Small websites
These are the sites under 50 pages that I have played a part in designing and/or developing. They are listed in reverse chronological order, with the most recent at the top. I have indicated my professional status for each site at the time of its creation.
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.
Genesis Energy capital bonds offer
Website: no longer online
Client: Genesis Energy
My professional status: contractor at Designworks
Genesis Energy is a New Zealand-owned energy company with a diverse electricity generation portfolio. The company wanted to add a new page to their website to publicise their upcoming Capital Bonds offer, which had been designed by Designworks. I was asked by Designworks to build the new page for them and was responsible for client liaison, project management, HTML and CSS, accessibility compliance, testing and QA.
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.
Going Digital
Website: goingdigital.co.nz
Client: Ministry for Culture and Heritage
My professional status: contractor at Designworks
Designworks was asked by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage to create a website providing Kiwis with all the info they would need to be able to watch TV after the switch to digital. Designworks asked me to do an e-government accessibility assessment of the website. I was responsible for testing pages and templates for e-govt accessibility guidelines (AA-level) compliance, producing a comprehensive report that listed each of the 43 WCAG 2.0 guidelines, showing success criteria for each, together with a review of the 198 sufficient techniques that can be used to achieve a pass for the various criteria, and a technical summary of what needed to be done in order to pass all criteria.
APN share offer
Website: no longer online
Client: APN
My professional status: contractor at Designworks
APN is New Zealand's largest multi-media group, owning a wide range of newspapers, radio stations and magazines. The company wanted a small wesbite to publicise their upcoming stock offer, which had been designed by Designworks. I was asked by Designworks to build the site for them and was responsible for client liaison, project management, HTML and CSS, accessibility compliance, testing and QA.
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.
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.
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.
Northern Gateway Toll Road
Website: tollroad.govt.nz
Client: New Zealand Transport Agency
My professional status: contractor at Shift
The Northern Gateway Toll Road website provides detailed information about the new Toll Road and how to use it, and allows regular users of the road to open and manage an online account through which they can pay their tolls. It also enables drivers to buy individual or multiple trips online, or pay a toll notice or infringement, as well as keeping visitors up-to-date with road conditions. I was responsible for building the templates in HTML/CSS and preparing them for integration into the CMS, as well as overseeing e-government and accessibility compliance.
Telecom Global Roaming
Website: telecomroaming.co.nz
Client: Telecom
My professional status: contractor at Shift
The Telecom Global Roaming website allows users on the new XT Mobile Network to find out if their phone can roam, which countries are covered, and how much it will cost. The application has to work with a whole lot of different variables - but the user interface was designed to be simple and intuitive to use, while being capable of displaying a wide variety of content types in response to selections made by the user. I was responsible for building the templates in HTML/CSS and jQuery and preparing them for integration into the CMS.
Expedia Flash banner ads
Website: banner ads for Expedia.co.nz and Expedia.com.au
Client: Expedia
My professional status: contractor at Badger Communications
My job was to build and animate a set of 64 banner ads for Expedia. Four different international destinations were being advertised, with eight banners of different dimensions for each destination. Each set of banners was replicated for both the New Zealand and Australian markets, with a different Expedia logo for each.
Round Peg
Website: roundpeg.co.nz
Client: Linda Ashton, Director, Round Peg
My professional status: independent web designer/developer
Round Peg is a new recruitment agency concept developed by Linda Ashton that works in-house alongside employers, managing the recruitment process on their behalf. The initial aims of the site were to establish a web presence for the company and to explain exactly what Round Peg can offer to both employers and employees. I built a fully-working site from the original five-page designs, coded up all the content for the site and ensured that Search Engine Optimisation was achieved.
