Nick Bentham Photography

I have recently been working on a site for Nick Bentham, Photographer. The site was cutting edge but unfortunately due to the current situations..... the project did not go ahead.

The site would be full screen resizeable and to navigate through images.... the user would drag the images left and right, would would reveal the next full screen image. This site was supposed to give the user a taster of his work, which would be updated every other day.

The test can be viewed at www.golpys.co.uk/nhrb/fullscreendrag/impact/gallery.swf

MagMyPic

Create Fake Magazine Covers with your own picture at MagMyPic.com

I have just come across this site (mag my pic) and thought i'd stick a picture of me up there..... haha.

Helena

Photoshoot with Helena Smith was recently shot at the Studio. Here is one of my favourite images.

Nicholas Bentham - Photographer

I approached the very talented Nicholas Bentham regarding his current site and after a few polite emails, the project has started to re-design his online portfolio site. here is my first attempt.



the initial concept is intended to be full screen images with a clean typographical box situated in the bottom left corner of the window at all times. this site is supposed to stick in people's minds, and give them a taster of what nick does...... so what's different? the answer is..... the way people view the images, instead of just clicking next and previous, the user will drag the images right or left to scroll to the next image, and at full screen - this looks bloody amazing! i'm getting very excited.

i'll keep you all posted.

Production Company Website

I have been working on a website for a production company. Here is a video to sample the feel of the site, which will be going live within the next week or so.

Villa Bella Vista, Kalkan

NESTLED INTO THE HILLSIDE PROVIDING PROBABLY THE BEST PANORAMIC VIEWS OVER KALKAN HARBOUR AND THE BEAUTIFUL ISLAND STREWN BAY SITS THE VILLA BELLA VISTA.

FACING SOUTHWEST TO ENJOY THE GOLDEN SUNSETS, THE VILLA BOASTS A TRULT STUNNING LOCATION, THE PERFECT SETTING FOR A MAGICAL TURKISH HOLIDAY.

more can be read at www.villabellavistakalkan.com

the site has now gone live after I designed and created the new site in a very short period of time.

grenache restaurant

grenache is a new decadent dining restaurant located in walkden, just outside of manchester. the new site has been uploaded iand is now live for all to view. the idea of having something different from every other restaurant in the area and extra elements in the site that added extra value to the users experience: for instance, the menu is rollover, so when it is hiding - more of the imagery can be viewed. when the user rolls over the navigate section - the menu pops out and when the user rolls over each category - customers quotes appear, bit of friendly added value. the other extra element in the site is that the images can be hidden or viewed, the main intention is to utilize the wonderful image we produced. www.grenacherestaurant.co.uk

Thursday 13th November

I'm sorry my blog is not "uber up-to-date" as I'm real busy at the minute, so yeh, here are some projects I am working on:

Grenache Restaurant website - took some real nice shots of the place and will be going live within the next week or so.

Around 20+ bespoke invitation designs including birthdays, christmas and even new year!

Production company re-brand has been completed and the website will be going live within the next week or so.

And Im still tutoring at Salford University on the tech media module, once a week, every thursday !

Projects in the pipeline are:

Another new restaurant website, Flint Technology site, Beauty company re-brand including promotional posters and materials. Apartment Villa website over in Turkey,

I will try and post more images up when i get chance, i do realise my blog is a tad boring at the minute.

keep checking back,

Andy

end of october update

the new westpark website will soon be finished, up and running online within the next week or so.

the 60 hope street site is now online which can be viewed at http://www.60hopestreet.com

leandro's website will also be live soon, within the next week.

i have been working closely with a local magazine, creating adverts and have also designed the forthcoming front and back covers of the magazine's 3 year special edition.

other various projects are on the cards and will be revealed soon!

Gomez-Gracia

recent pitch for a women's london fashion label website......

logo designs

ok here are some recent logo designs i have created.

pitch

Recently I have been pitching for various jobs in which I have been pretty successful, here is an update on the jobs I am currently pitching for:

A womens london fashion label - Website Re-Design
Various Restaurants - Website Re-Designs
IT Technology Consultancy based in London - Brand Identity, Website Re-Design
Production Company - Website Re-Design

so yeah, there it is, keep checking the blog out to see if i'm successful!

Golpys the Tutor

OK so it's been confirmed, I will be helping tutor the tech and advanced tech media modules at Salford University this year. So starting next thursday I will be passing on advice, knowledge and humour to Salford's future designers.

nwiep // VoodooUK

Commissioned by VoodooUK in Kirkham near Preston to produce a flash animated web banner for nwiep.

