In 2009 I’m all over the place, so if you’d like to see me on stage, ranting on about various design-isms or teaching cosy little workshops in a city near you, there should be several opportunities.
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CLIENT : Samantha Cliffe
Samantha recently returned from her travels with a stunning portfolio of shots from Mongolia, Vietnam, and China; some photographic gems to accompany her already-impressive collection. She needed a new website to showcase these photographs: something simple, minimal, but with a hint of atmosphere. She also needed it to be easily updatable via WordPress and Flickr. You can view my full write-up of the site here.
LIVE : samanthacliffe.com
CLIENT : Blue Flavor
Poster to accompany work for Seatlle-based architects Mithun. Blue Flavor have taken a fresh approach to the way they display their client portfolio, and commissioned me to create this illustration. There’s a more detailed explanation on the Blue Flavor site. Each poster is printed at A3 size and mounted on the company’s walls in their Seattle office.
VIEW : JPG
CLIENT : Ozbod
Bespoke furniture makers Ozbod approached me to design and build a new site. Their existing one was extremely basic but did a decent job with its simple navigation system, so I created something with a similar level of simplicity. Keeping the gallery as the main focus of the site, Javascript-powered previous / next arrow allow the user to quickly browse through Ozbod’s impressive portfolio without leaving the page. The entire site is powered by WordPress.
LIVE : iamozbod.com
CLIENT : Better Place Recordings
Utilising the beautiful photography of Nils Kristian Thompson Eikeland, this 6-panel Digipak presents the debut album from Rhys Marsh and the Autumn Ghost: the quite stunning The Fragile State Of Inbetween, the first physical release from Norway-based Better Place Recordings.
CLIENT : Better Place Recordings
To celebrate the release of the album, Rhys played an intimate ‘releasekonsert’ and a poster was required to advertise the occasion. Drawing on the design of the CD packaging itself and the inspiration of Scandinavian sparseness, I designed this A3 poster.
VIEW : JPG
CLIENT : Blue Flavor
Poster to accompany the explanation of the Blur Flavor website re-design. The agency have taken a fresh approach to the way they display their client portfolio, and commissioned me to create this illustration. There’s a more detailed explanation on the Blue Flavor site. Each poster is printed at A3 size and mounted on the company’s walls in their Seattle office.
LIVE : JPG
CLIENT : Blue Flavor
Poster to accompany work for the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Blue Flavor have taken a fresh approach to the way they display their client portfolio, and commissioned me to create this illustration. There’s a more detailed explanation on the Blue Flavor site. Each poster is printed at A3 size and mounted on the company’s walls in their Seattle office.
VIEW : JPG
CLIENT : Justin Worrall
Entrepreneur Justin Worrall needed a simple but bold logo to brand his online properties, so I took the wonderful typeface Fontin Sans as a base and then modified it to form a unique and striking identity.
CLIENT : Justin Worrall
Drawing on inspiration from Soviet propaganda art - of which Justin is so fond - I created this personal site for him and his umbrella brand.
VIEW : justinworrall.com
CLIENT : Better Place Recordings
Norway-based record label Better Place Recordings needed a logo with simplicity and space. The text is simply a widely-spaced Fontin , while the graphic is a bespoke shape intended to reference the Eastern influence of the label’s music and the letters b-p-r.
CLIENT : Better Place Recordings
The debut release from the label was a free, download-only sampler. I created the accompanying PDF with the digital artwork, incorporating photography by Nils Kristian Thompson Eikeland.
CLIENT : Sound Devastation Records
Based around an illustration by Danica Novgorodoff and her original layout ideas, I designed this gatefold CD packaging to house ‘Vantage’, the third release from Analysis of Bison Kills
CLIENT : Sound Devastation Records
For the vinyl release of ‘Vantage’, Analysis of Bison Kills decided to opt for complete different packaging and commissioned new illustrations from Jon proctor. I then took his artwork and layout ideas and designed this neat vinyl slipcase.
CLIENT : Blue Flavor
Poster to accompany work for Clockwork (now Playbook). Blue Flavor have taken a fresh approach to the way they display their client portfolio, and commissioned me to create this illustration. There’s a more detailed explanation on the Blue Flavor site. Each poster is printed at A3 size and mounted on the company’s walls in their Seattle office.
CLIENT : Blue Flavor
Poster to accompany work for Mobile Love. Blue Flavor have taken a fresh approach to the way they display their client portfolio, and commissioned me to create this illustration. There’s a more detailed explanation on the Blue Flavor site. Each poster is printed at A3 size and mounted on the company’s walls in their Seattle office.
