Portfolio
Below are some of my favourite recent projects. For more information please download my CV.
New website for baby-food company Plum Baby.
The site features custom overlays and tooltips, carousels, plenty of movement and dynamic content, and a shop.
Jerwood Arts Laboratory
HTML, CSS, PHP
Design by Jimmy Cunnane
Built with Michael Allanson
Freelance project
An experimental website for the Jerwood Visual Arts group. The site is an attempt to document the process of exhibiting art at Jerwood Space in London Bridge.
The site is a bit rough round the edges, but intentionally so. It pulls in related info from a number of sources, but if anything goes wrong that's how it's got to stay.
HTML templates created for the Digital UK Postcode Checker, a site aimed at providing UK citizens with information regarding their switchover dates for digital television services.
The site contains collapsible sections of content, and custom overlays containing extra information for certain parts of the site.
HTML templates built for a Boots microsite aimed at providing holidaymakers with a checklist of items they might need for their Summer holiday.
HTML templates built for the npower brighter energy website, an interactive debate site allowing members of the public the chance to ask questions about npower and the energy industry.
Kingston University London
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, technical consultancy
Designed by Daniel Hutchinson
Built at Tonic
I was the sole developer on the build of the new Kingston University site. It aimed to raise the profile of the university in time for the next academic year.
Along with clean valid html and structured CSS, it features a few javascript 'effects' (the slideshows on section home pages, and the scrolling tabs) that have been implemented using a methodology called progressive enhancement, so any users visiting the site through older browsers that don't offer support these features don't lose out, they see replacement content.
In addition to the creation of html templates, I provided support during the development phase helping their in-house team with suggestions for how to build the site and manage it internally, and providing comprehensive handover documentation.
Sony BRAVIA-advert.com
PHP, MySQL, XHTML, CSS, JS, Customised version of wordpress
Designed by Sim Wishlade and
Ron Siemerink
Built at Tonic
Site not live
Created a 'blog-fodder' site for the latest Sony BRAVIA advert, to follow on from the successful site we built for the bouncing balls advert we created the year before.
This site featured a customised wordpress blog, allowing members of the public to keep up to date with the release of the new advert.
It offered high-quality streaming or downloads of the advert itself and related material, including an image gallery and behind the scenes showcase.
The site was very successful, receiving plenty of press coverage and over a million hits in the first week after launch
HTML templates created for the BBC Celebrity Scissorhands microsite.
The site was created to the current BBC build guidelines, utilising their existing codebase and adding custom HTML, CSS and images unique to this site.
The Cupboard Under the Stairs are a new design collective who make things, a "multi-disciplinary art and design practice devoted to telling stories in 2D and 3D". They create sculptures, collages, installations, illustrations, and much more.
This site contains a blog, and a home page that allows members of the Cupboard to add information about their latest projects.
A new site for London-based advertising agency Chick Smith Trott.
The site features a small sitemap at the bottom of the home page to enable users (and search engines) to quickly jump to any section of the site.
There is also a customised wordpress blog, sIFR flash-replaced headings, lightbox popup image gallery, embedded flash video and a simple google map.
Creation of numerous XHTML templates for i-level, a large digital media planner/buyer agency in London.
These templates were created so that the content and layout for any page would be easily updateable, and all page templates could be implemented easily by an external company who would be integrating them into a 3rd-party CMS.
Site created for employees and agencies working for Toshiba, allowing them to access the latest brand guidelines.
Fortis Lifeplotter
AMFPHP, PHP, MySQL
Designed by Hayley Watchorn
Built with Joe Wheeler
Built at Tonic
Site not live
Created the PHP backend for a flash application, which saves any number of datapoints relating to a line graph charting a user's life events.
Upon successful completion of a graph, an email is generated and sent to the user allowing them to retrieve and edit their graph at a later date.
Daihatsu
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Custom CMS
Designed by Daniel Hutchinson
and Simon Heys
Built with Michael Allanson and
Julio Ruiz
Built at Tonic
I was the lead developer on the build of the Daihatsu UK website
The site promotes each of the car ranges in a clean and clear manner, allowing users to see large images of each vehicle through a custom-built javascript slideshow. The entire site is SEO-friendly, while accessibility remained at the forefront of the build.
sIFR has been used to dynamically insert a flash font for the headings for better typography and kerning. If users don't have flash or javascript, they will appear as similar but web-standard fonts.
Kingston University: Our Creative Economy
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, sIFR flash fonts
Designed by Ron Siemerink
Built at Tonic
Created a microsite for Kingston University to highlight their courses aimed at the Creative Industry
JCDecaux
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP
Designed by Ron Siemerink
Built with Michael Allanson,
Richard Hallows,
Julio Ruiz and
Jed Richards
Built at Tonic
New website for JCDecaux, provider of 'outdoor advertising solutions'.
Used best practice web standards and progressive enhancement techniques, including the unobtrusive use of advanced interaction (Flash & AJAX) and the implementation of an expandable layout to ensure compliance with the Web Accessibility Initiative guidelines.
London Fashion Week
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP
Designed by Simon Heys and
Daniel Hutchinson
Built with Richard Hallows, Michael Allanson and Julio Ruiz
Built at Tonic
Site not live
Created the London Fashion Week websites for two years, between September 2005 and September 2007.
The design site was 'refreshed' every 6 months, to take into account each new season.
Linklaters
HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Designed by Sim Wishlade and
Ron Siemerink
Built at Tonic
Site not live
Created a number of HTML templates for an intranet web application for law firm Linklaters.
Created a password-protected site for event management company Mango for their partners Coca-Cola.
The site allows users to book hospitality packages for the Euro 2008 football tournament.
Riversdale Consulting
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL. Creation of a custom CMS system
Designed by Daniel Hutchinson
Built at Tonic
Site built for a small firm of financial recruitment consultants based in Farringdon.
Their target is to place applicants in high positions within firms, rather than going for a high quantity turnover.
The site has proven successful, receiving several applications per week.
It allows applicants to apply for jobs online, submitting CVs in the process. RSS feeds are offered for up-to-date listings of job offers.
Promotional microsite created for Sony to showcase the release of their first video walkman mp3 player.
The site was originally intended for press release only, but proved popular and the link was soon published on many technology sites and blogs.