Design Archive
An archive of all the past work I created for clients, my business or just designs I was playing around with. I'm still digging projects out from old sources, so this page is very much a work in progress.
2001 - 2020
2001
Jobs at Ashton Billboard advertising design.
A billboard designed for a jobs/careers project of Tameside Council (UK). I designed and built their website too which used the same design style.
2002
Bolton Community Festival Poster.
I voluntarily designed this A4 poster for a Community Festival that took place in Bolton, UK. The event was supported by Bolton Metropolitan Council's, Education and Culture project.
2004
QuickDuct Ltd website design.
Design for QuickDuct, a dust and fume extraction equipment website. The website was built using the Adobe Contribute CMS software allowing the client to update their website content.
2005
Prescription4Pets ecommerce website.
I designed the website for this online pets prescription service. I remember this project well because the wife of the client was also a Graphic Designer (mainly dealing in print media) and wanted to use her design for the website. Needless to say, relations got a bit weird when my design was chosen!
2006
Synergy Associates static website.
Design for a static website built using Adobe Contribute CMS.
2006
Will Tang CD inlay design Pt.1 - Front cover.
Front cover design for a CD inlay for Rochdale musician Will Tang. I actually picked up a copy of this in Hong Kong!
2006
Will Tang CD inlay design Pt.2 - Inside cover.
Inside cover design for a CD inlay.
2006
Will Tang CD inlay design Pt.3 - Inside spread.
Inside design for a CD inlay.
2006
Will Tang CD inlay design Pt.4 - Cover.
Outside design for a CD booklet. The designs were created using a combination of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
2006
Will Tang CD inlay design - Rear cover.
Rear design for a CD inlay.
2006
Interquartz website design.
Website design for a VoIP telecoms company. This was a challenging design project because the client had many products and a lot of content for each one.
2007
Careers leaflet for Zen Internet.
Design for a printed folding leaflet advertising careers at Zen Internet. This was designed using a combination of Adobe Photoshop and InDesign.
2007
Full page Ad for Zen Internet.
An A4 full page design for Zen Internet which featured in PC Pro magazine, created in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
2007
Full page Ad for Zen Internet.
An A4 full page design for Zen Internet which featured in PC Pro magazine, created in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
2007
Buckingham Cookware website.
Wordpress website for Buckingham Cookware.
2007
Design for LeagueRepublic's website.
Design for LeagueRepublic's website.
2007
Close up of the hero banner I created for LeagueRepublic's new website.
Close up of the hero banner I created for LeagueRepublic's new website.
2007
Marcus Oleniuk flash website.
A Flash website built for the, then Hong Kong based photographer, Marcus Oleniuk. The website was featured in the Web Design Index publication. I wrote all the ActionScript back then, when Flash was a very popular design tool.
2008
Product packaging and brochure designs for Buckingham Cookware.
I designed over 100 boxes for their product range, many of which were displayed in Debenhams and BHS department stores. I also designed a 64 page glossy brochure/catalogue for Buckingham Cookware's large product range.
2008
Hero banner for Dubbed Creative.
A hero image for the second version of my website during my earlier years of freelancing. The concept behind this design was to show how all the websites I designed had their own personality, unlike to today where all websites practically look the same.
2008
Nam Ploy Thai restaurant website design.
I designed and built the static website for Thai restaurant, Nam Ploy. They were very popular at the time and were regular visited by the Bolton Wanderers FC players. This was one of my best designs at the time, and the branding was consistent with the menus and design of the restaurant's interior. The website even had some Thai music playing in the background!
2009
Arch Forms Lifecycle Manager website design.
I designed and built this website designed using Wordpress. As with any Wordpress website, I always built the theme from scratch to ensure it was coded cleanly and remained quick.
2009
Carcraft Green Cars micro-site.
I designed this small static website, including the illustration, for Carcraft - the largest car supermarket in the UK at the time.
2009
Carcraft First Car micro-site.
This was the second static micro-site I designed and built for Carcraft. These small static websites were used in TV/radio advertising campaigns.
2009
Carcraft Family Car micro-site.
The third and final micro-site designed and built for Carcraft. These three small microsites all linked to the main Carcraft website, automatically displaying filtered searches when visitors clicked on the links.
2009
Learn2 Core Task Cards Book.
I created all the artwork and pages for this 250+ page core task book for the Learn2 group. All the illustrations where created using Adobe Illustrator and the book was put together with Adobe InDesign.
2009
SwitchCar website design and development.
I designed and built the website for SwitchCar, a division of Carcraft. This was a challenging project as I built the CMS for this website from the ground-up using the CodeIgniter framework. The site had many features added to it over the year and was a key profitable department for Carcraft.
2010
House illustration.
An illustration I created for Ability Superstore's website. This was going to be made interactive using Adobe Flash to allow visitors to browse product ranges easily.
2010
Full branding for BCi.
Full branding for media company BCi, which included logo, stationery and website designs. The website was built using Wordpress and all the printed stationery was designed in Photoshop and Illustrator.
2010
Dubbed Creative design studio website.
Design for my business website using the icon set I created. All the illustrations had small animations created using Adobe Flash. The website was featured in many online design publications when it was launched.
2010
Dubbed Creative icon set.
A set of icons created especially for my design studio website.
2010
Various other websites...
I designed and built many websites during this period, for all sorts of industries; web hosting companies, veterinary practices, the British Veterinary Zoological Society, Accountants, Solicitors and more.
2010
Rustico Restaurant menus.