Brands

Few logo's I've recently been working on.

Sir Golpys

I received a phone call today from Lawrence Giles, Head of the Tech Media Course at Salford University asking if I would be interested in taking up a role at the University for the Advanced Tech Media course. The role would involve creative direction, tutoring, marking papers, assessing concepts and ideas, and generally helping students with any problems they have.

I am flattered by the offer as I think this role would suit me down to the ground, its also a bonus that it doesn't harm my freelance work as I will only be in University 1 day a week.

So yeah, let's see what happens.

Serafino Falvo

Website pitch for a bespoke tailors in canada. I will let you all know how it goes.

skin

Pitch for a skin cosmetics company needing a new logo. 2 variations are above, let's see if I get anywhere with them.

LinkedIn

New Projects

OK so here is an update on my new projects.....

I recently won a pitch to re-design the site for a local business, westpark windows and conservatories. The site is now being designed and will aim to go live within the next 2-3 weeks.

Bespoke invitations are becoming ever more popular as more requests have been made for various occasions.... mainly 18th and 21st birthday parties. By having a professional, bespoke and personal invitation gives the occasion a real feel good factor when handing out invitations to their guests.

A company re-brand is also on the agenda accompanied by stationary, promotional flyers, and a new website.

Kit Designs

I have recently been commissioned to design various sports kits, which are still in development. Here are some designs i produced as initial ideas.

NYCC - Photolink Creative Group

OK last week week I worked in the studio at Photolink Creative Group, Manchester. I designed the style sheets for various pages on the NYCC website. Other projects I worked on included a promotional email for Littlewoods, and site icons for the new Cash Generator website.

Current Projects July '08

OK just a quick update to let people know where I am upto, here are the projects I am working on at the moment:

60 Hope Street Restaurant Website
Sports Tours International Web Banners
Various Business Card & Stationary Designs
Pink Ladies Flyer
Redwol Projects
Rugby Kit design for Terra Nova
Flash Presentation for ADZ Media
Fashion Photographer's Website
Fashion Photographer's Stationary designs
Various Birthday Invitations
Dance Teacher's website & promotional advertising

golpys.co.uk

I have now started to update my website, getting rid of all the crap and inserting new projects I have completed recently. I will also be changing the categories to Services, Web Design, Brand/Advertising, Photography, Extra Work, Contact.

This enables viewers to clearly understand what it is I do, I will also be pushing the promotions of my invitation designs as it could be a little earner for myself on the side of working on the big projects. So if you have a friend or relatives birthday coming up, give me a shout. Examples of my invitation designs will be uploaded onto golpys.co.uk in the near future.

Park Worldwide

Clothing company Park Worldwide commissioned myself to create their online presence. A slick design emphasizes the brand, check it out at www.parkww.com

Certificate

Oh yes, I almost forgot..... having finished university..... I came out with a first class honours degree! thought i'd have a big headed moment for a minute there.

MiniBreaks

LateRooms commissioned myself to re-design the logo for their sub brand "minibreaks", the brand was completed and should be launched within the near future.

60 Hope Street

I am currently in talks with 60 Hope Street Restaurant in Liverpool with regards to re-designing their current website. The restaurant is fantastic and just needs a website to match.... let's hope all goes well.

edit Posters

OK so here is a snapshot of the type posters produced for edit Magazine.... to see more work for edit Magazine please visit the edit Blog : blog.edit-magazine.co.uk

edit Print

So I took the edit Magazine to print on Friday.... everything was hunky dory and I should be getting a proff through on wednesday or thursday. Hopefully sign that off straight away and the week after..... some sexy magazines will be coming my way. I printed the posters off while I was there and they look wicked! Not had time to upload so.... watch this space.

edit Magazine Cover Images

OK.... so I had photoshoots throughout the day and here are some teaser's for y'all. For a few different reasons I decided on the subject / model to be a University tutor - which links into the whole inspiration aspect of the magazine. But for future issues, the front cover would or could be portrait photography of any contributor to the magazine.


So many thanks to Alan Heighton and Tash Willcocks for being great sports and beautiful models. I have just randomly picked a shot of each model, and the debate of the final images will begin on Thursday 24th.

edit Magazine Cover

Photoshoots will be taking place throughout the day of Monday 21st April to create a full bleed front / back cover for my magazine. Its exciting times..... let's hope all goes well....

miniBreaks

As an extra project at University - all students were given the chance to re-brand the company, miniBreaks. Students were to come up with initial ideas which would then be reviewed by the big guys at miniBreaks.....And they chose me! wahaay! I now have a meeting with the Managing Director and the other big boys this coming Monday. A great opportunity to re-brand an already big company that is growing very quickly.

