Aline Du Pasquier – website

Summary:

Tri-lingual website for soprano Aline Du Pasquier with concert calendar and audio samples.

Notes:

Making a site fully tri-lingual and yet easy to update for the client is quite a challenge. Textpattern was the CMS of choice for this task, because of the excellent customisability and the freely available Multi Lingual Publishing Pack.

Live Page: Aine DuPasquier, soprano website

Project tags:

design,HTML coding,template creation,CMS setup & installation

kilianmuster.com blog design

Summary:

Re-design of Kilian Muster’s blog. Theme for the renewal was “back to the roots”. For the blogger back to his roots as typographer, for Pixelblast it also meant back to the roots of clear and basic typography.

Notes:

This design has found much recognition and praise by the Web design community (sixrevisions.com, Smashing Magazine, unmatchedstyle, PVM garage etc.). The site has been merged into this new Pixelblast site and can’t be accessed anymore.

Project tags:

design,HTML coding,template creation,CMS installation & setup

Otto Japan horoscope page

Summary:

Design and setup of a semi-automated horoscope page to increase repeat visitors.

Notes:

Apart from the design, highly cost-efficient update handling was key. A semi-automated process was established, where the horoscope data from the horoscope vendor was uploaded to the servers monthly and automatically converted for import into the database. The PC and mobile website made use of this (later on a “Vista Gadget” would also pull the data from the server).

Live page: Otto Japan’s horoscope page

Project tags:

planning,concept,design,HTML coding

Otto Japan, company blog

Summary:

Blog design, concept and implementation for Otto Japan.

Notes:

Company blogs are not very widespread yet in Japan, but this was the right place to disseminate more causal information to their customers. Convincing the client authentic employees had to be authors for the blog, and to gain acceptance, enabling comments would be essential was not an easy task. Japanese companies often are horrified by the prospect of random people leaving their unfiltered opinions on a blog run by the company, but after enabling comments it was clear that the Japanese, well-behaved as they are, wouldn’t vandalise a website.

Live page: Otto Japan’s blog

Project tags:

concept,design,HTML coding,implementation

Otto Japan, divers landing pages

Summary:

Design and coding of divers landing pages for Otto Japan.

Notes:

Two samples of the many landing pages designs for Otto.

Project tags:

design,HTML coding

Web animations - PC basics

Summary:

Mini Flash-website explaining basic computer terms and concepts supported by funny animations.

Notes:

How do you wake interest in non-technical people to read explanations of computer and Internet terms? That was the challenge the Japan Medical Association put Pixelblast to.

Using short Flash animations not only to illustrate the concept, but rather to add some pizzazz to the otherwise dry topic was the solution. This way people would hopefully read through all explanations anticipating the next fun animation.

Project tags:

concept,design,animation,illustrations,HTML coding,Flash development

Calderwood Productions, Identity & Web

Summary:

Logo design, pamphlet and website design for Calderwood Productions.

Notes:

Calderwood Productions needed a personality. A logo, pamphlet and a web site with a consistent look were created. With the founder being of Irish origin, a gaelic pattern seemed appropriate as the logo symbol.

The house font of choice was Rotis (by the famous Otl Aicher), for its modern yet artisan qualities.

Project tags:

identity,pamphlet,web design,HTML coding