CLIENT : Edenbee
Edenbee approached me to do some consultancy work on their website, asking for an evaluation of the current site and some suggestions as to how it could be improved. After discussing the project with the team, I spent several hours recording my thoughts on the site and produced an extensive PDF. This was then used by the company to commission new work.
CLIENT : FreeAgent Central
In order to spice up the designs of their invoice templates, FreeAgent Central asked me create a new one - essentially just a new CSS file - and now users are able to automatically create invoices from this new template.
LIVE : freeagentcentral.com
CLIENT : Holiday Site Builder
Holiday Site Builder provides owners of holiday homes to build their own website using an extremely simple and intuitive system based on templates. The company approached me to design a new template: I handed over a PSD containing around 6 variations, and the in-house team coded them up for integration into the application.
CLIENT : WooThemes
WooThemes sell premium WordPress themes or a very high quality for a very reasonable price. When they contacted me and asked if I’d like to collaborate, I jumped at the chance and we produced ProudFolio, with me handling the design and HTML / CSS, and Adii looking after the WordPress dev.
CLIENT : Proof HQ
Proof HQ approached me to do some consultancy work on their website, asking for an evaluation of the current site and some suggestions as to how it could be improved. After discussing the project with the team, I spent several hours recording my thoughts on the site and produced an extensive PDF. This was then used by the company to commission new work.
CLIENT : We Decided
We Decided approached me to do some consultancy work on their website, asking for an evaluation of the current site and some suggestions as to how it could be improved. After discussing the project with the team, I spent several hours recording my thoughts on the site and produced an extensive PDF. This was then used by the company to commission new work.
CLIENT : Webcredible
Creating visually rich iconography was an important part of my task in redesigning the Webcredible site. Delivered at various sizes, these icons are ready to be used throughout the site and give a clear indication of each section.
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CLIENT : Webcredible
With Webcredible’s in-house team handling the code, I was contacted to create some Photoshop-only designs for a new website, aiming to bring a sense of fun and a modern touch to one of England’s leading user experience agencies.
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CLIENT : Twiistup
Twiistup connects people from technology, media and entertainment. Held at great party locations in L.A., Twiistup needed a fun, energetic site to promote their events. The site is powered by Wordpress, so the event organisers can update the content with ease.
LIVE : twiistup.com
CLIENT : Carsonified
Carsonified’s latest event - this time aimed specifically at web businesses required a clean, simple site in contrast to FOWA, FOWD, etc. I also created the brand identity.
LIVE : fuel-conference.com
CLIENT : Carsonified
With each FOWA event breaking off into its own site, Carsonified needed a hub to act as the home page at the root of the domain. More minimal than the individual sites, the FOWA home page introduces people to what the event is and provides a general overview of the brand.
LIVE : futureofwebapps.com
CLIENT : Analysis of Bison Kills
The underground metal band Analysis of Bison Kills returned to me to build upon the success of their previous site. This time, they were after a Standards-based site that they could update with ease, so I designed and developed a Wordpress-powered site where the content largely sites on one page, allowing the user to easily access all of their music, news, and photos from one place.
LIVE : analysisofbisonkills.co.uk
CLIENT : Carsonified
The Hugs website was designing and built in under a day, so please forgive the lack of polish and the poor rendering in IE. It was created to promote the Hugs (an exclusive line of hand-made MacBook Pro and iPhone covers) we made during the Carsonified ideas week.
LIVE : hugmymac.com
CLIENT : Carsonified
In just four days - for the Carsonified ideas week - we thought up, created, and marketed a brand new product: an exclusive line of hand-made MacBook Pro and iPhone covers. I was tasked with creating the identity and website for the range; here’s the logo.
CLIENT : Carsonified
I’m gradually going through the process of redesigning all of the sites run by Carsonified, and FOWA was the first of the ‘events’ sites to get tackled. Specifically themed around Miami - the conference’s location - the site was designed to be colourful and fun while still addressing issues the company had with the previous sites’ incarnations.
CLIENT : .net magazine
I wrote a tutorial and created the accompanying website for issue 170 of .net magazine, which is published as Practical Web Design outside the UK. This one kind of tied in with my desire to destroy design clichés, and readers were shown how to achieve a glitched / malfunctioning look.
CLIENT : Carsonified
Another one of my tasks upon joining the company was to redesign the pass badges for the events. Each ‘person type’ (i.e: designer, developer, founder, press, etc.) gets a different colour.
Photos courtesy of Jim Renaud and Krystyn Heide, by the way.
CLIENT : Carsonified
I’m still working on some ‘proper’ business cards, but we needed some temporary ones to give away at FOWA in October 2007, which was right after we completed the rebrand. As it turns out, these cards have actually proved quite popular!
