Andrew Fox is a web designer based in London and Brighton. Find out about his work and personal life here… Read more »
My good friends at the Olive Branch have asked me to design and develop their fourth generation web site. I have had the pleasure of working with them since 2003 on their second and third generation web sites, each time evolving the site to keep up with their orders as they grow to become one [...]
Maximiser Content Management System is an ongoing project I’ve been working on for the past few months. Maximiser was created because we wanted something that no other off the shelf CMS provides – an interface so easy and uncomplicated to use that even your mother could use it!
When deciding on a method of controlling the [...]
Its been a busy old time these past few weeks and I’m glad to finally have some time to wind down the current year, ready to start afresh for the new one.
In fact the whole year has been a busy one - but an interesting one at that!
Its always important to take time to reflect [...]
It seems that these days very few designs are original but this company took it one step too far when they attempted to steal a web site which my client and I spent hours designing and writing to get the results we wanted.
WebPro (Currently now offline at time of writing this) and PE Direct (Direct [...]
I’m a bit of a tidy freak and often finding myself making lists to manage workflow. I’m not obsessive about it, you can get to the stage where it becomes counterproductive, writing lists of lists etc.
List Freak
Until now I’ve always written lists on paper and last year I was introduced to using an (executive) diary [...]
Should Design and Marketing be Democratised?
Bit of an open posting this one but a shift I’ve noticed increasingly in the industry and therefore something I’ve been thinking about more and more. So here’s just some random thoughts…
Should Design and Marketing be democratised?
…As a Process
The traditional agency is hierarchical – Designer, Art Director, Creative Director, Senior [...]
The last few weeks have been pretty hectic whilst various projects have been coming to a close. Here’s one I’ve been working on for Max-TM outside of my design stuff that I found quite interesting – A Prize Draw Campaign for Gourmet Garden.
Why a Prize Draw?
Not only is it a powerful method of promotion, its also [...]
I’ve recently felt the need to reflect. What is the best way to actually go about designing?
A recent visit to New Designers 08 got me thinking. Here you find a load of new graduates in design from product design, graphics, furniture, architecture, interactive media etc. Some have great innovative design work, whilst others are not [...]
This may seem obvious to many but here’s my take on the basic steps of designing a web site (or any other design project for that matter). I deal with clients a lot and usually project manage jobs as well as design so this process is very client focused and aims to get the best [...]
I’ve finally got round to adding a post about Rozzi’s and my trip to Aus. Here was our itinerary over 4 weeks…
Melbourne
Fly to…
Cairns (Chilling)
Port Douglas (Snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef)
Mission Beach (Beach Walk)
Townsville (Chilling)
Airlie Beach / Whitsundays (3 Island Cruise)
Fly to…
Brisbane
Noosa (Shopping & lots of ice cream eating)
Fraser Island (4WD & Island Flight)
Rainbow [...]