19 September 2018Project Graphic Design
Buckingham Cookware brochure design
Buckingham specialises in manufacturing professional cookware. Their range includes cast iron and stainless steel cookware, cutlery, storage and pet ware.
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18 September 2018Project Graphic Design
Learn2 Core Task handbook design
I designed the National Curriculum PE Core Task Handbook for The Learn2 Group which features over 200 resources aimed at improving children's teamwork, fitness and general skills.
17 September 2018Project Web Design
42caps branding & website design
Recently I designed the branding and UI concept for a small baseball cap ecommerce store. I wanted to create something that was different, straightforward, clean and minimalistic.
30 June 2018CSS
Increasing the font size of messages in Gmail with a little CSS
I love the new desktop design of Gmail but I find the font size of the message composition window to be too small. Amazingly Google hasn't added any options to change the font size other than providing the default "small", "normal" and "large" (which is too large) choices.
28 June 2018Freelancing Business
Freelancing: Reducing those subscriptions!
Nowadays there's a subscription for everything and it's so easy to get carried away and sign up for everything you need to get your work done. But, the costs can quickly add up and before you know it most of the money you're making is being consumed by subscription services.
26 June 2018Project Graphic Design
Invoice and order confirmation email designs
When it comes to building ecommerce websites, the order confirmation emails and invoices are often neglected or forgotten and we make do with the default design or template. But these are all important features and if designed well can add that extra bit of professionalism, customer reassurance and also strengthen your brand image.
25 June 2018Web Design Shopify
Using Shopify alternate templates to add modals to your store
Sometimes you need to display accompanying information for a product and rather than trying to fit it all on to one web page, displaying it as a modal is often the best option.
21 June 2018Shopify Web Development
Displaying VAT prices in Shopify stores
Recently, I've been working on a Shopify site that needed to display both VAT exclusive and inclusive prices to customers who are disabled or have specific health conditions.
18 May 2018 LabWeb Design
Experimenting with CSS grid
If you're into front-end design and development then you would have no doubt heard about CSS grid which enables much more flexible layouts for web pages.
1 May 2018Personal
My Story: A timeline of the last 20 years
This year (2018) marks a big milestone in my career. It officially marks my 20 year anniversary in the web design and development industry.