CLIENT : Carsonified
Carsonified.com, in its previous state, was simply Ryan Carson’s blog. But with Carson Systems now rebranded as Carsonified, the site had to change. I completely redesigned it, although the blog still remains the focus. This is something of an ongoing project, as - at time of writing - I don’t feel that it’s as ‘complete’ as it should be.
LIVE : carsonified.com
CLIENT : .net magazine
I wrote a tutorial and created the accompanying website for issue 169 of .net magazine, which is published as Practical Web Design outside the UK. This issue dealt with the so-called ‘Grunge’ aesthetic (a label I’m not comfortable with and a title not written by me) and showed readers how to create a website using the background image from the previous tutorial and a host of new elements.
CLIENT : Carsonified
With the company rebrand complete, a generic HTML mailer template was needed, so I cooked up this one in time for the Future of Mobile event. Ignore the kitties - they’re just placeholders. Actually, don’t ignore the kitties! How could you even think of such a thing?!?
CLIENT : Carsonified
Once we rebranded the company to Carsonified, I put up this basic redirect page on the old Carson Systems URL. Pretty straightforward, really, but I do have a strange fondness for redirect / holding pages.
LIVE : carsonsystems.com
CLIENT : Carsonified
I was responsible for rebranding the company and the logo design was - obviously - a large part of that task. To see how we reached this stage, check out the Carsonified rebranding saga: a collection of blog entries, videos and sketches I uploaded during the process.
CLIENT : .net magazine
I wrote a tutorial and created the accompanying website for issue 168 of .net magazine, which is published as Practical Web Design outside the UK. This tutorial showed readers how to create a background in a similar style to the one found on this very site, using some carefully-selected imagery, some custom brushes, and a little Photoshop fairy dust.
CLIENT : Carson Systems / .net magazine
As the FOWA advert never saw the light of day in the end, we took out another ad for Future of Mobile and I designed it in the same style as the lost ad. I think this one ran, but I forget in which issue.
CLIENT : Carson Systems
To promote the forthcoming Future of Web Apps event and get closer to the community, Ryan decided to organise a ‘Road Trip’: a series of small, informal, pub-based meet-ups across some of the major cities in Europe. I designed and built this one-page site for the trip, which allowed Ryan to update his journey’s progress along the way with just a couple of simple class name changes. Check out the seamless background repeating in this screengrab!
LIVE : futureofwebapps.com/roadtrip
CLIENT : Carson Systems / .net magazine
We took out a full-page ad in .net magazine to promote the Future of Web Apps, drawing particular attention on the expo part of the event. I designed this and it will appear in issue 168 sadly never appeared in the issue because of of a hiccup at .net. This was an exciting project, as it was my first bit of print design in a very long time!
VIEW : PDF
CLIENT : Carson Systems
One of my first pieces of design work for Carson Systems was the redesign of the ‘workshops’ page on the Future of Web Design site (later ported over to Future of Web Apps as well). The page uses a Javascript-powered tabbed navigation system to give users instant access to the information. A non-JS version of the nav is automatically provided for users with JS turned off.
CLIENT : Armstrong Winston
Something of a unique one, this. It’s the only project to date where I’ve taken the role of front-end developer (i.e: writing the XHTML and CSS) and not had any involvement with the design (which was handled by Chris Armstrong, the client).
LIVE : nutritionalanthro.org
CLIENT : Transatlantic / Sanctuary
Just prior to leaving Sanctuary, my last task was to design and build a website for the newly resurrected label Transatlantic. Unfortunately, after I left the company, no-one added the content, and a month later the company was bought by Universal, thus killing the project altogether. A great shame, that - there was some very cool Wordpress customisation in there!
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CLIENT : Apple Corps.
Francis and I were commissioned by Apple Corps. to create a website that celebrated the 40th anniversary of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. It was an intense project - in order to hit the anniversary date, it was designed & built entirely over 5 consecutive nights - but the end result is something everyone was happy with. Francis took the lead with the design, by the way.
LIVE : beatles.com/sgtpepper
CLIENT : Rhys Marsh
In these days of MySpace, Rhys and I decided there was little point in creating a site that simply duplicated the content on his MySpace page, so I created a simple, elegant holding page with links to his various projects. The imagery was created in Photoshop by using scans of photographs Rhys had taken on his Holga camera. Logo by Francis.
LIVE : rhysmarsh.com
CLIENT : Random House / Sanctuary
Random House Publishing wanted a UK gateway to the main (US-centric) Alchemyst site, so I created this to entice readers in. The cover imagery and magical theme of the book is featured prominently in the Flash-based part of the page, while an HTML-based sign-up allows users to register for updates.
