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America the Beautiful

admin — Fri, 07 May 2010 16:49:41 +0000

America the Beautiful, a book by Sri Chinmoy, is a meditation on the moral and spiritual roots of America. It includes sections on various American figureheads, as well as reflections from the nation’s past, and glances into its future.

The website required a traditional and patriotic style, reflecting the elegance of the book itself. It is built as a content management system, in WordPress, so the client (Illumine Press) can add reviews, new items and excerpts as time goes on.

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Sangitamiya – The Nectar Music

admin — Tue, 04 May 2010 17:22:00 +0000

Sangitamiya is a World Music shop in Reykjavik, Iceland. The clients wanted the website to reflect the warmth, colour, and uniqueness of the physical shop, as well as showcasing their wide variety of products. The design is thus based around the existing style and logo, and brings in textures found in photographs of the shop. The world travel theme is extended into postcard motifs for a personal touch, and an atlas on the homepage that leads to listings of instruments from various countries.

The structure is in WordPress, so the clients can manage the content themselves, including a blog section. It incorporates a wide variety of plugins: notably for translation, newsletter subscription, product image close-ups and Google world maps.

NB the content is not yet complete – more coming soon.

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Illumine Group

admin — Tue, 04 May 2010 16:50:24 +0000

The Illumine Group specialises in project design, development and management for corporations, governments, NGOs and individual philanthropists, covering such areas as education, healthcare and human rights.

The style is based around a strong existing logo, giving the content space to shine against a simple background. The structure is in WordPress so the client can manage the content. It features a slideshow on the home page with live text, and a lightbox effect for images and case studies.

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Heart-Light Distributors

admin — Sat, 01 May 2010 15:49:46 +0000

Heart-Light is a major US distributor of the works of Sri Chinmoy: books, music and video.

They needed a flexible content management system to handle a large number of products, with the ability to manage it themselves, including adding music clips and scanned excerpts from books, as well as showcasing key items and linking similar items to recommend further choices. WordPress was used for the site structure. The design incorporates an updated version of their logo, and the company colour scheme. The client wanted a simple, uncluttered style with a hint of Indian decoration; modern but friendly.

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Madal Bal, Netherlands

admin — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:20:54 +0000

This is an online shop for a health food retailer in The Hague. They already had a website, but it needed updating and streamlining, including reworking of the logo and branding. The project was basically great fun, and I hope that comes across in the atmosphere of the site.

I aimed for a fresh and alive feeling with the design, to inspire a sense of health and purity. The Flash slideshow on the homepage also makes it feel alive, but keeps a tranquil pace. This was backed up with good quality product images, which can be seen in detail, plus simple navigation.

The client wanted the site to be professional and informative, but with an emphasis on personal service. We therefore used staff pictures and a friendly contact page, to make sure the customer never feels far away from a real person. There is also a blog section where visitors can subscribe to free health tips and product features, which gives a nice personal touch.

For anyone who’s interested in the technical stuff, the structure is in Drupal, with Ubercart for the shopping functionality. This allows for a huge amount of flexibility, both now and in the future. For example, the site needs to be bilingual, although the English section will be completed at a later date.

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Immortality’s Flame-Waves

admin — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 10:40:35 +0000

Immortality’s Flame-Waves is an all-female theatre company based in London, performing uplifting and illumining stories by Sri Chinmoy.

The client wanted a warm and fun yet professional look, with a mixture of 1950s and modern styling. She wanted the site itself to look like a stage, and to reflect the company’s reputation for colourful productions with an element of surprise. She also wanted lots of light with a few subtle visual effects for liveliness.

The site is thus ostensibly sepia, but with a hint of Flash and rollover images on the navigation and the homepage which spring into full colour, or light up. It was fun to design, and I hope it’s fun to visit!

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Sumangali.org

admin — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:00:51 +0000

Sumangali.org is my own personal website. The content is mostly in a WordPress blog with a customised template. It’s a constant work in progress, a playground where I can share my writing and interests, while testing all the latest blog gadgets and widgets.

serendipity [ser-uhn-dip-i-tee] [n] good fortune; pure luck in discovering unsought things.

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Economics Help

admin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:52:27 +0000

I was asked to design a new skin for this already large and successful site.

Thanks to Special Operations for the logo, which was the inspiration behind the design for the site.

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California Hybrids

admin — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:42:54 +0000

California Hybrids is a leading developer of hybrid tomato and peppers. Founded in 1991 by
Dr. Kanti Rawal, California Hybrids has quickly become a forerunner in flavorful, colorful varieties bred for commercial and home garden use. With an international roster of clients ranging from large growers and seed distributors to catalogue seed companies and retailers, California Hybrids has shown an unmatched dedication to quality and service. Featured on the Food Network, the LA Times and New York Times, California Hybrids’ varieties represent both a return to tradition as well as a forward-thinking approach to commercial viability and success.

The clients wanted a content management system so they could manage the products and news items themselves. They wanted a simple, easy to navigate design, and needed colours that would enhance and showcase their beautiful varieties, so I came up with a site design and updated the logo a little. I really enjoyed working on this project, full of life, colour and freshness!

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World Heart Beat

admin — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:58:27 +0000

The World Heart Beat Music Academy envisions a world where music, as a universal form of communication, bridges cultural, political, economic and linguistic barriers.

The Academy aims to bring the myriad of the world’s cultures together through music, providing an environment where all people can experience harmony with their fellow citizens and be empowered to create a feeling of identity and oneness with humanity at large.

I was lucky to be able to design the site and colour scheme from scratch to reflect the joyful, fresh and diverse nature of the Academy. The site is a full content management system in WordPress, so the client has control over the content.