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I've just launched a new site for Ammonite Press, a book publisher based in Lewes who produce books of social history photographs and camera manuals.
Ammonite Press
... is a book publisher in Lewes, East Sussex.
They produce appealing, coffee-table / browsing-type-books of old photos from the Press Association archives. They also produce technical guides for posh cameras.
The site is a complete redesign, intended to present the catalogue nicely and give the company a strong visual identity too.
www.ammonitepress.com
Rae Music
... specialises in arranging live music for occasions like weddings and corporate functions.
They have a small rosta professional musicians - singers, pianists, harpists - that sort of thing.
We decided to do a really simple, single-page site very closely matched to their brochure, which turned out to be a really nice brief for me.
www.raemusic.com
Riad Lahboul
... is a guest house in Meknes, Morocco.
It's been lovingly restored in keeping with its heritage. Right on the edge of the medina, in the midst of camels, snake-charmers and medicine-men, it's a pretty amazing place to stay in a pretty amazing country. The Riad Lahboul site uses a simple but flexible page format to provide a set of really straightforward webpages that are easy to navigate and you're guaranteed not to get lost, confused or hacked off.
The site is multi-lingual with a simple Content Management System. I did all the PHP & MySQL on this one as a way of developing my programming skills a bit. It almost drove me nuts, but I learned a lot.
www.riadlahboul.com
Pooh's Nursery School
... is a lovely nursery school who needed a lovely new website.
We started at the very beginning with Pooh's giving me some colour ideas and a very open brief. So, away I went and I brought back a smashing new site with a gallery that they can add their own photos to and a news section to publish their own news.
I used lots of children's daubs and scribbles in the background but I kept the main layout area really clean and professional so it didn't look too 'themed' and wacky. www.poohsnurseryschool.co.uk
Making Jewellery
... is a magazine about... well, you can probably work that out for yourself.
It's not just a 'busy hands' crafty sort of thing though, it's much more aspirational - leaning towards haute couture and linking jewellery to catwalk trends.
The site goes ahead of the magazine launch to show people the format and content they can expect. Its quite classy and clean with hints of vintage.
It'll be interesting to see how it develops with the magazine. www.makingjewellery.com
Base
... is a property developer. They design, rebuild and refit a vast range of commercial and residential properties. Some of their work is very impressive and their interiors are sleek and modern. The site establishes the new brand identity that I developed for them. This was broadened out into a new set of stationery, van signage, postcard set etc.
Again, indispensible assistance from the excellent Ozay Olkan who did the back-end in MySQL/Flex.
www.basecontracts.com
Ski Base
... is a brand new luxury, 5-star boutique ski chalet in Val d'Isere. This website is a showcase for the chalet and all its opulent, luxurious charms. The project invloved developing the brand identity to take it to a higher level of prestige, leading to an entirely new dynamic site with full cms in Flex, programmed by my excellent friend and colleague Ozay Olkan.
www.ski-base.com
Scopic
... is the website of a public science project by the Medical Research Council. The idea is to present science in an interesting and creative way to engage the imagintaion of school-age children.
The project involved creating a Flash game and a website. You can download the game from the site. It was voiced by Patrick Moore.
I did all the design, logo, CD cover, website, game interface, the lot. My excellent friend Oz did the Flash programming for the game.
www.myscopic.co.uk
Hyper Happen
... are a super-hip digital communications/strategy agency. They asked for a suitably natty, blog-style site to represent them.
Best creative brief I've had in ages.
I did all the design and the funny quirky Flash movies that appear on the home page. (You can see them all if you press refresh on the homepage a few times.)
www.hyperhappen.com
Alexis Bennett
... writes music for a variety of purposes, mostly composing soundtracks for films. His music has featured in a huge variety of films which have been screened all over the world.
This is a portfolio site which presents Alexis' professional portfolio but also acts as a subtle and sensitive portrait of the person behind the music. At least I hope it does anyway.
www.alexisbennett.co.uk
Beats Work
... provide creative workshops for businesses. It's a very clever scheme created by of Simon Webster, a professional percussionist specialising in World music. The Beats Work team offer bespoke corporate workshops based on simple percussion games and activities which act as ice-breakers or warm-ups before conferences, meetings etc. The workshops can also be used to sort out problems between people in dysfunctional teams or as a way of helping people to learn better cooperative skills, that sort of thing.
www.beats-work.com
Simon Webster
Professional percussionist and all-round smashing chap, Simon Webster is an exceptional musician with profound knowledge of his field. He's studied all over the world and toured with names as big as Natacha Atlas (trust me, she's big in World music), Rolf Harris (yes, really) and the almost-unspellable Abdullah Chhadeh (trust me, in World music terms, he's The Man).
www.simonwebster.org.uk
It could be you
Imagine that. A website of your very own. All posh and well-designed like these ones. I've been doing this for about 10 years now so I've had a lot of practice and I've got very talented friends to help me make things happen.
If you want to work with me on your project, send me an email. I'd be pleased to hear from you.