LIVE : thealchemyst.co.uk
CLIENT : Nextmen / Sanctuary
I was asked to create two Flash ad banners for the Nextmen, using the excellent album and single artwork by Alex Young. As this was the only brief, I decided to have fun and create some light-hearted animations that took small details of the illustrations and elaborated upon the characters.
CLIENT : Parlophone Records / EMI
Using artwork assets created by the band, I created this playful, home-made looking mailer template for Parlophone. As with the templates I made in the past when I worked at EMI, this was designed to be integrated into the company’s internal publishing system, allowing label staff to update the text content themselves. Built with mailer-friendly XHTML & CSS!
LIVE : sanctuarynewmedia.com/mailers/emi/tinydancers-template
CLIENT : Platinum Travel / Sanctuary
I’m becoming rather fond of concise, one-page sites. This one for Platinum Travel (an entertainment travel company owned by the Sanctuary Group) was built - as always - with the most strict web standards, but a little drop of Flash was used to retain a sense of movement on an otherwise static site.
LIVE : platinumtravelint.com
CLIENT : Trojan Records / Sanctuary
A complete overhaul of the Trojan website and brand identity, launched to tie in with the label’s 40th anniversary. The site build included a custom skin of MPP’s e-commerce system. Design, markup & CSS by me; PHP & MySQL integration by the other Sanctuary New Media boys.
LIVE : trojanrecords.com
CLIENT : Trojan Records / Sanctuary
Sitting alongside the Trojan Records site in the form of an optional pop-up is the ‘Trojan Radio’ a little Flash-based audio player designed by me and coded by Marc.
CLIENT : n/a (self-initiated project)
The latest and most succinct version of sourhaze.com: a one-page, scroll-tastic site with a focus on keeping things simple without farting around. A little bit of Flash in the form of the open-source XSPF player neatly keeps the primary focus on the most important thing: the music.
LIVE : sourhaze.com
CLIENT : Sanctuary New Media / Sanctuary
After being at Sanctuary for a few months, I wanted to give our team some visibility on the ’net outside of the Sanctuary Group site, so I put together this little portfolio of Sanctuary New Media’s work (although everything prior to Trojan was done before my time, I should note).
LIVE : sanctuarynewmedia.com
CLIENT : Phillip Neil Martin
The award-winning composer Phillip Neil Martin contacted me after my work with the London Kensington Sinfonia, and after almost a year of development, we’ve unveiled this huge Flash-based site, which was designed & developed by me with additional Actionscript by Marc and Francis.
LIVE : phillipneilmartin.com
CLIENT : Sanctuary
I designed two HTML-based e-mails that were sent out to the thousands of names on The Cooper Temple Clause’s mailing list, and an animated banner for users to place on their MySpace profiles.
LIVE : sanctuarynewmedia.com/mailers/tctc-waitinggame/2.html
LIVE : sanctuarynewmedia.com/mailers/tctc-storeSignings/signings.html
LIVE : sanctuarynewmedia.com/mailers/tctc-storeSignings/banner.html
CLIENT : Samantha Cliffe
Samantha Cliffe is an extremely talented photographer whose work focuses on nature, decaying architecture, and a feeling of nostalgia. I designed & built her a site that showcases the photography using the ‘Lightbox’ script written by Lokesh Dhankar.
LIVE : samanthacliffe.com/v1
CLIENT : n/a (self-initiated project)
After I finished recording & mixing the album, I set about creating the artwork to ‘Second Leaf’ and spent two days out in the countryside; one taking (and then manipulating) photographs of trees; and the other pulling them together into the design. Back in London, and with the typography almost sorted, Francis lent a helping hand and added some InDesign shine before exporting the print-ready PDFs.
VIEW : Photographs of the packaging
CLIENT : Virgin Records / EMI
Working closely with one of my favourite bands (a dream of mine and a serious goal since I joined EMI), I created this microsite to promote their ‘best of’ album ‘Collected’. Each week before release, a new section was launched, each one themed in style and content to a particular album. There are downloads a-plenty here, along with a massive (chuckle, chuckle) audio player and some cool Flash video.
LIVE : massiveattack.com/collected
CLIENT : Relentless Records / EMI
After the positive response from our Union Of Knives audio player (see below), Marc and I were commissioned to design & build one for upcoming folk artist Seth Lakeman (with me on design duties and Marc on Actionscript). Unfortunately, Seth’s album artwork was changed at the eleventh hour, and due to a lack of resources, our (unfinished) player never saw the light of day.
