Alan Coleman
Web Dev & Creative Blog
Welcome to my Web Dev & Creative Blog. I'm a web developer interested in technology, design and photography.
Category Archives: Design
Russian space and graphic design
The 5oth anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s journey into space seemed like an appropriate time to talk about Russian graphic design I’ve always liked the simplicity of Russian design. The heroics of the people, the sweeping blocks of colour and style. … Continue reading
WebDevRadio and my new Whiteboard
I have a couple of great additions to my world of web development that are worthy of a mention. The first is the discovery of WebDevRadio, a site based around a set of regularly updated podcasts on web development issues. … Continue reading
The Blue Hamerite finish of JavaScript frameworks
I’ve been working on the same project for several months now so haven’t really had the opportunity to mess around with new web page layout ideas. After looking around at what’s going on in the more visual fields of web … Continue reading
What the hell happened to Photoshop Elements?
Photoshop Elements, a fantastic product and a piece of marketing genius. A stripped down version of the fully fledged software install, with all the functionality you’re likely to need unless you work in Hoxton or drink Latte Coffee or wear … Continue reading
I can’t use ticket machines
I think I’m okay when it comes to technology, not like a geeky genius or anything, but able to have at least a limited grasp of how digital devices work and interact with each other. There are times however when … Continue reading
The 2012 logo, I like it
Okay, the 2012 logo, I like it. All too often with these things we end up with a fairly predictable corporate logo that looks like something that fronts a local council recycling initiative. What we have been presented with is … Continue reading
8 Web Design Clichés of 2006
A colleague at work sent me this link, it’s to a great site called Modern Life is Rubbish. This particular article is entitled 8 Web Design Clichés of 2006 and is about web design clichés of 2006, funnily enough. Anyway, … Continue reading
Republic
This was the final project for a graphic design course I did in the evenings at Central Saint Martins last year. It is a modern take on the classic design of the London Underground map by Harry Beck in the … Continue reading
Front page archive (2000 – 2006)
The old front pages for my personal site, had great fun playing around with these. Check out the old browsers!
chippz.com logo
I designed this logo as the basis of an identity for a new online store, chippz.com. I liked the idea of all the letters being formed from the same shape, thus giving the impression of something created by a machine … Continue reading
secondsminuteshours.com (2003)
Secondsminuteshours.com is a micro site that fronts a telephone network support service. It is built in HTML using the Photoshop slice function, something I’ve never been that keen on but works quite well in this example. I spent ages trying … Continue reading
Visual Basic interface design (2003)
I built this interface to function as the front end of an information kiosk at Anglia Polytechnic University. It uses Visual Basic for functionality while the content comes courtesy of a small database. The maps were built in 3D Studio … Continue reading
3D Studio Max
These images were created using 3d Studio Max during the second year at college. Most of all they demonstrate the reflection, refraction, lathing and materials functions of the software. These examples are fairly basic, to be really good at 3D … Continue reading