
PottingShed
Mixing Water With Electricity
29 January 2013

The Potting Shed have been working with The World Pro Surfers for several years now.
WPS is the body that represents surfing's elite athletes and safeguards their interests; their union effectively. As you can imagine with several keen surfers working at The Shed this is pretty much a dream client and when we were approached to renovate their already all-singing all-dancing website we eagerly got our thinking caps on.
The main goal was to integrate social networking into the fabric of the site in an effortless and easy to use manner making it a true community site where the user can gain access to the surfers themselves. This gave birth to the idea of the Social Hub; a side bar on the homepage where the viewer can access all the social feeds in the same place (Facebook, Twitter, Vimeo, Youtube and the surfers personal sites).
As the sport is a truly global one it was also fundamental that the content could be translated. The site can therefore be translated into any one of over 50 languages including Chinese, Arabic and Russian.
All of this and it's completely content manageable. So the editor of the site, based on Queenslands Sunshine Coast, has total control and flexibility.
Although the Potting Shed designed the site the coding and site build is the work of Tim Gaudion at Fuse 2 and he has done an incredible job translating our vision. This is a truly massive site crammed packed with world class stories, video and photography.

Testimonials
"Potting Shed took the time to understand the product and our purpose and created a clean, fun and fresh look which our clients comment on regularly. They then took the brand and product to the next level for us by creating our product video and website, and the storyboard and visual process that the team created really brought it to life."

Jenny Winspear
COO Anova
"We worked alongside Potting Shed to create an identity that embodies who we are, and why we do what we do. These projects have contributed to a more connected team who believe in our organisation at a deep level. When your people believe in what you do and take ownership over their culture and workplace, growth is the natural outcome."

Jim Gilligan
CEO Carey Group
"Potting Shed responded quickly and sensitively to our brief, helping us find a tone of voice we're genuinely proud of. Their promptness and understanding made a real difference – 10/10 for quality, service, and value."

Jay Goss
Bank Aston