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Second week into the New Year and our first new site to go live is for Olivers Mill who are a cleaning and maintenance company, based in London and Kent. With new van liveries rolling out at the end of last year, Olivers Mill required a refresh for their current site to help move their branding along.While the previous site was still looking fresh from it’s 2009 redesign, company director Scott Sumner asked if there was anything we could do to bring the website into line with the new van livery? read more…

As you may gather I’m a big fan of sketching ideas and thoughts down on paper, before going anywhere near my Mac. I’ve been asked a few times what I use for sketching out my UX & wireframe ideas. My answer is always the same, use whatever you’re comfortable with. But that lead me to consider what I do actually use, following are my basic weapons of choice. read more…

Creating a website wireframe is about making important structural, content and hierarchy choices. The result is a low-fidelity visual, devoid of visual design, that determines both what content will be present and what priority it has on the screen. A wireframe should also illustrate how a user can navigate a site, how one screen flows to another and what user interaction will be required. read more…

I’ve got my backside into gear and started working on my Beetle again. Originally bought as a run-around while I found an early Bug to play with, I’ve now realised that I might as well have some fun with this one. Initially my thoughts were to build a traditional Cal-Look Bug, but on finding various bodywork issues I changed direction.

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Do you look for inspiration or does it find you?

Everyday we are surrounded by many things all of which, in some way, influence our thoughts, our views and our creations. As a designer and artist I have come to understand that everything around me, anything that I engage in, influences my creativity and therefore my work. Yes I go looking for inspiration, especially for certain tasks, but it’s the people, things and stuff that I surround myself with that really keeps my mind going. read more…

Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner introduced us to Freakonomics, asking provocative and profound questions about human motivation and contemporary living which leads to some astonishing conclusions. read more…

Taking the front wing off can be a pig of a job if your Bug’s still wearing it’s original wings. Mine isn’t and all the bolts came out nicely, until I got to the last one. As I turned the ratchet the bolt was turning, but not coming out. Looking inside the spare wheel well revealed that the captive nut had come free. Trust it to be the most difficult one to get to. Some patients, mole grips and about 10 minutes wrestling and it was free.

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After cleaning up the horrible metallic fungus I found, the metal wasn’t actually that bad. OK, so the holes are still there, but at least it appears that they are repairable

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A closer look at the offside A-pillar reveals some extra holes that I don’t believe VW put there.

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So I’ve set up yet another Blog. This time to keep me motivated with my “Project 66″ – the latest air-cooled VW to grace my garage:

Check out my progress at: wackyracers.posterous.com