A really fun animated website for a company who hold kiddies craft parties. the site was illustrated by Jove Tocher from 5th from the sun. Her sketches were then digitised and turned into fun animations with sound effects for a friendly, fun online experience.
Slick, modern site for an audio visual specialist. These guys are specialists at designing and installing bespoke, top of the range audio visual systems in homes and offices. Their products range from home cinemas to ipod stations in children's bedrooms to total security and environment control systems that use one smart keypad to control the entire house.
A slick, spacious and contemporary design fitted them perfectly, with minimal type contrasting with the beautifully shot photography.
The key to this design, for them, was to create animated picture sequences that are easily updated by themselves. The Flash files cleverly draw in the shots from pre-determined photo folders, so now the team at air av can replace any shot they like quickly and easily. This is essential for a company who needs to stay at the fore front of technology.
A new website for an independent management company for companies looking to achieve real cost efficiencies across the supply chain for fresh and perishable goods.
A fun site for a PA focusing on the drudgery of everyday business that many people wish to shun I figured this was just the hook we needed to lift this concept above the competition. Quirky messaging and typography make for a site with tons of personality.
Paramount are your typical engineering company - when they approached me to do their new brochure it was clear they needed a real boost in terms of marketing.
Their products, although not at all beautiful, work extremely well - fast & efficient - so a graphic device was created to glamorise their productiveness.
The website pushed the branding further with innovative Flash animations and random news bites so they now have a site to be proud of.
Earlier work for Paramount has also included a folder design, cover shown, and an exhibition stand. Further branding is currently being undertaken.
MEA are a group of chartered surveyors and construction consultants, they span 3 offices across the south of the country and have been working with an exciting and broad range of clients for the last 30 years. Despite their history they have not had a web presence up till now so it was up to me to provide them with a site that could help push their mane into the future.
The design for their site was intended to be modern and classic, and the minimal use type and colour palette allows the large range of photographs to be showcased. The main section of their site was the case studies section, of which they have many. These quickly show potential clients the important facts on each project whilst providing a simple platform to showcase the projects photography.
Pay N Bill was a start up company founded by a man with a vision. A new payment and billing company aimed at working with recruitment agencies.
We got together and formed ideas on how he could take his ideas forward, starting with logo design and conceptualising the look and feel of his brand.
A strong colourful circular symbol was drawn up with a distinctive typeface, after that was completed the usual stationery items were designed alongside an impactful website.
A number of months in and his new company is proving a real success.
A local project management and quantity surveying company needed more impact in their marketing communications. They wanted to hit a higher level of client and so asked me to deliver the goods.
A six page brochure was developed alongside a smart functional website. The branding work included work on the main headline copy, such as the headlines and strapline, enhancing the colour palette and also helped bring into focus their main market sectors and service offers.
I worked with Simply Health to create some animations for their new website. It used a complex CMS and they needed help to spruce up their design. We created a main header graphic, plus smaller photo sequences for the content pages.
Flash driven website for architectural practice Moss Urban Solutions. Moss wanted a top class site to showcase their work from the last 5-10 years.
We decided upon a slick, clean, contemporary Flash driven site that would stand up against their peers and their clients would be proud of. Minimal typography is set alongside the dramatic use of the photography ensuring Moss Urban Solutions are at the top end of their profession.
Website for an integrated event and communications company. A complex offer from a technically minded event solutions company was brought into focus through a slick, clean website design. Building upon their colour scheme of greys and red, a beige was added to the palette to add warmth. The design was skillfully executed to look slick and polished, with lots of white space to rise their brand above the technical babble of their competitors. Research reports were also designed to tie in with the new look, which can be downloaded from the website once the online form has been filled in.
A neat design by my son for his Beaver pack - for a centenary flag . I took on his design, pulled together the artwork for him. It maybe waved by a small boy in a church near you...
Just Dental Recruitment are a small team of specialised dental recruitment consultants. As a start-up company they needed a brand that would elevate them above their competitors.
The logo was designed to be punchy, modern and above all unique for their industry, using charcoal grey and bright pink. This look was reflected in the website design, where the expanding circles in the header represent the pool of talent their offer to their clients, the site also features a jobs pages which the Just Dental team are able to edit themselves.
Alongside this was a sister company, Military Medical, which had its own colour scheme and logo but the same site structure and concept as Just Dental Staff.
Flash driven website for artist and illustrator Jove Tocher.
Jove is an outstanding children's illustrator, contemporary inspired artist and graphic designer. She wanted a website that would push her work forwards giving her a clear and distict personality.
Using Flash technology enabled me to utilise the whole screen to showcase her imagery, featuring background graphics that reflect her work.
Start-up company Living Space Apartments required a modern, striking identity to help project themselves into a busy market with a clear and distinct offer.
The logo design implied the two facets of the market coming together (home comforts & hotel luxury) this led on to a strong, clean design look which was taken across the website, advertising flyers, data sheets and the home welcome pack. Awareness from the identity has grown considerably and LSA has already a second property on its books.
Aging friendly hippy Clive Cherry, who has toured with many great bands such as Humble Pie, needed a cool site to promote the recording studio he has built in his back garden. Upon reading Clive's narrative I decided to do something slightly 'left-of-center' montaging photography taken in his studio with other elements. This included a little guitar playing doodle he had sketched out one day. The result was a very refreshing non-corporate look that fitted in with with his charm and character perfectly.
Holonomix are a sophisticated IT company, I worked with them to design a modern, distinctive identity and corporate stationery, plus a simple Powerpoint template. Bit of a tongue twister this name, so a break in colour proved successful in this modern typographic execution.
Forma Consulting is the company owned by Britain's first female Tornado pilot, not that she likes to shout about it. I was involved in developing her brand identity along with some book cover designs to promote her approach to life and how it can help anyone become successful and fulfilled.
Simple, clean, modern branding style developed for local photographer Kevin Whibley. Styled in an easy to use, but visually striking way, so he could take the project on himself. The branding has been a huge success and elevated his presence on the high street. The work encompassed logo creation, signage and advertising.