Tourism Exchange
Website: tourismexchange.co.nz
Client: Tourism Exchange
My professional status: contractor at Origin Design
Tourism Exchange is a new real-time marketplace for selling and distributing tourism products and services, and the site provides information for buyers and sellers. My responsibility was to build 6 templates in HTML/CSS and liaise with the CMS integrator in order that they could be easily integrated into the SilverStripe CMS. We also developed the design in areas where additional functionality was required after the design had been completed.
Toops
Website: toops.co.nz
Client: Foodstuffs (Wellington) Co-operative Society Limited
My professional status: employee at Shift
Foodstuffs (Wellington) brand Toops needed a new website to promote their business-to-business food supply services. I built them a fully-working site from the original six template designs, and coded up all the content for the site.
Historic Places Trust membership forms
Website: historicplaces.org.nz/newMemberForm.aspx
Client: Historic Places Trust
My professional status: employee at Shift
The Historic Places Trust needed a set of 7 membership, subscription, and donation forms for their corporate website. The IA and design originally called for a large master form containing all the elements for the individual forms, controlled by a JavaScript file. It was my responsibility to build the master form in XHTML and CSS. However, as the JavaScript became more and more complex I decided to split it into the 7 separate forms in order to achieve the functionality required, and I rewrote the JavaScript file to accommodate the new requirements. The programming and integration of the forms was carried out by Datacom using the Sitecore CMS.
Read more about the Historic Places Trust membership forms project
Weta Digital
Website: wetafx.co.nz
Client: Weta Digital
My professional status: employee at Shift
Weta Digital wanted a new website that would act as a showcase for their film and commercial graphics and animation work, as well as a recruitment tool for potential employees. The success of Lord of the Rings meant that their old site was getting many thousands of hits a week from fans and job-hunters alike, and they urgently needed an updated look, and somewhere to showcase their high-quality Flash showreels. My responsibility was to build a set of HTML/CSS templates, which were integrated into Expression Engine by a colleague at Shift.
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.
NZWood (campaign site)
Website: nzwood.co.nz/story
Client: NZWood
My professional status: employee at Shift
The NZWood campaign website is part of a series of sites for the organisation. The campaign site is designed to be highly interactive and includes campaign videos and copies of print ads, as well as online discussions about many aspects of the campaign message. My job was to build 4 modular templates for the site in HTML and pure CSS, and to create a non-Flash version of the main navigation so that users without Flash could still navigate through the site.
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.
Resultex and INOV8
Websites: resultex.co.nz and inov8.co.nz
Clients: Resultex and INOV8
My professional status: employee at Shift
The Resultex and INOV8 teams wanted a pair of matching pure CSS websites that they could edit themselves. I built the websites using Dreamweaver's template functionality. Shift fully content-loaded the Resultex site for the client before it went live, and handed over the INOV8 site for the client to complete.
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
Contact Positive Energy - Healthy Homes
Website: no longer online
Client: Contact Positive Energy
My professional status: contractor at Origin Design
Contact Positive Energy wanted an interactive Flash animation for their Asthma Awareness Week campaign. The design was done in Photoshop and Freehand by Origin Design. It was my job to make it work.
Kiwi Physics
Website: CD-ROM
Client: IPENZ
My professional status: contractor at CWA New Media
The Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) commissioned a Kiwi Physics CD-ROM which 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
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 of Education 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 of Education 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 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.
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
Clients: Ministry of Education and University of Auckland
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.
Vegfed Approved Supplier
Website: newzealandgap.co.nz
Client: Vegfed
My professional status: contractor at Origin Design
The Approved Supplier subsite needed a redesign so that it could stand alone from the rest of the Vegfed site while still being a part of it. I built the templates in HTML.
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 on the basis of these ideas.
Topaz Solutions
Website: topazsolutions.co.nz
Client: Topaz Solutions
My professional status: contractor at Origin Design
The new Topaz website was designed by Origin, and Topaz wanted a set of HTML templates which they could use as the basis for building the site. I built the templates.