ARCHIVED : here
CLIENT : Relentless Records / EMI
Following on from the success of the Union Of Knives promotional e-card (see below), I was asked to build an audio player along similar lines. This request came in at exactly the time I met Marc and this became our first project together. I designed it and Marc handled the maths-tastic Actionscript.
ARCHIVED : here
CLIENT : Relentless Records / EMI
A Flash-based promotional piece for the Union Of Knives’ debut album.
ARCHIVED : here
CLIENT : Mandala
In late 2006, Mandala were on the verge of releasing ‘Eventyr’ - their most accomplished album yet - and Francis & I set to work on ideas for the album’s artwork. Then, just as we got going, the band split up, therefore forcing us to shelve the Eventyr ideas. Fortunately, Rhys Marsh And The Autumn Ghost arose from Mandala’s ashes, and our design relationship continues!
VIEW : Cover idea
CLIENT : EMI Records / EMI
Eric Winbolt’s Unmade project was designed to be a system that made audio / visual assets available to the public for them to remix and reinterpret, and I was asked to design an icon-like logo to convey these ideas. The logo had to be simple and suggest the remix concept without alluding to any particular medium or fall into the trap of looking like the recycling logo.
CLIENT : Mandala
Mandala’s headlining show at the Bedford Globe Theatre required a dramatic, eye-catching poster / flyer to publicise the night, and I was once again asked by the band to continue my role as semi-official graphic designer.
VIEW : Screen-res version
CLIENT : Parlophone Records / EMI
Did you know The Divine Comedy (a.k.a. Neil Hannon) wrote the theme tune to Father Ted? It’s true! The Divine Comedy also happen to be a fairly decent band, and when I was asked to redesign their very dated website, I got the chance to scan Neil’s very own copy of the book / poem and use it for the site’s main inspiration and imagery
LIVE : thedivinecomedy.com
CLIENT : n/a (self-initiated project)
Version 6 of sourhaze.com was the first to make a conscious departure from the all-Flash sites that had populated the site in the past, and also the first to adopt a one-page-only approach.
ARCHIVED : sourhaze.com/v6
CLIENT : CliffeCo / Mornflake Oats
My former employers CliffeCo asked me to lend my illustration skills to a cereal packaging idea they were developing for Mornflake Oats. Unfortunately, the character was dropped, so my sexy little squirrel never saw the light of day.
CLIENT : EMI
B2B site for Incentive, the department of EMI that deals with licensing music to third parties such as retailers. Neat, simple, and standards-compliant, this was designed and built by me with some Actionscript magic by Paul to get the image scrollers working.
LIVE : www.emi-incentive.com
CLIENT : EMI Catalogue / EMI
A rather camp neon-tastic microsite for the ‘Only After Dark’ release, an album compiled by Nick Rhodes and John Taylor from Duran Duran.
CLIENT : Mandala
After the stark red-on-white look of version 2, the third and final incarnation of withinMandala.com reverted back to the darkness. As with the previous version, Francis took the lead, but we both collaborated during the Photoshop stage to jointly design this little piece of history.
LIVE : withinMandala.com
CLIENT : EMI Records / EMI
I was specially requested to build this new site for former ‘comedown queen’ Beth Orton, and it uses some simple Javascript to write content to the page dynamically (in a similar way to the Richard Ashcroft site below, although this way stops the whole page from refreshing). Luckily - for everyone’s sake - I was asked to have the player switched off by default. Thank god.
LIVE : bethorton.co.uk
CLIENT : Joker’s Pack
Joker’s Pack is a film collective founded and run by my good friend Mark J Blackman. Mark and I are regular collaborators and although my involvement with the ’Pack started with conceptual illustrations for production proposals, my main contributions have been in the form of two film soundtracks and this website.
LIVE : jokerspack.com
CLIENT : Parlophone Records / EMI
Well I liked my neat little boxes (see version 1, below), but apparently Richard changed his mind about his preferred aesthetic and requested a new site to be built. I once again handled the design, but due to time constraints, the markup & CSS was outsourced to Dan M T Slatter of Hype Multimedia, with me project-managing.
LIVE : richardashcroft.com
CLIENT : EMI
A press relations site for EMI, which pretty much does what it says on the tin.
LIVE : emimusic.co.uk/press
CLIENT : Virgin Records / EMI
As news emerged of Duncan James’ solo career, I created this holding page for the label to announce official news. This was later replaced by a site created by Holler, which I designed and project-managed.
ARCHIVED : here
CLIENT : Parlophone Records / EMI
New website for former Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft, he of ‘Bittersweet Symphony’ fame. This was a rare example of an occasion where I actually got to meet the artist... who spent the entire meeting lighting up joints in true rock ‘n’ roll style!
