Websites I have played a part in designing or co-designing
These websites are listed in reverse chronological order, with the most recent at the top of each section. I have indicated my professional status for each site at the time of its creation.
I have included examples of the following aspects of web design:
- Design of the look & feel of a site from start to finish
- Improving on the design of an existing website
- Extending and/or developing another designer's work
Click on image to see the live website (only available where my work is still current) or click text for more info on the project.
Design of the look & feel of a site from start to finish
Bloomsbury Associates
Website: bloomsbury.co.nz
Client: Bloomsbury Associates
My professional status: independent web designer/developer
Bloomsbury Associates is an independent financial advisory practice established to provide investment services to clients in New Zealand. They wanted a website that would provide general information about their services and their philosophy, together with case studies and testimonials from existing clients. I was responsible for the initial quote, client liaison, project management, scoping, information architecture, web design, HTML and CSS, jQuery, building the completed website, content-loading, testing, proof-reading, QA and ongoing support.
Bamford Medical
Website: bamfordmedical.co.nz
Client: WM Bamford & Co Ltd
My professional status: independent web designer/developer
Following the successful launch of the Bamford website, we were asked to create a companion website, Bamford Medical, which would allow the company to sell a selection of their medical products online. The templates and CMS backend of the new site are based on the original Bamford site, with a completely different look and feel so that they are easily distinguishable from one another. I was responsible for the initial quote, information architecture, ongoing project management and client liaison, web design, HTML and CSS, jQuery, testing, training, QA and ongoing support.
Holmes Consulting Group
Website: holmesgroup.com
Client: Holmes Consulting Group
My professional status: independent web designer/developer
The international structural engineering firm Holmes Consulting Group asked for a completely new photography-centered design, new HTML/CSS templates, and a new CMS, which would be populated with all-new content. I was responsible for the initial quote, information architecture, site schematics, ongoing project management and client liaison, web design, HTML and CSS, jQuery, testing, putting together the skeleton site in Silverstripe, training, QA and ongoing support.
Office of Film & Literature Classification - information for students
Website: censor.org.nz
Client: Office of Film & Literature Classification
My professional status: independent web designer/developer
The OFLC wanted a new website aimed at students doing projects on censorship in New Zealand. The website needed to be accessible, e-govt compliant, and the design had to appeal to young people. I was responsible for the initial quote, information architecture, site schematics, ongoing project management and client liaison, web design, HTML and CSS, jQuery, e-govt accessibility compliance, testing, building the skeleton site using Dreamweaver templates, training, QA and ongoing support.
Master Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Inc
Website: masterplumbers.org.nz
Client: Master Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Inc
My professional status: independent web designer/developer
Master Plumbers had an old website that needed redesigning and integrating within a more user-friendly CMS. We identified three main sections of the site - Public, Trade and Members - which led to a four-colourway design solution. I was responsible for the initial quote, information architecture, site schematics, ongoing project management and client liaison, web design, HTML and CSS, jQuery, accessibility compliance, testing, content-loading, CMS training and ongoing support.
WM Bamford & Co Ltd
Website: bamford.co.nz
Clients: WM Bamford & Co Ltd
My professional status: independent web designer/developer
WM Bamford & Co Ltd is one of New Zealand's leading independent medical supply companies, and needed a new website which would reflect and complement their new print brochure - and which would allow potential customers access to their substantial product listings as well as providing information about Bamford's supply agencies and partners. I designed and built the site and also worked on project management, information architecture and site schematics, as well as creating dynamic functionality via jQuery and facilitating CMS integration.
New Zealand Business Assessment
Website: businessassessment.co.nz
Clients: Business Capability Partnership/Optimation
My professional status: independent web designer/developer
The Business Capability Partnership wanted a website for their New Zealand Business Assessment initiative, which is designed to enable business owners to assess their business's current capabilities and assist in identifying opportunities to improve business performance. I designed and built 17 template pages for the site, which was developed by Optimation within a .net environment. Once phase 1 of the site went live, Optimation worked with the BCP to develop and extend the site's capabilities, and from time to time I worked alongside the Optimation developer to provide CSS for new elements.
