2011 QLD Multi-Media Award Winner

I was delighted to hear that http://fordegroup.com.au won a QLD multimedia Award for 'Best CMS Website'. This was one on the website I had the pleasure of designing whilst I was working at http://mindwire.com.au back in Australia.

Congratulations to Damian at Mindwire on yet another brilliant job!!

New Design Position at timeanddate.com

I am thrilled to announce my new position as Designer/Developer at timeanddate.com !

This is my first full time job in Norway and I cant wait to join the Norwegian work force!
It's time to work on my Norwegian now ;-)

Julebord Poster Design

Helgåleiren needed a fresh new design fro their Julebord promotions

New website for Lokomotiv.no - complete rebuild!

I am pleased to announce the launch of my latest redesign and rebuild project.

Lokomotiv.no is a Norwegian media company who required a fresh look with an increase in the websites functionality. The website was built in a CMS and has been customised to automatically update where ever possible.

Please feel free to visit http://lokomotiv.no 

tpauls.com - Flickr Feed jQuery website

tpauls.com is another custom coded photography website, feed image content from a flickr feed.

Updating the website's galleries with new images is as easy as exporting straight from Lightroom or iPhoto to Flickr.
tpauls.com uses jquery to pick up images from the selected Flickr steam, then translates this into an image gallery. This takes all the website technical requirements away and makes updating the website a breeze. The websites make use of the pre existing capabilities of Flickr for storage and editing and the direct integration between Flickr and production programs such as Adobe Lightroom and iPhoto.

Lokomotiv.no website redesign

The new lokomotiv.no website is very close to completion. The website features larger displays of portfolio work, social network integration, a brand new Content Management System and much more functionality.
New design:

Old design:

Sub Sea Services Website re design

I just had the pleasure of redesigning and developing the new Sub Sea Services website.
The clients found the old website a little difficult to navigate and wanted a website that created a stronger impression.
The new website design is a bold concept, using a huge, highly contrasting background image, typography and a large reduction in page content. This is that WOW website and content is supplied once in the subpages: i.e. Products Page. So far everyone is very pleased with the new design and the speed in which it was implemented.

Updated design:


Previous Design:

Wedding Invitations at the Printers

We are eagerly awaiting the return of our wedding invitations from the printers. The design was to suit the rustic glamour theme of the upcoming wedding.

2010 Multimedia Award Winner!

I am very pleased to have been awarded the 2010 Queensland Multimedia Award for the best website under $2,000  for Tropical Trend Homes .

Tropical Trend Homes

The awards are a premier multimedia event and cover print, television, web, animation, radio and other forms multimedia.
A big thanks goes to the amazing Mr Damian Codotto for submitting the design for Mindwire .
For more information visit the official QLD multimedia Awards website

Helgaaleiren.no website rebuild underway

The new website for helgaaleiren.no is due to be launched in March. The website is being constructed in a CMS for easy updates and make the most of the the rise in social media such as Youtube.
Here is a preview of what to expect;

Before:

New Design:

Live More Now Logo Design

Here are a few concept designs for the LMN logo. The new company is run by my auntie and  co-ordinates events for people who crave inspirational activities. The Norwegians are a spirited bunch and love nothing better than getting out and amongst it on a weekend, so LMN helps them make the most of free time by organizing and promoting activities.The Name of the company says it all;
Live More Now.


Facebook has been really helpful in polling peoples opinion o the designs. Here are the first round of concept designs;

 

Stay tuned to see how the concepts evolve.

BMM Logo Design - The Process Disected

My close friend needed some branding for his new business Brisbane Motorcycle Mechanical. The company offers maintenance, servicing and performance modifications to all brands of motorcycles.

The final logo represents the mechanical mindedness of the company, who ride and appreciate motorcycles themselves.

Below is a break down of the logo design process as demonstrated on this project;

1. Client Briefing; 
Meet with the client and establish the following

• Establish Aims of company,
• target audience,
• ask about the client's ideas,  most have some thoughts,
• suggest preferences for colour and font,
• establish  examples of well know logos the client likes and why,
• identifyclient competitors and how they are approaching branding,
• suggest icons that might represent the services or ethos of the company.
• ask what the client doesn't like in regards to the above and save our self the pain of finding out the hard way

2. Concept Time;

• research the internet on the type of services the company and its competitors provide,
• try capture identifiable icons,
• Start with some quick sketches and let the ideas flow,
• reference the information collected in the brief regularly to keep the concepts on track,
• built the best concepts as vector graphics.

3. Digitise Concepts;

• Find a suitable fonts and match them to concepts
• find variations that work
• professionally present them to the client as numbered concepts for their input.

 4. Concept to  Draft: 

• Collect feedback on concepts
• make requested changes to the favorite concept
• make personal refinements such as placements and layout options
• form a draft logo and collect more feedback.

 5. Finalise design

• Finalise the Colours and placement
• make variations for a range of applications such as grey scale and reverse bock (on black)

6. Package logo for delivery

• Make JPG or PNG versions of the logos in all states and applications
• add a text file with PSM  or CMYK colours
• tidy vector files and create vector PDF
• Package files in a folder and zip for delivery

Bigger Bang Website

Bigger Bang website launched!
http://biggerbang.com.au