BBC GEL Social Media Icons – the set

BBC GEL Social Media Icons v1.0

Back in April, before I left Clearleft, I started creating a few social media icons as a little side project. They were inspired by two specific icons within the BBC’s new Global Experience Language (GEL) document – those for RSS and Share. Continue reading

Farewell Brighton, my old friend

We moved to Brighton in 2003, and on 3rd July 2010, we move away.

Our youngest chap, just past his first birthday, has frequently been pretty poorly and childcare for sick children doesn’t come cheap. So our family is moving to Wokingham in the home counties, closer to my wife’s parents, so we can continue to work in the industry we love, and bring up our children in the best way we know how. Continue reading

Leaving Clearleft

Clearleft

After almost five years as a Senior Designer at Clearleft, I’ve decided the time is right for me to move on in search of new challenges and excitements. From July, I will return to the life of a freelancer. Continue reading

CSS trickery with the Channel 4 logo

Back in 2008 I created a simple faux-3D effect in the vines on the Silverback website using nothing but HTML and clever CSS positioning of layered images. The background parallax is only noticeable when you resize the browser window — a subtlety that I love as it’s a special little detail that a lucky few will be delighted to discover. Continue reading