I have been brought on board as Head of Web Development to help establish a new web services agency based in Leeds, which, after much deliberation, we have lovingly named Infinite Path.

I have hastily put together a holding page for our site with a brief description of what we do and ways to contact us. You can expect to see the full blown site arriving very soon, once we have wrapped up a couple of existing client projects. The full site may be of a similar theme to the holding page but knowing me it probably won’t be, my mood changes with the wind, especially when it comes to design.

One thing that won’t be changing is our logo, well not much anyway. We’ve got two versions:

Logo for website, business cards etc.

Logo for invoices, letterheads etc.

Depending on where the logo is being used.

This is the first logo I have designed where I’ve drawn my own font, and I have to say I’m quite proud of it.

So that is a brief update of what I’ve been up to as of late. All in all I’m very excited. I’m working with a great team of people who are as enthusiastic about what they are doing as I am. So expect big things from us in the future!

thehodge.co.uk Redesign

So I drew two cartoons of Dom, one for the top of the page (Guitar Hero’s Dom) and one for the bottom (Slumped Dom). The grundy style to the blog evolved naturally after that.

Guitar Hero’s Dom & Slumped Dom

Linkage: thehodge.co.uk

Let me know what you think of the final result?

The Web Designers Idea Book by Patrick McNeil

I’m sure most designers out there have visited Patrick McNeil’s Design Meltdown, it one of the best sources for inspiration and Patricks categorisation of themes, trends and styles make it simple and easy to use.

Well Patrick has written a book which he’s called The Web Designer’s Idea Book and has filled it with a selection of “the very best examples” (quoted from the back of his book) and my Havoc Studios design is featured in the Modules section (page 230).

Havoc Studios on page 230

He’s even mentioned the design directly in the section summary:

…Another site that creates a highly scannable design via modules the Havoc Studios site. By placing the content into clear modules with prominent labels, users can scan for and find the content they are looking for. In this case, the most recent content is appropriately highlighted and easy to find. This helps returning visitors find the fresh content without being distracted by old news.

So as you can imagine I’m very honoured.

Patrick has done a fantastic job with The Web Designer’s Idea Book. I highly recommend it as a handy resource for inspiration. So go out and buy it!

Note: Havoc Studios is no longer live. It was my original blog and collaboration with friend Paul Stanton. The design however lives on in my portfolio and now in The Web Designer’s Idea Book.

wordweaver.org.uk

I enjoyed building Word Weaver. It’s probably the most minimal website I’ve ever done and working with the colour pink was a particular challenge for me, however I believe a nice balance was reached to achieve the final result.

Copywriting is a big topic at the minute and finding experienced professionals can be difficult. So if you are looking for a copywriter in particular Word Weaver is definitely worth a look!