In collaboration with Rapp UK, and Illustrator Polyp, my role on this project was to produce a digital version of the novel, to be featured on the Co-operative website.
Commissioned by Channel 4, the site was built to promote the documentary of the same name, aired in July 2012.
The website is a one-page scrolling site, navigable via mouse wheel and arrow keys.
It was made in collaboration with Whitespace Edinburgh.
Great Scots is a fun game that gives players a chance to test their knowledge of famous Scottish inventors.
Collaborating with Edinburgh agency Whitespace, my role was to carry out the build phase of the game, which included a variety of interactive programming and animation tasks.
The game was implemented using Adobe Flash.
In collaboration with Antbits, I produced these non-Flash versions of the widgets, using HTML, XML, CSS, Javascript and jQuery, designed to be viewable on the increasing number of devices which cannot view Flash content.
Flash widgets for the web have a natural (and well established) workflow, which enable them to be built and embedded by a designer, independent from the web page around them.
This presented a new challenge, as we had to establish a similarly natural way to embed Javascript widgets which allow them to be deployed and updated quickly (separate from the often long lead times that can be required for “everyday” web development tasks).
The widgets have now been built in such a way that they can be “embedded” anywhere on a page using just a few lines of code, similar to the way we would embed Flash content.
They can be reused and customised using parameters, all from the same codebase.
NHS were extremely pleased with their first ever rich media web content to be built with web standards, and are planning to commission several more in the future.
As with the Supermeals application, this was created in collaboration with Essex-based agency Antbits, and I was responsible for development of the application’s rich user interface, and integration with server-side functionality.
The app provides an easy way to enter alcohol consumption, returning information about units consumed, the calorie content of the drinks, and the money the user could be saving.
Based on this information, the app offers health tips that are tailored to the consumption habits of the user, and lets them email this advice to their own address or that of a friend.
In collaboration with Essex-based agency Antbits, I was responsible for development of the application’s rich user interface, and integration with server-side functionality.
The primary aim of the web app is to simplify meal planning, by automatically suggesting seven days of meals.
For each meal, images, recipes and nutritional values are provided. Meals can be swapped if required.
When the user is happy with their suggestions, they can download all the recipes as a PDF (which also includes a full shopping list).
A secondary function is a recipe finder – the user can search the recipe database, based on meal type, or their own search terms. Again, they can download each recipe as a PDF.
The application was extremely successful, picking up massive user numbers (no doubt helped by the high profile advertising campaign), and providing Antbits with their most successful ever NHS tool.
All this despite scrutiny from certain areas of the national press, criticising the campaign for its “nanny state” connotations.
The Daily Mail were, naturally enough, outraged by the whole thing. They probably helped drive a large percentage of the traffic, though, since they prominently featured a large screenshot of the web app in their coverage. Thanks, The Daily Mail!
