Web Design
The sites shown here have all been built using various Content Management Systems or CSS Frameworks.
In the case of YDance, that's a 200 page Wordpress monster, whereas Blue Apple's site is a heavily customised Squarespace template.
This site was built using Foundation while others on this page have been put together using Bootstrap or HTML5 Up.
A handful of live sites:
YDance
YDance (Scottish Youth Dance) is the award-winning national dance organisation for children and young people in Scotland. Working through key partnerships in education, culture, health, and sport, they provide high-quality dance experiences across three main areas of work – Talent Development, Education and Participation.
Blue Apple
Blue Apple was founded in 2005 to use the skills and enhanced confidence gained through the arts to change the way people see and understand learning disability. Blue Apple have produced many original theatre productions since 2005. These have included full company productions of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (2010), ‘The Government Inspector’ (2011), ‘The Snow Queen’ (2013), ‘Arabian Nights’ (2014) and ‘The Selfish Giant’ (2015). Hamlet went on to be the subject of an hour-long BBC3 documentary ‘Growing up Downs’ which won the prestigious Creative Diversity Network Most Ground-Breaking Programme Award for changing perceptions of disability - and was nominated for an International Emmy. Blue Apple’s dance performances have been commissioned for festivals, conferences and prestigious events nationally. I also do all their posters, flyers and programmes etc. See the Graphic Design page for examples.
Schmidtsmith
Luxembourg based group Schmidtsmith are the musical brain-child of Merrin Bydder (singer) and Johannes Schier (guitarist, composer). The name Schmidtsmith is a combination of the German and English surnames which represent where they come from. It also represents the craft that they put into creating a song.
Skye Loneragan
Passionate about curiosity as a kind of currency, both in terms of value and exchange, Skye Loneragan is an award-winning writer/performer whose work spans theatre, poetry and live art.
DC10 Tonight
A local podcast network for global people. Pumping out weekly episode of 'Don't Ask Me' (featuring Oliver Gray and myself) with much more to come in the future.
The Hungry Cat
Set up by chef / musician / writer and all-round legend Nina Kränsel, The Hungry Cat is a Berlin-based vegan food truck that dishes up all sorts of tasty treats. The Cat can be found popping up in lots of interesting places; from the huge Green Market in Berlin to the private world of the Matrix 4 film-set.
The Occasion
Based in Edinburgh, The Occasion are a professional theatre company who specialise in original work and community projects. In Spring 2018 and Autumn 2019 they toured their small scale show based on the life and work of Mary Shelley across the UK, and also headed up a community production based on the novel The Time Machine by H.G.Wells. As with Blue Apple, I've also done all their posters, programmes etc. See the Graphic Design page for examples.
Totally Tropical Villas
Ian and Helene live in Salobreña and run a property rental / property management company based on the exclusive Monte De Los Almendros urbanisation. All the villas they have on their books are pretty impressive and, if you're looking for a good place for a holiday, it's not as expensive as you might think once you've split the cost between a few of you. I also ended up taking all the pictures on this site. And Ian supports Watford.
Steamtown Brew Co
Set up by Dave Mackie back in late 2017, Steamtown have created quite a name for themselves with their unique setting and clever nod to the rich industrial heritage they have over in Eastleigh. Not to mention the beer and food - which are both pretty wonderful as well.
Ty Nancy
Fancy a holiday in Wales? If so then you could go and stay here. Ty Nancy sits in the idyllic city of St Davids, Pembrokeshire. It consists of two late 18th century Grade 2 listed cottages, converted into one. It's recently been thoroughly renovated and sleeps five in three bedrooms plus a double sofa bed. St Davids itself is the smallest city in the UK, famous for its magnificent 12th century cathedral and ancient Bishop's Palace. It is situated in a hollow, which (luckily) keeps it out of sight of pirates.
Catherine Gillard
Catherine is an actress with over 35 years of experience. As well as playing classic roles such as Grusha in The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Madam Ranyevskaya in The Cherry Orchard and Mother Courage she is also an excellent deviser and improviser in the creation of new work. Originally trained at Sydney Acting School, in Australia, Catherine later spent a year in Paris with the acclaimed theatre teacher, Philippe Gaulier. As co-founder and co-Artistic Director of the Edinburgh based benchtours Catherine performed in close to 50 productions, with shows touring throughout the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe, and the US..
Peter Clerke
Peter has been performing and directing professionally for the past 40 years. Born in Dundee and currently based in Glasgow he has worked extensively through-out the UK, mainland Europe and the US. Since 2017 he has prioritised his work with The Occasion, a company he originally set up in 2010 with his partner, and long-term collaborator, Catherine Gillard. Their 2018 production of ‘The Monster and Mary Shelley’ received critical acclaim and is toured further dates in Scotland and England (with support from ACE) in Autumn 2019.
Previous work:
Other sites I've set-up and built (but are now either defunct or under the control of the clients) include those for The Tower Arts Centre, Winchester Film Festival, Action Learning Centre, Circus Futures, Winchester Real Ale & Cider Festival, Saloarte y Turismo, SXSC / SC4M, The Colour Factory, musicians Peter Bruntnell and John Parish, artists Steve Powell and Jenny Muncaster, Wet Picnic Theatre Company, Nurture Health, Inspired Wellbeing, Oliver Gray and several others I can't remember right now.