I'm Ketan ‐ A Melbourne web designer, developer and illustrator with 20 years industry experience.
3 October 2018Business Freelancing Remote Working
I have quite a few UK based clients, so when I moved to Melbourne, Australia with my family in 2016, I wasn't sure how my working week would go. Working during the night while the UK are awake was not something I could do with having a young family, but things have worked out surprisingly well.
27 September 2018UI Design Mobile App Design Icon Design
I designed the branding and user interface for a blood pressure logging app for Android. All the artwork was created in Sketch.
25 September 2018shopify ecommerce business
Shopify is a popular ecommerce platform which powers over 600,000 businesses across the world. It has some great features and a very well designed admin that makes running your store a breeze. Is it the best option for your business?
21 September 2018personal ecommerce shopit
I still remember that day in 2009, where I was sat in my tiny two desk office in the Bolton Enterprise Centre, realising I had to build an ecommerce platform from scratch. It was raining outside and a client I'd known for a long time was starting a new online business and required a feature that no off-the-shelf shopping cart supported. And, I had a month to build it.
20 September 2018UX design ecommerce
Not too long ago I was invited to meet with a clothing company to discuss some fundamental improvements to their Shopify website. Disappointingly, after two hours of driving and an unproductive 10-minute meeting (where their only in-house developer didn't show), I came away with a wasted journey.
19 September 2018Project Graphic Design
Buckingham specialises in manufacturing professional cookware. Their range includes cast iron and stainless steel cookware, cutlery, storage and pet ware.
18 September 2018Project Graphic 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 Logo 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
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
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.