ARCHIVED : here
CLIENT : EMI Records / EMI
One of the most fun ‘small’ projects I worked on while at EMI, this über-minimal microsite was created to promote the single ‘Hoppipolla’ and featured a little 3-song audio player for users to preview the song and its B-sides.
CLIENT : EMI Records / EMI
It’s often the case that we have to produce work with very few assets. Here is an example of a holding page created with only one asset - the logo. Hopefully this somehow whet the appetite of Beth Orton fans worldwide.
ARCHIVED : here
CLIENT : Fabrics & Threads
After designing their logo, Fabrics & Threads asked me to design their website. The shop system was handled by another developer using OScommerce, so I was simply required to build the front-end site and provide graphics for the shop developer. PLEASE NOTE: I did not design the shop.
LIVE : fabricsandthreads.com
CLIENT : Fabrics & Threads
Fabrics & Threads sell material and related items to quilt-makers worldwide, and commissioned me to design them an elegant, type-based logo.
CLIENT : Analysis Of Bison Kills
Does this look familiar to you? Ok, I admit - this is the second time this site has appeared in the portfolio, but I thought to draw attention to the fact that the excellent metal band Tear Gas And Plate Glass have now changed their name to Analysis Of Bison Kills. I was brought back in to re-brand and update the TGPG site with the new band name, so here it is... again!
CLIENT : EMI Classics / EMI
Apparently she was in Emmerdale; now she’s signed to EMI Classics and releasing ‘Classical Crossover’ covers of some well known tracks... Anyway, Amy’s image is that of the classy English Rose, and so I designed her a sleek Flash-based site that makes the most of the excellent promotional photography accompanying her campaign.
LIVE : amynuttall.com
CLIENT : Virgin Records / EMI
This one-page microsite / player / e-card / download resource centre was designed to promote Hilary Duff with some UK exclusive assets.
CLIENT : EMI Records / EMI
An e-card / audio player promoting Ed’s new album, a 28-track download-only collection of b-sides and rarities, which is actually pretty good.
LIVE : edharcourt.com/elephants
CLIENT : EMI Records / EMI
E-card based around the cover artwork to ‘Howl Howl Gaff Gaff’, with searchlights, a massive 11-track album player, and even some flying birds! Wowzers.
CLIENT : Virgin Records / EMI
Another e-card, this time promoting Lene Marlin’s new album and offering some of those good ol’ kiddy-friendly buddy icons.
CLIENT : Parlophone Records / EMI
She’s being She was hailed as the new Norah Jones, but what was wrong with the first one? A simple CSS-based site for this singer-songwriter with some tricky iFrame shenanigans...
LIVE : clairesproule.co.uk
CLIENT : Parlophone Records / EMI
This e-card I created promotes Pet Shop Boys’ bizarre but actually quite interesting Classical-meets-Electronica score to the silent film ‘Battleship Potemkin’, and features a couple of carefully-tweened JPEGs to (hopefully!) create an ocean ‘video’ effect. :o)
CLIENT : EMI Catalogue / EMI
An XHTML mailer for EMI Catalogue designed by Francis and the late Ian Larkin, with a little bit of last-minute touch-up design and code by me.
ARCHIVED : here
CLIENT : Virgin Records / EMI
An XHTML e-mail ‘stationery’ template designed for label product managers to use. These templates were integrated (by the I.T. department) into EMI’s CRM system that allowed product managers to e-mail the mailing lists directly, changing only the text and leaving the design intact.
ARCHIVED : here
CLIENT : Parlophone Records / EMI
Parlophone sponsored the D&AD Awards and needed a basic one-page site to outline their involvement and promote their side of the competition. Et voila.
LIVE : parlophone.co.uk/dandad
CLIENT : Virgin Records / EMI
A page for fans to download lots of Pharrell goodies. Because, you know, the kids are into all that.
LIVE : here
CLIENT : Virgin Records / EMI
Messy and scratchy label site for Ten Records, who were resurrected from the ashes in 2006... and then promptly discontinued in 2007. Ah, such is the way of the record industry.
LIVE : tenrecords.co.uk
CLIENT : EMI Records / EMI
Onyro designed a beautiful Flash site for The Magic Numbers and I was asked to expand upon this and create a landing page for punters who hadn’t a clue about the band and needed a short introduction.
ARCHIVED : here
CLIENT : Mandala
Mandala asked me to create an engaging atmospheric poster to promote their special gig with Catherine Anne Davis, and - as always - I was only happy to oblige.
VIEW : Screen-res version
CLIENT : EMI Classics / EMI
I designed a site for the UK division of the EMI Classics label but the label’s funding was temporarily pulled, so this version never saw the light of day. About a year later, the project was invested in once more, but that site is a different story.