Māori Media Network
Website: maorimedia.co.nz
Client: Māori Media Network
My professional status: independent web designer/developer
The Māori Media Network wanted a new website which would promote their skills and services online. I designed and built the site and also worked on project management, information architecture and site schematics, as well as planning for JavaScript and CMS integration.
Drilling for Diamonds
Website: drillingfordiamonds.com
Client: The Mills Group
My professional status: independent web designer/developer
The Mills Group wanted a website which would both promote their Drilling for Diamonds online coaching products and act as a secure portal through which D4D coaches could train staff. The secure login includes an admin section through which The Mills Group staff can add new clients and coaches, give them access to the online coaching materials, and create collections of personalised coaching materials for specific groups within the coaching scheme. I designed and built the site and also worked on project management, information architecture and site schematics.
The Gathering Archives
Website: thegathering.co.nz
Client: me
My professional status: independent web designer/developer
In October 2006 I began creating, designing, building and writing The Gathering Archives website and accompanying WordPress blog, with the aim of becoming the authoritative source of information on the history and background of iconic New Zealand dance party, The Gathering. The site is divided into different sections for each of the six Gatherings, and includes facts & figures, media coverage, Gathering artwork, photos, video and film footage, Gatherer stories and maps of the venue for each party. The design for each section is based on the official Gathering artwork from that year.
Revealing Gallipoli
Website: Download Revealing Gallipoli PDF
Client: TV ONE
My professional status: contractor at CWA New Media
TV ONE wanted a PDF study guide for the TV documentary Revealing Gallipoli which could be downloaded from TV ONE's website. The study guide is aimed at teachers who want to screen the documentary in their classrooms and use it as an educational tool. I designed and made the PDF.
Biotechnology Learning Hub launch
Website: offline Flash presentation
Client: CWA New Media
My professional status: contractor at CWA New Media
CWA's director needed an interactive animation to be used during the launch ceremony for the CWA Biotech Learning Hub. I designed and built the interactive in Flash. I also updated the CWA Learning Landscape websites (online and offline versions) and incorporated links to the Flash animation, and linked the animation from an updated Flash version of the Learning Landscape website.
Read more about the Biotechnology Learning Hub launch project
Gambling Helpline
Website: no longer online
Client: Gambling Helpline New Zealand
My professional status: contractor at CWA New Media
Gambling Helpline wanted to redesign the way that results were displayed within their online assessment (built in Flash). They felt that the existing method of display was unclear, and wanted a range of concepts from which they could select the final design. I came up with a number of concepts and refined the preferred design.
Ans Westra Teacher and Student Resources
Website: tki.org.nz/r/arts/visarts/ans-westra
Client: Ministry of Education
My professional status: contractor at CWA New Media
The Ministry wanted to add a new subsite to an existing Arts collection within the Te Kite Ipurangi portal website. I designed the site, which was developed as a fully CSS site within the existing TKI template.
Learning Languages
Website: tki.org.nz/r/language/lls
Client: Ministry of Education
My professional status: contractor at CWA New Media
The Ministry wanted a new design for the Learning Languages series. There are 5 subsites in all, which needed to match each other while still retaining some individuality. A homepage was also needed to introduce all of the subsites. I designed the site, which was developed as a fully CSS site within the existing TKI template.
wickED Christmas and New Year Celebrations Around the World
Website: tki.org.nz/r/wick_ed/themes/celebrations.php
Client: Ministry of Education
My professional status: contractor at CWA New Media
The wickED website is aimed at kids and showcases a new theme every month, with activities for the kids to do based on that theme. I designed and illustrated the Christmas theme.
asTTle
Website: tki.org.nz/r/asttle
Client: Ministry of Education
My professional status: contractor at CWA New Media
The Ministry of Education wanted a new design for the updated asTTle site as part of CWA's Te Kete Ipurangi portal website. I used existing printwork of the new asTTle branding as my initial inspiration and created a look and feel which was sympathetic with that branding while adding unique elements of its own.
