June, 2009 archive

Web Design Portfolio - Experiment

We’ve been looking at different ways to present our web design work.

You can have all sorts of variations of thumbnails with javascript or flash animation - but the problem is, you have no control of where your visitor goes, and the added drawback is they always have to leave your site to see the work.

This is a possible nifty solution.

It is still purely in the experimental stage, the frame rates and compression settings need tweaking, and it was quickly put together this morning. But it has got potential to show clients all the highlights in a couple of minutes - without them having to lift a finger.

Web Designers Leeds

While the site is being built, a holding page was created for a web designer in Leeds, and submitted to Google.

The purpose was two-fold: identify this site as early as possible for the keywords web designers Leeds, and generate links by submitting to internet buzz sites such as Stumbleupon, Digg and Reddit.

A tease campaign and SEO operation to lay the foundations of a successful site. The copy reads: “Web designers Leeds. There’s a new kid on the block.”

View Web Designers Leeds holding page

Tiananmen Square anniversary internet shutdown

Many ruling powers across the globe feel threatened by the freedom of speech provided by the internet.

Every Government, TV news channel, newspaper, magazine, radio station - has their own agenda and since time immemorial the history books, works of art, plays and architecture were commissioned by the victors / rulers to reinforce their view on the world.

The internet is different, yes you can read stories about the latest sighting of Elvis, but amongst all the tons of chaff there are grains of truth written by people with no agenda, other than to tell their story.

In the West, the powers-that-be have struggled to control the internet. The latest move in the UK allows the Government to read all your emails and chat room messages. Even your local council can read your messages on facebook. Why? To combat the threat of terrorism.

China has a more direct approach. They simply shut down whatever makes uncomfortable reading.

It’s the Tiananmen Square massacre anniversary, and so their population doesn’t get to hear about what happened 20 years ago, Twitter, Flickr, Hotmail and other social networking sites have been shut down.

Internet monitors have also shut down message boards on more than 6,000 websites affiliated with colleges and universities, according to the Hong Kong-based Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy.

Kate Adie, from the BBC, recently went back to China and showed students the famous photo of the man standing in front of the tank – and no one recognized it.

The internet may not be perfect. It may full of porn and junk, but it is a democracy that crosses all borders and continents, where stories can be published by anyone, and read by anyone, and that must be worth protecting.

Sources: The Guardian

WDL Interior Architects website

WDL is a commercial interior design and architectural practice based in Leeds, who specialise in retail, leisure and hospitality projects throughout the UK and Europe. Their client’s include Virgin, Hamleys and the Rugby Football Union.

The site features a newsletter subscription form which is fully automated and linked to a simple Email Marketing programme, so WDL can keep all their clients up-to-date with the latest developments.

A sitemap was generated and submitted to Google, the company was registered in Google’s Business Centre, and an interactive map was incorporated into the site.

Like all our sites, it has been independently tested and approved by W3C for valid markup and complies with WAI guidelines for accessibility.

WDL Case study »
WDL Website »

Anti Iraq War Advertising

I thought great advertising ideas were dead, but then I came across this.

An anti Iraq War advertising campaign on behalf of the Global Coalition for Peace perfectly executed by the New York agency Big Ant International.

“What goes around comes around” is a great strapline that everyone trusts as a truth, put into a context that really rams the message home - you can just imagine all the passers by walking around the pillars to get the message.

What the poster campaign didn’t generate awareness from, the internet coverage did.

“What Goes Around”
Advertising Agency: Big Ant International, New York
Creative director Alfred S. Park
Art director: Jeseok Yi
Copywriters Francisco Hui and William Tran.

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