The Red Bull Bedroom Jam site provides a engaging experience for young musicians and music fans. Users can upload their bands music and videos to be rated by the public.
Employed by the Que Pasa Communications, I have been providing technical support and development of the Drupal based Red Bull bedroom jam site CMS.
Providing information on new products and special offers.
I have been involved in technical support and implementation of updates of the Drupal based CMS.
Design and build an interactive microsite to demonstrate the Triumph underwear range. Users should be able to select their own body shape which will trigger a selection of products suitable for their particular figure.
Design and program an interactive microsite to promote Australia a Baz Luhrmann film starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman.
The client was keen that the microsite reflected the epic nature of the film and showed off some of the stunning visuals in the best possible way.
Video and subtle animation was used to link to editorial features on the main handbag.com site.
Bizarre Magazine the UK's leading alternative lifestyle mag.
Design graphics and usability walkthroughs for each page of the site. Mobile downloads of videos and ecommerce functionality for subscriptions to the user generated content on the site. And the development of Ultra vixens and savage hearts Social networking microsites.
Crafts is the only British magazine to cover all craft forms, from studio work to public commissions, from modern experimental work to traditional and historic designs.
Design and development of an E-commerce facility using world pay to take payments for yearly subscriptions to Crafts magazine. The form uses Javascript validation and a callback from worldpay, processed by a ASP script which enables email conformations to be automatically sent to shoppers.
The brief was to create an animated Christmas card that summed up the values of the Crafts Council, and adhered to their simple, clean design principle.
The Christmas card popped up in a new window when visiting the site. A link to the card was embedded into promotional emails.
The brief was to create a Virtual Reality gallery to enable online accessibility to the Jerwood Applied Arts Prize for Metal.
Producing two Virtual Reality tours of the galleries at the Crafts Council, using panoramic pictures translated into the Apple Quicktime VR format. This format is quick to load and gives a smooth and consistant feel to the VR environment, enabling viewers to pan and zoom around the virtual gallery.
The Crafts Council is the UK’s national organisation for the promotion of contemporary crafts.
Design and creation of the original site featuring a simple, fully accessible and visually engaging web presence for a public service organisation.
A new template was designed using HTML and CSS.
The site was praised in Webactive magazine where it received 4/5 star rating.
'Web Active' magazine, issue 43
hanky is an experimental pop band, creating inovative and unusual music.
Creation of a site reflecting the band's aesthetic, with a strong element of unspoken branding.
Including a forum allowing fans to interact with each other and the band, enabling a sense of community.
Audio and Video footage can be downloaded in a variety of formats, and a link to the band's record company site was requied enabling music to be purchased online.
Build an image coverflow carousel with voting functionality to encourage users to view an image gallery.
The gallery needed to record page impressions on each click without reloading the entire page.
Voting functionality was also achieved within the flash environment enabling a seamless user experience and minimal page reloading.
A conceptual art piece developed as part of my Multimedia Systems and Fine Art portfolio, to showcase animation, photography, music and interactivity.
Dennis publishing fitness magazine for Men
The brief was to freshen up existing design to separate the brand from Maxim magazine.
The underlying CMS was to stay the same so that any design work had to take into account some of the limitations of the system.
With that in mind new colours were used to create a "fresh healthy" style. Gradients were used to accent curved shapes holding the titles of the sections.
The BBC provides entertainment, education and information, captivating millions of viewers and listeners at home and abroad.
Design and development CD Rom promoting the BBC's 'Imagineering' department, a New Media facility offering technology solutions. The project employed interactive toys and games, and an animated character 'Gordon Burlington', in order to engage users and present an accessible lo-tech introduction to the advanced facilities available within the Imagineering department.
The Craft social network - Craftform is an independent organisation with the simple goal of creating a social network of makers, artists, galleries and shops.
Development of a Social networking site featuring user generated content, accessed and displayed in a user friendly way.
Giving crafts people a simple way to communicate, display their work, make new friends, and a directory service for Galleries and shops linked to Google maps.