Gifted and Talented Students
Website: tki.org.nz/r/gifted/handbook
Client: Ministry of Education
My professional status: contractor at CWA New Media
This site needed a major update and overhaul, with the addition of an online version of the Minstry of Education handbook Gifted and talented students: Meeting their needs in New Zealand schools, and related online reading material. I designed the site as part of CWA's Te Kete Ipurangi portal website, which is built in XHTML/XML and CSS. I also did some of the development of the new site.
Medals NZ
Website: not online
Client: Medals NZ
My professional status: contractor at Oryx Technologies
Medals NZ had a very clear idea of the type of design they wanted for this site, and the sector of the marketplace at which it was aimed. I designed the site, closely following their design brief.
Early Childhood Education ICT
Website: offline PowerPoint presentation
Client: Ministry of Education
My professional status: contractor at CWA New Media
The Early Childhood Education team wanted a new logo based on a set of key words and phrases. From this would be developed templates for a Powerpoint presentation. I designed the logo using a matrix approach, and developed the five best ideas, from which they chose their favourite. I then designed the templates around this new logo.
Gifted and Talented: Support for Parents and Whānau
Website: tki.org.nz/r/gifted/talented/parents
Client: Ministry of Education
My professional status: contractor at CWA New Media
This Key Collection within the Te Kete Ipurangi website portal is aimed at parents and whānau of gifted and talented kids, and is based on the existing printwork from the Ministry of Education. I designed the website, which was developed as a fully CSS site within the existing TKI template.
Vets Online
Website: not online
Client: Oryx Technologies
My professional status: contractor at Oryx Technologies
The new Vets Online portal needed an elegant logo to liven it up while staying true to the look and feel of the site design. I designed the logo.
Karori Garden Centre
Website: karorigardencentre.co.nz
Client: Karori Garden Centre
My professional status: contractor at Oryx Technologies
The Karori Garden Centre wanted a garden "character" to add life to their new website and to act as a guide around the site. I designed and drew the tui character in Freehand and animated it in Flash.
Te Reo Māori in Mainstream
Website: Flash website for offline presentations
Client: Alice Patrick
My professional status: contractor at CWA New Media
Alice Patrick required a website which she could project onto a big screen and use as an integral part of her talks and presentations around the country. I designed and built this fully interactive Flash website using ActionScripting and incorporating sound and video clips.
Scots College Virtual Tour
Website: No longer online
Client: Scots College
My professional status: contractor at Oryx Technologies
Scots College wanted a set of Virtual Tours to show to prospective pupils and parents. This would be part of the existing website and follow the established look and feel of the site. I designed and built three Virtual Tours and the section homepage.
wickED International Year of Rice
Website: tki.org.nz/r/wick_ed/themes/rice.php
Client: Ministry of Education
My professional status: contractor at CWA New Media
The wickED kids site gets a new theme each month, using the same characters each time with a completely new look and feel. I designed the International Year of Rice theme and created all-new graphics, style and page layout.
Read more about the wickED International Year of Rice project
Scots College Image Gallery
Website: No longer online
Client: Scots College
My professional status: contractor at Oryx Technologies
Scots College needed a number of Image Galleries which would showcase the school and be appreciated by the pupils featured. This would be part of the existing website and follow the established look and feel of the site. I designed and built four Image Galleries and the section homepage.
WebWeaver Productions
Website: webweaver.co.nz
Client: me
My professional status: independent web designer/developer
Commissioned, designed, architecture-d, developed, built, written, edited and project-managed by me. The site is designed to be fully accessible, is written in valid HTML 4.01 Transitional and CSS, has been fully tested and displays consistently across a wide range of browsers in Mac and PC. I've built it using templates and Dreamweaver library items so that in the future I can easily update it and make alterations.