Digital Stories (Part 2)
Website: no longer online
Client: Ministry of Education
My professional status: contractor at CWA New Media
CWA requires full and very detailed testing of all their websites by different members of the team. The sites must be fully compliant with e-government guidelines, and be as accessible as possible over a wide range of browsers and platforms. I tested this site and provided a written report detailing my results and recommendations.
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.
Meadow Fresh Homegrown
Website: no longer online
Client: Mainland Milk
My professional status: contractor at Origin Design
The Homegrown website was a subsite of the main Meadow Fresh site. I built a set of templates to be converted to a database-driven PHP website.
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.
Positive Energy
Website: banner ads for positive-energy.co.nz
Client: Contact Positive Energy
My professional status: contractor at Origin Design
Positive Energy is a discussion website created by Contact Energy. As part of their promotional campaign they commissioned a series of Flash banner ads for large online publications, reflecting the characters and branding of the website itself. I built the Flash ads.
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 (using JavaScript to run the slideshows) and the section homepage.
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 added new images and sections and made text changes as requested by the Department of Conservation. The site was translated into Japanese, and this is now also online.
Centre for Housing Research
Website: chranz.co.nz
Client: CHR
My professional status: employee at Origin Design
The CHR website reflects the new branding and printwork designed by Origin, and presents information-rich pages in a straightforward and logical manner. I advised the designer on web design strategies and built the site.
Chef Search
Website: no longer online
Client: Ninox Films
My professional status: employee at Origin Design
The recipient of the prestigious Gordon Ramsay Scholarship is chosen by means of a culinary competition. This website is designed both as a means of publicising the scholarship itself, and also as a place where one can enter the competition. I built the website and advised the designer on web design strategies.
Transpower National Grid
Website: no longer online
Client: Transpower
My professional status: employee at Origin Design
Transpower wanted to show the long and detailed history of the development of the National Grid. This potentially dry subject matter required an innovative approach which would both tell the story and reflect the Transpower brand. I put together and animated a series of interactive Flash pages showing the development of the National Grid along a timeline from 1913-2003.
Meadow Fresh Nature's Energy
Website: no longer online
Client: Mainland Milk
My professional status: employee at Origin Design
The Nature's Energy - It's Totally Cool summer promotion included a website integral to the campaign. The site provided key information about how to enter the promotion, and allowed kids to win spot prizes by paying the interactive Flash game which was the main focus of the site. I built a series of templates for the website, into which the Flash game was integrated.
Meadow Fresh Seedling Swap
Website: no longer online
Client: Mainland Milk
My professional status: employee at Origin Design
This website promoted the annual Meadow Fresh Seedling Swap, when thousands of Kiwi kids swap empy milk cartons for native tree seedlings. The website motivated kids to take part, and guided them to their nearest Seedling Swap location on the big day. I built and developed/maintained the website and the homepage Flash animation.
The Carpenter Project
Website: no longer online
Client: The Carpenter Project
My professional status: employee at Origin Design
The Carpenter Project was raising funds to build the new church of St Josephs in Mt Victoria, Wellington. An integral part was the use of the website as a fundraising tool. The design of the site refected the elegance, beauty and simplicity of the design for the church itself. I advised the designer and built the website.
Origin Xmas card
Website: origindesign.co.nz/hohoho
Client: Origin Design
My professional status: employee at Origin Design
Origin wanted a client Christmas card which reflected their branding in a technologically savvy, humorous and clever way. I built an interactive Flash Christmas card (with audio), and each client received an email pointing them to a personalised page where they could view their own version of the card.
M-co GMC
Website: no longer online
Client: M-co
My professional status: employee at Origin Design
The Gas Market Company website, another subsidiary of M-co, required a Flash animation for the homepage, which I created utilising photographic images from M-co. I also completed the website template build following a design by Origin.
M-co GEM
Website: no longer online
Client: M-co
My professional status: employee at Origin Design
M-co's Green Electricity Market website was designed as a subsidiary to the existing international M-co sites, and needed a little pizzazz on the homepage. I created a Flash animation, utilising photographic images from M-co, following a design by Origin.