ARCHIVED : here
CLIENT : EMI
When EMI held their staff Christmas Party at The Penthouse in Leicester Square, I was asked to design this e-invitation to convey the elegance and prestige of the venue without giving too much away.
ARCHIVED : here
CLIENT : Relentless Records / EMI
Here’s a little Flash pop-up for the Joss site promoting the recent charity work she’s been involved with.
LIVE : jossstone.co.uk/charity
CLIENT : EMI
A company microsite charting the history of EMI from its humble beginnings in 1887 to the current day...
CLIENT : Virgin Records / EMI
While Gemma’s full site was being built, I was asked to bridge the gap by creating this Flash-based holding page that previewed some of Gemma’s latest promo shots.
ARCHIVED : heres
CLIENT : Virgin Records / EMI
A compact little holding-page-cum-full-time-site for radiate Records, the Virgin imprint responsible for signing Willy Mason.
LIVE : radiaterecords.com
CLIENT : London Kensington Sinfonia
The London Kensington Sinfonia are a young up-and-coming Orchestra whose work reaches far beyond the concert hall and into schools as part of their ongoing educational program. They’re going to be huge! It was a real pleasure to work on this site, especially as I’ve known the LKS’s Music Director since we were 4!
LIVE : lks.org.uk
CLIENT : n/a (self-initiated project)
The all-singing, all-dancing, all-Flash version of sourhaze.com from back in 2005. I still enjoy looking at this, although perhaps it was a little over-indulgent in Flash gimmicks.
ARCHIVED : sourhaze.com/v5
CLIENT : n/a (University project)
Almost a year after I graduated University, I finally got round to putting my dissertation online. It seemed quite relevant, considering that it was about the Internet and all...
CLIENT : EMI Records / EMI
An XHTML mailer designed to promote this release from Positiva Records.
ARCHIVED : here
CLIENT : EMI Records / EMI
An XHTML mailer designed to promote this release from Positiva Records.
ARCHIVED : here
CLIENT : EMI Records / EMI
An XHTML mailer designed to promote this release from Positiva Records.
ARCHIVED : here
CLIENT : EMI Catalogue / EMI
An XHTML mailer produced for EMI Catalgue to promote this key album release.
ARCHIVED : here
CLIENT : Relentless Records / EMI
An XHTML e-mail ‘stationery’ template designed for label product managers to use. These templates were integrated (by the I.T. department) into EMI’s CRM system that allowed product managers to e-mail the mailing lists directly, changing only the text and leaving the design intact.
ARCHIVED : here
CLIENT : EMI
This internal CD-ordering system needed a drastic redesign and the task fell to the Digital Media team at EMI. Eamonn handled the design and then, due to timescale clashes, it was handed to me. I tweaked the design further and then built the XHTML & CSS.
LIVE : esounds.com (EMI staff login required)
CLIENT : EMI Catalogue / EMI
Simple accessible site for new actor-turned-crooner Danny Seward. Bizarrely, this landed me a ‘thanks’ credit in the album’s liner notes.
ARCHIVED : here
CLIENT : EMI
The EMI Music Sound Foundation is a charity that works with music education in schools. This was EMI’s first standards-compliant, table-less site.
LIVE : emimusicsoundfoundation.com
CLIENT : Virgin Records / EMI
Legacy site for the infamous girl-band (replacing the original site by Mook!).
LIVE : atomickitten.com
CLIENT : EMI Catalogue / EMI
An XHTML mailer produced for EMI Catolgue to promote this key album release.
ARCHIVED : here
CLIENT : Mandala
I designed a concept for a Mandala ‘live album’ CD cover whereby 4 simultaneously-released live EPs could be combined to form one piece of art and, in turn, one complete album. Unfortunately the band decided not to release a live album.
VIEW : Screen-res version
CLIENT : EMI Catalogue / EMI
An XHTML mailer produced for EMI Catolgue to promote this key album release.
ARCHIVED : here
CLIENT : Mandala
My role of official Mandala photographer extended to co-designer with this version of withinMandala.com. Although Francis looked after the main build, I was responsible for the header image, Flash music player, wallpaper, and the ongoing photography, which continues to be archived online.
ARCHIVED : elliotjaystocks.fb42.com/mandala
CLIENT : Parlophone Records / EMI
Official Parlophone site for Dr. John, New Orleans musical superstar and that old bloke at the end of BBC’s ‘Perfect Day’ TV spot.
LIVE : dr-john.co.uk
CLIENT : Virgin Records / EMI
The new Chemical Brothers site, designed and built by me and Josh in a mad couple of days.