Monkey Records
Website: monkeyrecords.co.nz
Client: Monkey Records
My professional status: independent web designer/developer
The Monkey Records website is an e-commerce venture, with the record label relying on it to provide a large proportion of their CD sales. I designed and built the site, which includes information on all Monkey's recording artists, and a simple shopping cart where visitors can listen to and buy CDs.
Wai 100%
Website: wai100.com
Client: Minaaka
My professional status: contractor at Base Two and then independent web designer/developer
Māori electronica duo Minaaka wanted a fresh and groovy website where they could showcase their music and their artistic vision. I designed and built this promotional site for them. Some of the site was in te reo, the rest in English and it included mpg video and mp3 audio files.
WOMAD
Website: womad.co.nz
Client: The Edge™ (for WOMAD)
My professional status: independent web designer/developer
1998 was the first year that a full-scale WOMAD festival was held in New Zealand. They needed an attractive and accessible site that would tell the world about WOMAD Aotearoa. I designed and built this award-winning website, which could be easily added to and updated in the runup to the 1998 event.
Health Action
Website: healthaction.org.nz
Client: Health Action
My professional status: independent web designer/developer
Nelson-based health advocacy group Health Action, who had absolutely no experience of the web, wanted a website which they could utilise as one of their outreach tools for youth. I designed and built this youth-oriented site, which included a database listing a wide range of health resources in the local region.
English for Speakers of Other Languages
Website: no longer online
Client: Ministry of Education
My professional status: contractor at CWA New Media
ESOL was a sub-site which I designed and built within the Ministry of Education's own website. The client wanted a simple and easy to navigate site, following MoE colour and logo guidelines.
Read more about the English for Speakers of Other Languages project
The Gathering
Website: no longer online
Client: The Gathering
My professional status: independent web designer/developer
The Gathering was New Zealand's largest and most well-respected annual dance party. I created, designed, wrote, built and maintained the 900-page multi-award-winning website, giving Gatherers as much information as possible about every aspect of The Gathering, as well as archiving previous parties.
Healthy Lifestyles
Website: no longer online
Clients: Wellington College of Education and the Cancer Society
My professional status: contractor at CWA New Media
This Cancer Society-sponsored award-winning website promoted healthy lifestyles for kids. I worked closely with the content creator to design, illustrate, develop and build a series of online school projects within the site.
EEO Trust
Website: eeotrust.org.nz
Client: EEO Trust
My professional status: contractor at CWA New Media
The EEO Trust were new to the web and wanted an easily-navigated information-rich website, which I designed and built. The site communicated what the EEO Trust was about, and how it could be of benefit to employers.
InterLink
Website: interlink.org.nz
Client: The British Council
My professional status: contractor at CWA New Media
I developed, designed, built and constantly updated this multi-award-winning website for a ground-breaking project linking 12 pairs of schools in New Zealand and the UK, who worked for 6 months on a range of 70 projects using the internet for trans-global communication - and I also managed the InterLink project itself.
Improving on the design of an existing website
MedSys
Website: system application, not available online
Client: Medical Council of New Zealand
My professional status: contractor at Optimation
MedSys is MCNZ's core system for handling doctor registration and on-going certification, which Optimation spent three years designing, developing and implementing. I was responsible for a number of tasks, including a rebuild of the application's chrome, a review and streamlining of the template design to save space and fit in more content, and an overview and rebuild of the HTML/CSS in many of the templates in order to improve cross-browser compatibility and increase consistency throughout the application. The site is built in asp.net, so virtually all of my work was within the .net environment, working on already-integrated templates using VisualStudio.
Simillimum Homeopathic Pharmacy
Website: arnica.co.nz
Client: Simillimum Homeopathic Pharmacy
My professional status: independent web designer/developer
Originally designed as an online brochure, Simillimum needed a revamp - into a useful, interactive site generating additional income. I tidied up the existing website and professionalised the look.
Kakapo Recovery Programme
Website: kakaporecovery.org.nz
Client: the Department of Conservation
My professional status: independent web designer/developer
This website needed regular updating over a number of years. I also began to create and link larger versions of the news images to the news pages - as I decided it would be nice for visitors to be able to see good-sized images of kakapo and their chicks, and the original design had not accounted for this.
