These days it’s a pencil, a sketchbook and a MacBook. Mostly I wireframe, design and direct websites, and often help shepherd them through the production stages. I keep my HTML, CSS and Javascript skills up to date and I’m even handy with a bit of Actionscript. I am currently employed as a designer at Silverstripe.
Decorate a house online using selected Guthrie Bowron products. The tool is designed to stimulate decorating ideas by allowing users to select from ready made decorating schemes, or create their own combinations. It provides an initial point of contact with potential customers by giving them the option to contact Guthrie Bowron directly about the products they have chosen.
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This site helps young rugby players apply to train at Murray Mexted’s International Rugby Academy. It provides easy registration for players, course information and timetables, coaching staff profiles (including some well known rugby names), news, information and photo galleries. A localised version for the USA branch was completed recently, and a South African version of the site is in the works. Completed whilst working at NV Interactive.
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Showcasing the work of fashion designer Alexandra Owen, the site lets Alexandra’s clothing speak for itself with understated typography, rich imagery and video, and wide open layouts.
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This site explores the connection between Cloudy Bay’s unique Te Koko sauvignon blanc and the legend of the great explorer, Kupe, through a combination of Flash interactive and video. Completed whilst working at NV Interactive.
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This project started life as a flash site, but it quickly became apparent that building it using good old fashioned markup and some jQuery would speed up development and of course, improve accessibility and searchability. The design was completed by One Design — my hand in this project was strictly integration. Completed whilst working at NV Interactive.
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Explore the house and eliminate all the fire hazards before you run out of oxygen! Cute illustrations and fun interactivity, combined with a purpose developed isometric game engine make for an enjoyable and educational experience. Completed whilst working at NV Interactive.
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The team at NV and myself had a lot of fun with this one. It’s a reasonably big site which provides regularly updated information and events, profiles of all the animals, and a fun (and beautifully illustrated) interactive map. All this packaged in a vibrant and rich design. Completed whilst working at NV Interactive.
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Use your mouse to guide a Crusaders player through the opposition defense and over the try line to win! Part of the Crusaders website that NV Interactive developed, the game is designed to drive traffic and pick up subscribers to the Crusaders email newsletter. Completed whilst working at NV Interactive.
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An e-govt compliant site including games, quizzes and a wealth of information for potential police recruits. Completed whilst working at NV Interactive.
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This application enables NZ Police recruits to communicate with each other, ask questions of NZ Police staff, and keep track of their training milestones. The tool is very popular with recruits and has a large number of regular users. Completed whilst working at NV Interactive.
A clean, corporate design that takes advantage of a crisp existing identity to create a site which is well structured and easy to navigate. Completed whilst working at NV Interactive.
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Hotel SO’s website is a crisp online expression of their strong offline identity. It’s also a business tool which provides online bookings, email subscriptions, and generates business via good search rankings. Completed whilst working at NV Interactive.
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