ARCHIVED : here
CLIENT : Virgin Records / EMI
A microsite for the Chems, dedicated specifically to covering their adventures around the globe via their own personal photos.
CLIENT : Parlophone Records / EMI
Label site for Parlophone dance imprint New Religion, featuring the cover artwork of Alan Oldham. Sadly, the product manager behind the project left the company and the site was temporarily permanently put on hold.
ARCHIVED : here
CLIENT : EMI
2004’s Christmas (e)card from EMI’s Digital Media department, to which I belong. Lots of lovely .PNGs in there. :o)
LIVE : emirecordedmusic.com/digitalmedia/xmas_card/card.html
CLIENT : EMI Catalogue / EMI
Microsite for the Layer Cake motion picture soundtrack, which features the likes of Lisa Gerrard and Craig Armstrong. Oh, and some very crap bands too.
LIVE : emicatalogue.com/layercake
CLIENT : Parlophone Records / EMI
One of several e-cards for Urban artist Houston; this one being for the single ‘Ain’t Nothing Wrong’. Clearly there is something wrong, though: Houston recently gouged his own eye out in an effort to get "closer to god". Yes, that’s true. And apparently, he says that he is now closer. Well, good for Houston. I doubt I’ll be making any more e-cards for him, though.
CLIENT : EMI Classics / EMI
Official site for pop-classical crossover Keedie. You know - that girl who did that song with the guy from Blue. Oh... you don’t?
LIVE : keedie.com
CLIENT : EMI
Designed and built as freelance work under Hype Multimedia, I created this world music microsite for EMI’s Trade Marketing department.
OFFLINE
CLIENT : Relentless Records / EMI
The official UK Joss Stone site. This was my first big artist site for EMI, and it’s been nice to see that URL on posters in every Underground station! Make sure you hit that ‘stop music’ button before she starts warbling, though.
ARCHIVED : http://clients.elliotjaystocks.com/emi/websites/joss_stone
CLIENT : Virgin Records / EMI
Posthumous site designed to promote the recent greatest hits album.
LIVE : theverve.co.uk
CLIENT : EMI Catalogue / EMI
The official (and huge) guide to the music of the Rat Pack (focusing on the three core members of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr.).
LIVE : ratpackmusic.co.uk
CLIENT : EMI Catalogue / EMI
One of my first HTML-based mailers for EMI, this generated a record number of click-throughs (at the time) to Amazon.
ARCHIVED : here
CLIENT : Virgin Records / EMI
No longer online, this was a previous version of the Audio Bullys site that I designed when I first joined EMI.
ARCHIVED : here
CLIENT : Tear Gas and Plate Glass
The official site for the metal band Tear Gas and Plate Glass, which has evolved from a one-page microsite (which you can still view here) to a fully-fledged doom-core monster, complete with an online CD store.
CLIENT : University of Westminster
My former tutors were so pleased with the promotion I’d done for the Contemporary Media Practice degree show website that they asked me (and this time paid me) to return and design the degree show’s print catalogue. This was my first experience of InDesign, and it turned out to be the most intense three days of my professional life!
VIEW : Photographs of the catalogue
CLIENT : n/a (University project)
A showcase site for the 2004 Contemporary Media Practice degree show at the University of Westminster. After designing this site at the end of my course, I was invited back to design the show’s print catalogue.
ARCHIVED : here
CLIENT : n/a (University project)
This online audio-visual experiment was created for my final year project at University, and allows user to ‘remix’ the different layers of visuals.
LIVE : sourhaze.com/audiovisual
CLIENT : Tear Gas and Plate Glass
Before building Tear Gas and Plate Glass’ main site, I created this microsite to promote their second EP. This was also before the band changed their name to Analysis Of Bison Kills.
CLIENT : n/a (University project)
Unfortunately I no longer have archived versions of versions 1, 2 or 3, but here’s version 4, which I built for a second-year University project. This was my first ever Flash site.
ARCHIVED : sourhaze.com/v4
CLIENT : n/a (self-initiated project)
Put together by myself and a group of friends, ‘Borrowed From Astronomy’ was a compilation featuring 12 fantastic unsigned bands, released under our own ‘Parallax Effect’ label. I handled all of the packaging design and imagery, using a photograph by Barry Gillespie.
VIEW : Photographs of the packaging
CLIENT : n/a (self-initiated project)
This is where it all began. Actually, that’s not true, but this seems like a good starting point. I released my debut album ‘Bathed In Blue’ in 2001, just about the same time as I discovered computer-aided design (and design on the whole, in fact; prior to this, my focus had been on illustration). I created the packaging for the album and then went on to attempt a website. The rest, as they say, is history...