Ao Kawe Kupu
Website: no longer online
Client: NZQA
My professional status: contractor with Communication Arts
Following the online success of QA News, the client decided to put this bi-monthly printed newsletter onto the NZQA website. The newsletter is partly in English, partly in te reo. I developed the newsletter into a new website format, which I designed to complement the QA News design.
Hillary Commission
Website: no longer online
Client: Hillary Commission
My professional status: contractor at CWA New Media
I designed and built the Kids Go 4 It and Push Play sections, and maintained and developed the main multi-award-winning site. In 1999 the Hillary Commision wanted a compete overhaul of the site, which I carried out - including design and architecture, budgeting and timelining.
Extending and/or developing another designer's work
This can include: development of multi-template website designs following specifications, guidelines or rough sketches from another designer; using the style and layout of a single page to complete the design for the rest of the site; designing a new page or section based on an existing design; developing an existing design into deeper levels of the website.
Snapper
Website: snapper.co.nz
Client: Snapper
My professional status: independent web designer/developer
Snapper is New Zealand's leading contactless payment system and can be used for a wide range of transactions including shopping, taxis and public transport. Registered Snapper users have online access to their Snapper transaction history and current balance. The Snapper team wanted to upgrade the functionality of the transaction history page, and asked me to design and build a new version with enhanced functionality and ease of use. I was responsible for client liaison, project management, reviewing and refining the information architecture, design, XHTML and CSS, jQuery, testing, QA and ongoing support.
Ann Jasper
Website: annjasper.co.nz
Client: Ann Jasper
My professional status: independent web designer/developer
Ann Jasper is a friend of mine, and an artist who produces beautiful paintings for sale. Her husband Shelley is a graphic/website designer with whom I collaborate on WebWeaver Projects from time to time. Shelley had designed a simple and stylish website for Annie, and it was my job to build the site, content-load it, and find an appealing way to display Annie's paintings in interactive galleries within the site. I was responsible for client liaison, project management, scoping, extending the information architecture, design development, HTML and CSS, jQuery, building the completed website, content-loading, testing, proof-reading, QA and ongoing support.
Museums Wellington
Website: museumswellington.org.nz
Client: Museums Wellington
My professional status: independent web designer/developer
Museums Wellington are responsible for three Wellington museums - the Museum of Wellington City & Sea, the Cable Car Museum and the Colonial Cottage Museum. Each museum had its own website, none of which matched each other or the new Museums Wellington branding. Their aim was to bring all three museums plus Plimmers Ark under the same umbrella website, and to use their new branding as the basis for the overall site design. I was responsible for the initial quote, client liaison, project management, scoping, information architecture, design development, HTML and CSS, jQuery, accessibility and e-govt compliance, testing, putting together the skeleton site in Silverstripe, training, QA and ongoing support.
Salters Cartage
Website: salters.co.nz
Client: Salters Cartage
My professional status: contractor at Plan A
I was asked by Plan A in Auckland to develop their homepage design into a set of design templates for the new Salters Cartage website, to build these templates and then to put together the finished website, using all-new content which Plan A had written. I was responsible for the original project proposal and quote, client liaison, project management, scoping, information architecture, design development, HTML and CSS, jQuery, accessibility compliance, building the completed website, content-loading, testing, proof-reading, QA and ongoing support.
Save Radio New Zealand
Website: saveradionz.co.nz
Client: Save Radio New Zealand
My professional status: independent web designer/developer
The Save Radio New Zealand website is a companion to the original Facebook group, which reached 20,000 members in a little over a month. It's built using an existing (subtly restyled) WordPress theme. I was responsible for the intial client liaison and project proposal when I first came up with the idea, then project management, scoping, information architecture, selection and restyling of the WordPress theme, content-writing, research, content-loading and ongoing support as the website's webmaster.