I designed the menus and static website for Yorkshire based Italian restaurant, Rustico.
2010
SolvAir static website design.
I designed a small website for SolvAir's rotary crushing machines.
2011
Abbfab Services Ltd website design.
Design for a small fabricators company based in North West England. I built the website on top of my own simple CMS which allowed for more design flexibility.
2012
IMO Records ecommerce website.
Designed and built the ecommerce website for London Record Store, IMO Records. I built systems to automatically transcode audio files into downloadable mp3 files, managed server stacks and automated feeds.
2012
HRonline software designs.
I designed the user interface for hronline's web software that allows businesses and managers keep track of their staff absences and holidays. I also designed the UI for their onboarding process through the mobile website.
2013
HR Online iOS app designs.
Login screen design for the HR Online iOS app. This was one of many screens that I designed.
2013
Lockers & Benches ecommerce website.
I designed and built the ecommerce website for Lockers & Benches. The site used my own ecommerce platform and had some complicated storefront features that were not available in off-the-shelf ecommerce packages.
2013
Project Octo homepage design.
A homepage I designed for the Manchester design agency I co-founded and which closed business in 2018 after I migrated to Australia.
2013
Internal Sharepoint application designs.
Design for an internal Sharepoint application for Peninsula Business Services.
2013
HRonline app icon concepts.
Sketches of app icons ideas for the menu/navigation within the HRonline iOS app. I created different styles based on what was common at the time, but I can't remember which ones we went with!
2013
Business Safe iOS app design.
UI designs for Business Safe, a health and safety check iOS app for Peninsula Business Services.
2013
Business Safe mobile app design.
Login screen design I created for the Business Safe app, a service of Peninsula Business Services.
2013
BVZS website.
And another small piece from the website I designed for the British Veterinary Zoological Society.
2014
Care Home Superstore ecommerce website.
I designed and built the ecommerce website for CHS using my own platform.
2014
Fierce PC full page colour advert .
A full page colour advertisement I designed for online tech retailer, Fierce PC, which was placed in some of the popular PC gaming magazines in the UK.
2014
Dubbed Creative redesigned.
I redesigned my logo to depict the vast amount of creative and illustration work I was doing at the time, hence the brush strokes.
2014
Web based music player for IMO Records website.
Design for a music player for IMO Records website. This was built using javascript, HTML and good ol' CSS.
2015
Lockers & Benches website redesign.
I redesigned the Lockers & Benches website when they introduced a set of new products.
2016
Ability Superstore website redesign.
Homepage design for Ability Superstore.
2017
Desktop Designer logo design.
An animated logo for a Shopify store I set up to experiment and get a feel for owning and managing an online store.
2017
Halloween illustration.
Playing around with effects in Affinity Designer.
2017
Halloween illustration.
Playing around with effects in Affinity Designer.
2017
Halloween illustration.
Playing around with effects in Affinity Designer.
2017
Blood Android app designs.
I designed the UI and icons for a Blood pressure monitoring Android app.
2017
Logo design for Blood.
Logo design for Blood, a blood pressure monitoring app for Android devices.
2017
Great Ocean Road Illustration.
Illustration I created after our first trip to the Great Ocean Road. I used Affinity Designer for this.
2017
Ecommerce illustrations.
Illustrations I created for my ecommerce platform.
2018
42Caps website design.
Design for a Shopify store selling baseball caps. I designed the logo too.
2018
42Caps logo design.
The finished logo design for the 42Caps brand.
2018
Mmmmm....candy!
Candy pattern tile - just playing around with a few ideas.
2018
Dribbble.
Thank you shot I created for being invited to Dribbble.
2018
Web proposal design.
Design for my online web proposals. These are what I send out as quotes to prospective clients.
2018
Lift Off - Black.
Logo I designed for Lift Off.
2018
Lift Off - White.
White version of the Lift Off logo.
2018
Shopify concept store.
Concept for a gardening store built on Shopify. I designed this as a demo store to show to prospective clients.
2018
Hero image for gardening website.
I mocked up this image for a gardening website using Affinity Designer.
2018
Currency app designs.
Designs, illustrations and initial sketches for currency exchange rate monitoring app.
2018
Death by monkeys poster.
Experimenting with the Saul Bass design style.
2018
Flowerpots online logo design.
Concept logo for a gardening store created using Affinity Designer.
2018
Ganesh.
Digital art created of the Hindu god, Ganesh. I was experimenting with Affinity Designer's brush palettes.
2019
Dribbble shot competition.
Dribbble shot for an invite competition. Winner was announced on Christmas Day.
2019
Regael invoice design.
I designed the invoices and emails for Regael, an outdoor sports equipment wholesaler. The designs were then integrated into their ecommerce system to keep the brand consistent and professional.
2019
Pricefox logo design.
Branding for Pricefox, an app to monitor competitor prices.
2019
Pow!! Whamm! Smash!!
Just something I was playing/experimenting with - designing comic style artwork.
2019
Smash!!
A close up shot of the comic style artwork I designed.
2019
Cooking illustration
Illustration I created for indian cooking essentials. I always sketch illustrations out on paper first.
2020
Invite.
An invite I design for our good friends who recently became Australian citizens.
2020
London Armoury Company logo concepts.
Unused branding concepts for the London Armoury Company.
2020
London Armoury Company.
The final logo for the London Armoury Company. I also built their static website.
2020
PrintWay logo design.
I redesigned the Printway logo to make it more bolder and with more presence.