Projects projects

Below is a sample of the sites I've completed for clients. Tap or click an image for some details about the project.

The Wild Kingdoms

A Wordpress site, with development led by The Wild Kingdoms writer Tunde Olatunji. My contribution was to provide technical advice, make bespoke code amendments to the 'Pinboard' theme, and provide a server facility to host the site. The website contains parts of the story, illustrations, text and sounds from the first book in the series, The Battle of the Wordsmiths. The site was designed so that the story can be 'explored' as opposed to 'read'.

The Wild Kingdoms is a series of stories set in a world of divine spirits, humankind and animals. It is based on the mythology and legend of Nigeria's Yoruba people. During its 14-year development, The Wild Kingdoms was re-imagined as musical theatre, an Android and iPad game, a short film and a physical card game.

www.miribel.co.uk

Miribel

This site's graphic design is based on a concept by Helen Arnold. I built the site using PHP, HTML5, CSS, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, and enhanced with JQuery Javascript to provide a splash page, fade effects and image galleries.

Miribel is a bespoke dress design service from award-winning Helen Arnold. Dresses are beautifully created for each client, whether a bride-to-be or someone seeking something special to wear. Helen carefully selects the finest fabrics and works these with her expertise, elegant design flare and high standard of finish.

counto12.daladi.org

COUNTO12

COUNTO12 was a digital clock and countdown timer to the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games and was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery to be part of their Road to 2012 exhibition. This was a team development effort. My contribution involved technical design, programming and user documentation. The app was initially developed in Flash as an installable desktop screensaver with versions for Mac and PC. I later reworked the code in Javascript to make a web version of the app.

COUNTO12 comprises over 500 photographic portraits of people living, working and studying in the five Olympic host boroughs of Greenwich, Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Newham and Waltham Forest. It was a team project with collaborators Yujin Yun, Christina Katsantoni, Ewa Balazinska, Stephen Pho and Goldsmiths University of London.

The Wild Kingdoms Elements Game site screenshot

The Wild Kingdoms Elements Game

This simple single-player game is a variation of the theme of rock-paper-scissors and is based on the Wild Kingdoms, a set of epic stories inspired by Yoruba culture. In developing this game I worked with a small team of illustrators, coders and producer Tunde Olatunji. I developed the game using Adobe Flash and Actionscript to control animation and game logic. iPad and Android versions of the game were later developed by other studios.

Lyrical Kombat Open Beta site screenshot

Lyrical Kombat Open Beta

I developed a web-based front end for a game, using HTML5, CSS3, Javascript and jQuery, and a bespoke back-end using node.js. The back-end enables persistent bi-directional client-server connections, which are needed for an instant chat user interface. A separate 'poetry analysis engine' is accessed through a REST API. This module provides the text analysis functions needed to determine words that rhyme.

The Lyrical Kombat Open Beta was a web game where players battle in rhymed verse to outwit their opponent. A player chooses a computer opponent from a selection of famous characters. The player that achieves the most end-of-line rhyming words within 3 minutes wins. The game went on to be redeveloped in the alternative form of mobile apps for iOS and Android platforms.

newdawn.daladi.co.uk

New Dawn Interiors Ltd

Custom-coded website including image sliders to show off home furniture installations. The site included a custom-designed control panel, allowing the client to easily keep their content updated. Developed in PHP, CSS and Javascript using the Symfony Framework.

New Dawn Interiors was a Dorset-based design company producing and installing excellent quality made-to-measure furniture. Although sadly no longer trading, a copy of the website remains here as an example.

www.michaelberkeley.co.uk

Michael Berkeley

I designed and built a website to catalogue the work of composer Michael Berkeley, which comprises over 120 pieces spanning four decades. The site is based on a MySQL database that stores information about works, recordings and events. It is custom-coded using PHP, HTML, Javascript and CSS. A separate web-based control panel allows for content management.

Michael's compositions have been internationally performed, including at the BBC Proms, by leading orchestras and chamber groups. He is the presenter of BBC Radio 3's long-running Private Passions. He was appointed a CBE for services to music in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2012, and in 2013 appointed a non-party political member of the House of Lords.

www.duncanhoneybourne.com

Duncan Honeybourne

Website providing information about the classical pianist Duncan Honeybourne's recordings, concerts, articles and press coverage. The site was developed using a simple in-house PHP MVC framework. It employs jPlayer for audio playback, the Flowplayer video player and TinyMCE for in-place editing of web pages.

Pianist Duncan Honeybourne has established a distinguished and varied career as recitalist, concerto soloist, chamber music player, teacher and broadcaster. One of his generation’s leading exponents of 20th century English piano music, several major piano works by celebrated contemporary composers have been dedicated to him.

www.lennoxberkeley.org.uk

Lennox Berkeley Society

This website features a full listing of composer Lennox Berkeley's works, news, performances and a catalogue of over 230 recordings. I based the site on a custom-designed content management system that stores information about musical works, recordings and events in a MySQL database. It is coded using PHP and its MySQL library, HTML, CSS and Javascript. A separate web-based control panel allows for maintenance of the site's content.

The Lennox Berkeley Society is a charity that promotes Berkeley's music by awarding grants to encourage live performances and recordings. Lennox Berkeley was a seminal figure in twentieth-century English music, both as composer and teacher.

peterjconradi.co.uk

Peter Conradi

A single-page website with a flexible layout optimised for mobile, tablet and desktop devices. Developed using Photoshop, HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript.

Professor Peter Conradi is a British author, best-known for his authorised biography of the author and philosopher Dame Iris Murdoch and other major works about her life. He has also written studies of the Welsh March (At the Bright Hem of God), of becoming a Buddhist (Going Buddhist) and of the life of the soldier-poet Frank Thompson (A Very English Hero).