CreditSights Marketing
Website: creditsights.com
Client: CreditSights
My professional status: contractor at Optimation
Optimation were updating the main CreditSights website, and were asked to build a new Marketing site that provides an overview of the company's services for potential subscribers. A design was provided by the same US design company that did the main website, with the XHTML/CSS being built from scratch and integrated into asp.net. I was responsible for developing the design across all templates, building the XHTML/CSS, bug-fixing and template tweaking. Once I had built the XHTML/CSS templates in Dreamweaver, these were integrated into the .net environment, and any subsequent tweaking was done from within VisualStudio.
The Beck's List
Website: no longer online
Client: Lion Nathan
My professional status: contractor at Shift
The Beck's List was a Facebook app linked to a 60-day viral campaign. Fans can request free gig tickets sent out as POCKETvoucher text messages, browse gig photos, tag their friends and vote for the best photos and gigs. The app also included a Twitter feed, an iPhone app and a website. I was responsible for some design consultation at the start of the project, building the templates, some creation of new graphics near the end of the project, plus a small amount of jQuery. I worked closely with the programmer, Tom St George, as the app went through a series of iterations during integration which required many changes to the XHTML and the CSS.
CreditSights
Website: member-only access
Client: CreditSights
My professional status: contractor at Optimation
CreditSights is an award-winning provider of independent investment research. Their website provides subscribers with coverage of over 750 of the most widely-traded names in the US and European markets. They produce over 300 research reports a month and their archives contain over 100,000 articles. Optimation was asked to extend the site's functionality at the same time as re-skinning the site - and I was responsible for developing and extending the new design, rebuilding some of the XHTML/CSS, bug-fixing and template tweaking, streamlining some of the backend CMS elements, and re-designing & re-styling various widgets and other elements. The site is built in asp.net, so all of my work was done in VisualStudio within the .net environment, working on already-integrated templates.
Salvation Army
Website: salvationarmy.org.nz
Client: Salvation Army
My professional status: employee at Shift
The Salvation Army (New Zealand, Fiji & Tonga Territory) wanted a new content-manageable website which would promote the organisation, provide information for people who either need its help or would like to join, and would also provide homepages for all the Army corps around the country. During the handover phase from my HTML/CSS to his CMS integration, the programmer and I re-assessed the site and identified additional templates that were required, which I then designed and built following the existing site design.
NZWood (resources site)
Website: nzwood.co.nz
Client: NZWood
My professional status: employee at Shift
The NZWood resources site is is the largest in a series of websites for the organisation, and its main focus. It provides wood-related resources, tools, research and case studies for a range of industries that use wood, and could be encouraged to use more. During the handover phase from my HTML/CSS to his CMS integration, the programmer and I re-assessed the site and identified additional templates that were required, which I then designed and built following the existing site design.
New Zealand String Quartet
Website: nzsq.co.nz
Client: New Zealand String Quartet
My professional status: employee at Shift
The New Zealand String Quartet website was designed by one of Shift's designers who subsequently left to go on his OE. In phase 2 of the project I added a range of new sections and widgets, and was responsible for designing the new pages, templates and widgets myself, as well as integration and WordPress PHP modification.
NZ Cricket Membership Application
Website: web application
Client: New Zealand Cricket
My professional status: employee at Shift
In 2006 Shift developed an online database application for New Zealand Cricket to collect data online and use it effectively. Phase Two of the project involved expanding the application to include player stats, public access to data, and club websites. My job was to create new HTML pages based on those created in Phase One, interpreting the Phase Two schematics to incorporate the application's new functionalities. I also extended the page design across all the new templates.
Read more about the NZ Cricket Membership Application project
KiwiSaver
Website: kiwisaver.govt.nz
Client: IRD
My professional status: employee at Shift
Shift designed and built the KiwiSaver website in 2006, and the second phase, which was when I joined the project, was to enable online transactions. My job, together with my colleague Ross Howard, was to style a full set of interactive KiwiSaver portlets with IRD styling and to tweak and bug-fix portlets which had already been integrated into the system. The job entailed working alongside the development team, working directly on the servers at IRD. In addition I built two new static HTML pages, and designed and built a third page.
