tag:www.splintered.co.uk,2005:/projects/ 53.506786 -2.314479 splintered - random sparks of creative insight - projects the portfolio and experimental playground of patrick h. lauke aka redux Copyright Patrick H. Lauke, all rights reserved 2008-03-15T19:56:08+00:00 Patrick H. Lauke Supreme Education tag:www.splintered.co.uk,2005-05-12:/projects/53 2005-05-12T00:00:00+00:00 2005-05-12T00:00:00+00:00

web presence for new UK education recruitment company Supreme Education, based on partial page mockups provided by an external design agency.

the site features database driven sections, complete with a bespoke content management / administration system, as well as a chance to use my PHP feedreader class to pull a newsfeed directly from BBC's education section.

tags: web

 xcart based furniture store tag:www.splintered.co.uk,2005-05-02:/projects/52 2005-05-02T00:00:00+00:00 2005-05-02T00:00:00+00:00

site construction and X-Cart skinning (involving an almost complete rewrite of the default templates from an invalid HTML 4 table based layout to a CSS driven XHTML 1.0 Strict format) for an online furniture store, based on partial designs already provided by the client.

images and direct links to final site removed at the owner's request - if you are interested in knowing more please contact me directly.

tags: web

 hands-on identity tag:www.splintered.co.uk,2004-09-14:/projects/51 2004-09-14T00:00:00+00:00 2004-09-14T00:00:00+00:00

understated corporate identity for hands-on consultants. more detailed description to follow.

tags: identity

 faithless - no roots competition entry tag:www.splintered.co.uk,2004-08-04:/projects/50 2004-08-04T00:00:00+00:00 2004-08-04T00:00:00+00:00

my proposed entry for the faithless - no roots competition (see link below for details)

tags: print

 Sonar Yen website- version 2 tag:www.splintered.co.uk,2004-05-29:/projects/36 2004-05-29T00:00:00+00:00 2004-05-29T00:00:00+00:00

New version of the website for Manchester's up and coming band The Sonar Yen, in line with their debut album Slow Picture (which we did all print design and art direction for, as well).

the formerly table-based design has been updated to a full CSS driven layout, dramatically reducing the code and improving maintainability.

moreover, the design features a slightly whimsical transparency effect for users on non-IE browsers.

tags: web

 Sonar Yen band photography tag:www.splintered.co.uk,2004-02-21:/projects/49 2004-02-21T00:00:00+00:00 2004-02-21T00:00:00+00:00

Photographs for The Sonar Yen, taken around the seedy back streets of Manchester's northern quarter.

A very successful hour of shooting, putting my newly acquired Lomo LC-A and a trusty Zenitar fish-eye lens to good use.

The results exceeded all expectations. Shown here is only a small selection of the 30+ photographs that came out of the shoot.

tags: photography

 Slow Picture tag:www.splintered.co.uk,2004-02-01:/projects/11 2004-02-01T00:00:00+00:00 2004-02-01T00:00:00+00:00

Art direction and design for The Sonar Yen\'s latest album, Slow Picture.

tags: print

 jakoblog ReUSEit contest entry tag:www.splintered.co.uk,2003-10-29:/projects/35 2003-10-29T00:00:00+00:00 2003-10-29T00:00:00+00:00

Not entirely serious, but more of an experiment really to stretch my CSS muscles a bit more.

An austere looking blog-style layout to match the grim look on the photo I chose. The roomy header is meant to look like some kind of billboard advert for big J.

tags: web

 miminal jakob ReUSEit contest entry tag:www.splintered.co.uk,2003-09-18:/projects/34 2003-09-18T00:00:00+00:00 2003-09-18T00:00:00+00:00

Not a huge departure from Jakob's existing site, or the style of the NN/g site. Making it a bit more personal with his picture there on the side (as the site is just as much about him as it is about his ideas...both are inextricably linked, for some people).

Added a few minor accessibility nuggets for good measure (e.g. minimal accesskey definitions) and a superbly simple print style.

Interestingly enough, although I didn't win the contest — the main problem seems to be that I was unable to test in IE/Mac as I'm missing the latter part of that mix — this entry caused quite a bit of furore, with many vocal supporters ... amongst others, none other than Vincent Flanders of Webpages That Suck fame — although this time around, he was praising the design, rather than exposing its suckiness.

tags: web

 onedayfilms animated logo tag:www.splintered.co.uk,2003-09-11:/projects/28 2003-09-11T00:00:00+00:00 2003-09-11T00:00:00+00:00

Following the hand-drawn feel of One Day Films' logo, this is the simple animated version of the company's visual identity, to be used in all their video and DVD materials.

tags: motion video animation

 University of Salford tag:www.splintered.co.uk,2003-09-08:/projects/19 2003-09-08T00:00:00+00:00 2003-09-08T00:00:00+00:00

The new University of Salford site, launched in September 2003. Over eight months in the making, the site has a fresh, new look and a revised structure, which has been streamlined to better serve the purpose of a central repository of information and entry point to the institution's various sub-sites.

Behind the scenes, the new web site takes advantage of the latest web standards and features a variety of accessibility enhancements.

This launch marks the first phase of the site's redesign. Additional features and enhancements will be introduced in the upcoming months.

tags: web

 Phone Phreak CSS Zen Garden entry tag:www.splintered.co.uk,2003-09-02:/projects/18 2003-09-02T00:00:00+00:00 2003-09-02T00:00:00+00:00

Unfortunately this didn't make it into the list of "official" designs, due to its use of ultra-small font sizes - which only look good if your system supports font antialiasing/

Nevertheless, a worthy entry, using a few advanced CSS tricks to enhance the experience for users of standards-compliant browsers.

tags: web

 Door to my Garden CSS Zen Garden entry tag:www.splintered.co.uk,2003-08-27:/projects/17 2003-08-27T00:00:00+00:00 2003-08-27T00:00:00+00:00

Probably my best entry to the garden, with a lot of graphic finesse and styling tricks.

Interestingly enough, this was featured in a Japanese publication on CSS ... see Dave Shea's blog entry for details.

Additionally, there is an advanced version of this very same design, which takes advantage of standards-compliant browsers' :hover support &mdash and hence fails miserably in some browsers, and didn't make it into the "official" list.

tags: web

 It Came From Outer Space tag:www.splintered.co.uk,2003-07-22:/projects/10 2003-07-22T00:00:00+00:00 2003-07-22T00:00:00+00:00

tags: print

 Gothica CSS Zen Garden entry tag:www.splintered.co.uk,2003-07-17:/projects/16 2003-07-17T00:00:00+00:00 2003-07-17T00:00:00+00:00

My first submission to the CSS Zen Garden project, created on request by Dave Shea himself.

Not really a serious effort on the design front, as it's mixing some styles like there's no tomorrow — and doesn't really exude all that gothic feel. The style sheet, however, is rock solid.

tags: web