design