WWF-NZ
Website: wwf.org.nz
Client: WWF-NZ
My professional status: employee at Shift
Shift donated some time to the Worldwide Fund for Nature New Zealand (WWF-NZ) in order that we could build them a better website than they could afford. I built a set of 17 templates for the site in HTML and pure CSS, and felt that the design could do with livening up and beautifying somewhat. I modified and improved the original design and introduced some photographic elements, including the Flash header.
Shift
Website: shift.co.nz
Client: Shift
My professional status: employee at Shift
Shift's new-look website was a long time coming, mainly because Shifties are always working on somebody else's website! I was part of the team that finally got the chance to complete it and get in online. My job was to complete the HTML/CSS build of the 10 templates used in the site, using best practice techniques and ensuring that the site met or exceeded e-government accessibility guidelines. I was also responsible for design development of some pages, based on designs already created for other templates.
Webweaver's World
Website: webweaversworld.blogspot.com
Client: me
My professional status: independent web designer/developer
A blog about my passions. May include some or all of the following: geek stuff (web design & development, CSS, accessibility, usability), environmental activism, my adopted home of New Zealand, international & green politics, gardening, cats, literature, rugby, and much more.
Kiwi Physics
Website: CD-ROM
Client: IPENZ
My professional status: contractor at CWA New Media
The Kiwi Physics CD-ROM is aimed at encouraging students to explore a career in physics by showing real-life examples of physics in an entertaining, interactive, educational and fun way. I designed, illustrated and built (in Freehand, Photoshop and Flash) a module which covers the creation, transmission and use of electricity.
Ministry of Economic Development - Insurance and Superannuation Unit
Website: isu.govt.nz
Client: MED ISU
My professional status: contractor at Origin Design
The design for the new main MED site had been done by Shift, who had also supplied a set of design standards, and had mocked-up a version of a subsite content page. Origin were asked to extend the design to show how it would be applied to a range of pages in the ISU subsite. They provided me with a series of wireframes, and I developed the design from that point, and drew up a Photoshop visualisation for each of the page templates.
Read more about the Ministry of Economic Development project
wickED Eat Well and Exercise
Website: not currently online
Client: Ministry of Education
My professional status: contractor at CWA New Media
The homepage design for this theme had been developed by another CWA designer. I completed the design and then used it as a basis for the activities pages.
Meadow Fresh Rainy Day Boredom Buster
Website: no longer online
Client: Mainland Milk
My professional status: employee at Origin Design
Rainy Day was a subsite of Meadow Fresh's main site, and gave kids many ideas for fun activities to do on a rainy day - both on-line and offline. I was given responsibility for much of the layout of lower levels of the site, and developed the design of these in consultation with the site's original designer. Using my experience as a primary teacher I also wrote and developed new kids' activities for the site.
Motor Trade Association
Website: mta.org.nz
Client: MTA
My professional status: employee at Origin Design
The Motor Trade Association needed a large database-driven website, divided into two parts - public and membership-only. It features a cartoon character, Bob, who adds a human element to the site. I built the templates and created a Flash animation for the homepage, as well as designing many of the pages myself, following the designer's look and feel.
ProtectNZ
Website: no longer online
Client: Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries
My professional status: employee at Origin Design
ProtectNZ wished to provide online Biosecurity information specifically targeted to different user groups. Origin first designed the site in 2001 and redesigned it in 2002. I was given the responsibility of putting together the photoshop mockups for the redesign following rough sketches from the original designer.
Icebreaker
Website: icebreaker.co.nz
Client: Icebreaker
My professional status: employee at Origin Design
The Icebreaker website reflected Origin's ground-breaking graphic design for their clothing catalogue and showcased Icebreaker's new collections. I built and maintained the website, adding the latest collection each season. This required extensive Photoshop work - using images from the printed catalogue (which Origin also created) and creating new display pages for the website, plus popup windows for each item, with all colour variations shown.
