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Thoughts & Musings
Working with Ipek was amazing as her imagery was so powerful and it was also very consistent which allowed for a coherence across the site that is sometimes elusive.
The biggest challenge for this project was the timeframe - we had a few video calls and emails, prior to the build and domain transfer, but it basically all came together in under a week.
As an art history graduate it was great to work with Dan and his impressive stock of paintings. I did some of the photography on the site, but as there was so much to do the best thing to do was to hire professional photographer Renato Csatich who is a joy to work with.
I designed the logo and chose the background colour which is technically a super light greyish orange - it is really neutral and easier to balance than reddish greys. It provides a nice backdrop to the paintings that emulates either an cream wall or a printed page.
Working with Maggie was a real treat ! I did all the photography and videography for the site over a long and sunny weekend. Getting the 'Rooms' page right was probably the biggest challenge - anchor links a photo-button menu was the solution.
The challenge here was that John wanted his site to feel modern, but not jar with the 18th Century porcelain that he deals in. The best way to do this was through using subtle effects such as the parallax scrolling effect on the home page and the almost exclusive use of serif fonts throughout.
Working with Stephen has been a pleasure. He is a well established hardstone artist who has works in many major public and private collections.
The two biggest challenges of this site were the sheer scope and the actual gathering the material. Stephen has been making sculptures for over 50 years and this site serves as the best overview of his body of work. I have visited and stayed with Stephen once a year for the last three years to get a further batch of work scanned, sorted and uploaded.
This website build was fun because the imagery I had to work with was so good.
All of the design choices were essentially trying to put all the focus on the projects that the Andy Knight Ltd. have made happen.
I opted for a homepage slide show that showed a variety of projects as well as some behind the scenes shots.
I like giving the images space to breathe even when on a smaller screen. Having the frame of white helps to achieve this.
