Website Portfolio Front end & Back end development

Topshop Tumblr Fashion Blog

This site was launched for London fashion week in 2011. Topshop wanted something to promote their stores during fashion week and which they could continue to use after.

We came up with a tumblr blog that pushed the limitations of tumblr. We had to use all kinds of ajax and javascript methods to get the content to appear like it was dynamically loaded and to allow all of the old tumblr features that users expect to see.

We also integrated social media and created custm modules for all of the features available in tumblr. The way these are implemented is very unique to the topshop blog and I don't think anyone else has done anything that pushes the features of tumblr so far!

I think we came up with a site that is very modern, looks great and which is unique on tumblr.

You can view the topshop tumblr blog here: http://tumblr.topshop.com

Gramophone Magazine Archive

The Gramophone is the worlds oldest and most respected classical music magazine. The Gramophone Archive website is a resource that takes every issues since April 1923, categorises it and makes it searchable and viewable via the website.

The project was developed in PHP, using a bespoke framework and uses Javascript and Flash in some parts of the the front end interface. It is hosted on a private server that is running Debian Linux, MySQL and Apache. To create the issues and articles database, thousands of pages had to be OCRd and 'tagged'. Processing this much information was a massive challenge.

Some of the issues we faced developing this system were adapting to all of the various fonts that had been used over the history of the magazine, counterintuitively some of the older issues were easier to process due to the fonts and layouts being fairly simple compared to what are available now.

The archive is still online and receives thousands of site views every day. Keeping the site fast and stable was a real challenge and we had to optimise the site continuously when it went live. However it has been running stable for the past two years and is a valuable resource to the readers of Gramophone, and other Classical Music fans.

You can view the archive here: http://www.gramophone.net

Vintage Affair

Vintage Affair is an online shop that specialises in expensive luxury clothing. The items that are available range from well known designers such as Chanel to local independent clothes designers, who create unique clothing on a one off basis.

The online store uses Shopify as it's CMS system, with some custom plugins that were developed to help manage the consignment side of the business. Consignments allow independent designers to give their clothing to the store, who then in turn sell the items and take a commission. Shopify was used in this case due to budget, time and support constraints. The client required a system that could be deployed quickly, for as little money as possible and where support was available. By using an 'Off the Shelf' solution with some customisation, all of these things were attained and the customer was pleased with the result.

While developing the shop a number of things had to be integrated. The design needed to be turned into a format that was suitable for the CMS, and integration with a payment provider was also required. As well as basic shop functionality the client also needed a way to manage consignments and so a custom portal was built for designers and the site admins. This allows independents stock to be managed and sold via the shopify site.

Vintage Affair shows that clients do not always need a bespoke solution. I was pleased that I was able to offer my client a cheaper alternative, which in turn meant that I did not need to provide vast ammounts of support after the site was live.

The Vintage Affair site is currently undergoing a revamp while they expand the business into some new areas, but is usually available here http://www.vintageaffair.co.uk

Michael Vaughan cricketer, painting gallery

Michael Vaughans Artballing

The artballing website was created to sell and showcase some custome artwork by the world famous cricketer Michael Vaughan. The artwork is made by coating a cricket ball in paint and then hitting it against a canvas with a bat.

The site shows off some of the original artwork and the prints, and allows a customer to purchase prints online via the simple one page payment system that we developed for the site.

The site was a fairly simple project, but was still very interesting to create. It's always very fun to make something that you know will be used by many people.

Artballing and the website were promoted heavily in British media, and newspapers such as The Guardian reviewed the work. There were also many charity events and other famous names involved which made the project very satisfying.

The Artballing site is still online and available here: http://www.artballing.com

Benchmark Holdings Intranet Site

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Angels and Demons Interactive Ambigram Game

Mirror Sport English newspaper, online worldcup archive

Mirror Newspaper, World Cup Archive

Bloc festival online ticket sales with 3d secure integration

Bloc Festival, 3D secure payment integration

Pure Design group, online showcase of artwork and sales

Pure Design Group Portfolio

Bench Events Hotel Industry Portal