Millie Smith
Website: milliesmith.com
Client: Millie Smith
My professional status: employee at Origin Design
Origin designed this range of beautiful "paper art" stationery with Geoff Notman illustrations. The website was an integral part of both the branding and the promotion of the range and includes a short Flash intro. I built the website and completed the Flash. I also developed the graphics into animations and rollovers, showing products to their best advantage.
Fonterra
Website: fonterra.com
Client: Fonterra
My professional status: employee at Origin Design
The Fonterra website incorporated a public website (with large archive section), an intranet and a secure extranet (for externally-based contractors) and was updated every week, sometimes every day. I built, developed, managed and maintained the website which went through two complete redesigns before Fonterra took the project in-house. I was responsible for the layout design of all lower-level pages.
The Nathaniel Centre
Website: nathaniel.org.nz
Client: Caritas New Zealand
My professional status: contractor at Base Two
The Nathaniel Centre wanted a design for a Bioethics website which was calm, informative and reassuring. I developed an existing design prototype (based on print design for the Centre), and built the site.
Tracks are for Trains
Website: no longer online
Client: TranzRail
My professional status: contractor at Base Two
This website was aimed at children, included games, information and quizzes, and taught them to stay away from the dangers of train tracks. I developed the design from a prototype and built the site.
Chatham Islands - First to the Dawn
Website: no longer online
Client: Chatham Island Millennium Committee
My professional status: contractor at CWA New Media
This website gave information about the Chatham Islands' millennium celebrations. The colours reflect the dawn of a new century, exemplified by the sunrise animation on the homepage, which I built using Bryce 3D animation software. I developed the design from a prototype homepage and built the site.
Read more about the Chatham Islands - First to the Dawn project
Chatham Islands - Experience the Edge
Website: chathams.com
Client: Chatham Island Millennium Committee
My professional status: contractor at CWA New Media
The site's main aim was to ensure that visitors had pre-booked their accommodation before they visited the Chathams. I developed the design from a prototype and built this award-winning website in a style which represented the clean green environmental nature of the Chathams, as well as reflecting the island's rich Moriori heritage.
Read more about the Chatham Islands - Experience the Edge project
Te Puna - National Library of New Zealand
Website: no longer online
Client: National Library of New Zealand
My professional status: contractor at CWA New Media
The National Library required a user-friendly gateway into the Library's Te Puna search databases, which I co-designed and built, and which was utilised by librarians across the country. My job also included facilitating the information flow between all the parties involved in the project and ensuring that their different needs were met, as well as advising them on technical issues.
Asia2000
Website: asia2000.org.nz
Client: Asia2000
My professional status: contractor at CWA New Media
This site began life as a web version of a printed quarterly newsletter, which I maintained and updated following an existing design (1996). In 1998 I redesigned, developed and built the site into a complete award-winning package, incorporating the newsletter within a new and larger website.
Kiwi Recovery Programme
Website: kiwirecovery.org.nz
Clients: Department of Conservation, Bank of New Zealand and Forest & Bird
My professional status: contractor at CWA New Media and then independent web designer/developer
This is a join initiative between the Department of Conservation, the Bank of New Zealand (who sponsor the project) and Forest & Bird. I built and maintained this multi-award-winning framed website, with considerable design freedom in deeper levels of the site. Later I suggested areas within the site that could be developed, all of which I then researched, wrote, designed and built.
Whitireia Polytechnic
Website: whitireia.ac.nz
Client: Whitireia Polytechnic
My professional status: contractor at CWA New Media
Whitireia wanted to showcase the courses offered by the Polytechnic. I built this award-winning site once the design was complete. My work included development of the site into deeper information-rich levels, and development of the design within these levels.
Education Wellington International
Website: ewi.org.nz
Client: Education Wellington International
My professional status: contractor at CWA New Media
EWI was aimed at overseas students and covered a range of information about education providers in Wellington. I designed and built the site in a day, with the help of another CWA designer.
Read more about the Education Wellington International project
