Entries Categorised as 'Work'

iTinyK – Mac Support for London Creatives

May 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Work

Not one to sit around and twiddle my thumbs, I have been keeping myself busy and helping friends as per usual. So hot off the press is a new Mac Support web site for iTinyK.

The Skinny

The web site is currently 1 page, designed by me, coded by me, and optimised by me. The site loads in 1.3 seconds, with most of the images loaded in a single sprite, and minimum network connections for the sake of getting the page up and running as quickly as possible. The site uses jQuery and jQuery Tools for scrollables and other functionality, and for the nosey amongst you, there is even a laugh and a ‘dig’ at iTinyK forebears.

“Simple” Web Design

It’s a simple site, but even with the back and forth, design, re-design, code, and re-code it took 3 days to finish up and I am pleased to report that both my client, and their’s seem to be exceedingly happy with the results. So if anyone else out there is looking for similar or spectacular results, feel free to get in touch.

You can check out the fruits of my labour at: http://www.itinyk.com/

The Sun Sets on Stink Digital

May 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Work

It’s a sunny evening in Farringdon, perhaps a sign of things to come this summer: Long, warm and sweet evenings shadowing London town. The 6pm beer watershed has been breached and beers are flowing whilst energies are expended on a new portion of the Darker Side of Green project, to be launched tomorrow by the Stink Digital team, along with Skinny, NY and Attik, SF on behalf Lexus.

Today brings the 20+ months I have been working for Stink Digital to a close, and it has been an interesting ride. So much has happened on so many fronts in that time, from the personal to the work-related, and with the arrival of Britain’s first coalition government in some 70 years, it seems like a perfect moment for a change of direction, not something I could have predicted a month ago when I decided to take the proverbial plunge, but serendipitous to say the least.

Lots has happened in nearly 2 years, from laying on the beach in Cannes, basking in the glow of the awards of Silver Cyber Lion and Grand Prix for Film that Stink Digital and Adam Berg won along with Tribal DDB and Philips for the ground breaking work on Carousel and the 21:9 Cinematic Experience web site, to the assault course of endeavors to get work for Shelter, Diesel, Dulux, and many others completed.

I’ve had the pleasure of working with many different, interesting and creative individuals, too many to name and from more companies than I care to mention also, but it has been a real pleasure and I have picked up a lot from the experience along the way. Last.fm offered a strong spring board after honing my skills indie contracting for so long and Stink Digital has helped to further cement that.

As I said, it has been a great experience, and I have many crazy, funny, amazing and enriching times, and they will last long with me. To that end I wanted to thank the guys at Stink Digital and wish them every best for what the future holds.

Zeitguised – Zeitgeist’s Irregular Twin

March 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Work

Just launched last week is a simple portfolio site for the duo of Henrik Mauler and Jamie Raap that are Zeitguised. On zeitguised.com their inimitable and award-winning style in 3D animation is showcased, with awesome work for MTV, AOL, Toyota and others. The project pages display a combination of text, images and videos hosted on Vimeo. It’s clean, simple and super effective.

With the site now updated and content showcased and full accessible the plaudits are already rolling in with direct links from design trending blogs such as NetDiver and NotCot – So congrats to the duo that are Zeitguised!

Let’s Colour Project – Dulux

March 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Work

Recently launched is our on-going handy work for Dulux and Euro RSCG, the Let’s Colour Project. In the words of Creativity Online:

The Dulux Let’s Colour Project out of Euro RSCG Worldwide is a global movement enlisting people around the globe to paint the dull out of their communities. The effort will bring people together in neighborhood painting events around the world. The Let’s Colour blog celebrates all things colorful and documents Dulux’s colorful community transformations in countries like Brazil, India, France and the U.K.

It’s a wonderful project that just proves how inspiring colour can be, and the Let’s Colour Blog is a visual cornucopia of delight, with awesome ideas and tips and tools for everyone from designers to home decorators. Never must there be a dull day again!

Creativity: Production Company of the Year – Not Quite …

January 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Work

Firstly, congrats to MJZ on being Creativity’s ‘Production Company of the Year’ for 2009/2010. Hats off to them. Needless to say however, yours truly was mentioned, otherwise I wouldn’t be typing about them. Stink has been hoodwinked by Creativity for their innovation over the last 12 months with outstanding work by Ivan Zacharias, Ne-o, James Brown, and of course Stink Digital’s work with Adam Berg that won awards all round, from Cannes to BIMA.

And for a more details view of why Stink were nodded as runners up, here is the full paragraph in questions:

It’s been Creativity’s mandate to honor not just the best work, but also the innovators who are redefining creative production. Stink emerged as one of this year’s frontrunners. The global, multi-hub company has long been known for its top-notch commercial production. It continued to deliver on that front with spots such as the Ivan Zacharias-directed VW “Fight”; a James Brown-directed roller-girl show for Bonds; and more dynamite visuals from Ne-O, who steered Audi’s “Economy Drive,” Frank’s “Braincrashers” and Toyota’s “Better Together.” The shop’s biggest highlight, however, came out of the company’s new-media arm, Stink Digital, via Philips “Carousel.” Directed by Adam Berg, the viral bandit-clown hit was also a critical smash, earning digital and film accolades, including the 2009 Cannes Film Grand Prix.

You can read the original piece ‘Creativity’s Production Company of the Year: MJZ‘ on Ad Age, as well as see more work by Stink and Stink Digital over on the respective websites, and of course work by MJZ themselves. Congrats again to them!