Fonterra Annual Report 2001-2002
Website: fonterra.com
Client: Fonterra
My professional status: employee at Origin Design
The 2001-2002 Annual Report website had to be built within an extremely tight deadline as a subsite of Fonterra's main site. I managed the project and built the site in under a week.
Meadow Fresh Stars of Rugby/Sports Frenzy
Website: Stars of Rugby/Sports Frenzy (demonstration site)
Client: Mainland Milk
My professional status: employee at Origin Design
This pair of sites was built for two brands - Tararua and Meadow Fresh - and promoted a schools milk cap-collecting competition. Schools could log in and record their latest cap totals, and compare their progress. I built and maintained both sites, whose architecture and functionality was exactly the same, but which had completely different URLs, graphics and colours.
Read more about the Meadow Fresh Stars of Rugby/Sports Frenzy project
Ao Kawe Kupu
Website: no longer online
Client: New Zealand Qualifications Authority
My professional status: contractor at Communication Arts
Following the online success of QA News, NZQA decided to put this bi-monthly printed newsletter onto their 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.
Changing Spaces
Website: origindesign.co.nz/originart/changing_spaces
Client: Origin Design (for Wellington International Festival of the Arts 2002)
My professional status: employee at Origin Design
Origin Design sponsored the 2002 New Zealand International Festival of the Arts Sculpture Walk. This included an interactive website, based around a Flash animation that showed the development of the sculptures. I built the website which reflected the design of Origin's Changing Spaces booklet, and which is now part of OriginArt.
M-co Business Service Diagram
Website: no longer online
Client: M-co
My professional status: employee at Origin Design
As part of their large database-driven website, M-co required an animation that showed their Business Service Diagram in a clear and interesting way. I developed and built the animation.
QA News
Website: nzqa.govt.nz/about-us/publications/qa-news
Client: New Zealand Qualifications Authority
My professional status: contractor at Communication Arts
QA News is the web version of a quarterly printed newsletter which is seamlessly integrated into the large NZQA website. I translated the newsletter into an existing website format, ensuring that each edition matched the print version exactly.
Murray King & Francis Small Consultancy
Website: king-small.co.nz
Client: King & Small Consultancy
My professional status: employee at Origin Design
Murray King & Francis Small wanted a simple and elegant site to attract new clients. I built the website following a design by Origin, and advised the designer on the best layouts to use.
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.
Ground Zero
Website: ground-zero.co.nz
Client: Ground Zero
My professional status: contractor at Mission Hall
Ground Zero was the first web design project for one of Mission Hall's designers. I assisted in the completion of the website.
School of Business & Public Management, Victoria University
Website: no longer online
Client: Victoria University Wellington
My professional status: contractor at Mission Hall
VUW wanted a fully integrated database-driven site, where each School would have a individual "look" based upon the same structure, architecture and coding. I built this website following the design created by Mission Hall, and including features introduced for the Graduate School site.
Read more about the School of Business & Public Management project
School of Economics & Finance, Victoria University
Website: vuw.ac.nz/sef
Client: Victoria University Wellington
My professional status: contractor at Mission Hall
The website was structured in exactly the same way as the one for the School of Business & Public Management (see above), so that the majority of each site could be converted to database-driven pages.
Express Online
Website: no longer online
Client: TranzRail
My professional status: contractor at Base Two
The site was an online version of a bi-monthly printed staff magazine. Each issue had a tight deadline as the website had to go live at the same time as the magazine. I updated the site every two months.
Monkey Records
Website: monkeyrecords.co.nz
Client: Monkey Records
My professional status: independent web designer/developer
The Monkey Records website was 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 original site, which included information on all Monkey's recording artists, and a simple shopping cart where visitors could listen to and buy CDs.
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 built the site following a design created at Base Two.
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.
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
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
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.