Have a look at their current existing brand....

www.minibreaks.com

edit magazine logo

OK so after deciding my new magazine is going to be called edit, I have developed ideas and come up with this logo. The concept is relating web to print, as this magazine will be doing. Therefore the bitmap font has been used, and don't worry....it's not going to be bitmap fonts throughout the magazine! The square has been created from the grid system I am using in the magazine and the extended line throughout the edit logotype will continue through the back page of the magazine. This line represents a minus sign to link in with the edit theme - edit magazine will be a magazine where creatives submit work and the work submitted will be edited down to make a magazine.

Visual Arts Course

Myself and fellow student Tom Myers are to create a hybrid catalogue for the Visual Arts course at Salford University. A brief at Uni undertaken by graphic design third years was to create a catalogue for the Visual Arts end of year show. My pitch was successful aswell with Toms, so now we are creating a hybrid catalogue.

Tom's front cover imagery will be used in my catalogue format and layout along with the website designs I created. As I will work on the catalogue and web design, Tom will be producing an invitation to the show, and promotional posters.

Visual Practice Initial Test Video

It's not finished yet but my visual practice video is getting there, and with about 4 weeks to go I am well on track. My main deliverable will be a book but I am also producing a video, and website flats. Like I say its not finished so any feedback would be appreciated and taken into consideration while I am still editing.

Visual Practice

A open brief at university to visually represent "relationship". I decided to create a fun brief around the relationship between human form and typographic form. The typgraphic grid would be represented by the contiboard box in which the models would form the alphabet in. I will be making a photographic book, video and website flats.

Final Major Project

For my final major project at University I am going to create a magazine that will hopefully get printed, and have a website. The magazine will feature existing students graduates and professional in the design industry. This magazine will give students exposure while also showcasing current talent from all over England and maybe abroad. I am in very early stages of this project but I already have some super talented people involved.......to be continued.

Horizon-Media

I created his new website for Horizon-Media which needed to be different. The two page website tells the user everything they need to know. The streaming video adds to the viewers experience. www.horizon-media.org

Hacienda / Sankeys

Working alongside Subvert Magazine, myself and 2 friends collected footage of the Hacienda celebration night at Sankeys, Manchester. The special event included top DJ's including Peter Hook who also brought Rowetta with him to perform a couple of songs. The long night was full of passion and energy. To find out more visit my site at www.golpys.co.uk

Peter Hook Interview

Throughout December and January myself and 2 friends have been working closely with Subvert Magazine on producing a small film/documentary about the history of the Hacienda, Peter Hook and what he is up to nowadays.


Here are some of the pics frm the Peter Hook Interview. I was pretty nervous at first but he was down to earth and really laid back which helped alot. Overall it was a great experience, especially to meet such a legend as Peter Hook.

Anders Brogaard

I recently came across the fashion photographer Anders Brogaard and was amazed by some of his images. In categories Fashion, Beauty and Editorial he creates images with impact. Anders has studios in Denmark and recently London, and has recently been advertised in Le Book.

I have been commisioned by Anders to create his new online portfolio that will be updated frequently to keep the site fresh. I am currently working on concepts and ideas....so I will keep you posted on developments.

Code School

If you want to work for a digital design agency outside of the London, Code Computerlove is definitey the place to be! They win awards left right and centre for creating digital answers. Code Computerlove is full of design geeks, which is a good thing as I class myself as one. (A design geek is somebody who has immense passion for design and gives 100% commitment).

Over the last few years, Code has won a total of 39 industry awards. So far in 2008, Code has been voted North West Digital Agency of the Year - The Drum and Eighth in Revolution Magazine's Top 10 Ranking UK Digital Agencies, as voted for by clients (joint first for ROI). Code's client list includes HMV, Waterstone's, Kimberly Clark Corporation, PZ Cussons, Crown, Lex, Epson, First Transpennine Express, Premier Foods, NUS and Hillary's.

Anyway....to the point. Code School is a program in it's first year to find the best young talent around. After various interviews I got selected with three other students to gain experience from the Code School, which ultimately helps our development as designers. Other various benefits come from Code School, such as individual mentors, studio experience, trips to design lectures. I am very privileged to be be part of this and very proud of myself for getting this far.

Visit their website to have a gander yourself: www.codecomputerlove.com

Cinema 4D

A personal project to learn the basics of Cinema 4D, an understanding of both 2D and 3D design would be benefitial to any designer in my opinion. Here I have started to design a dream house, one day if i'm rich it could actually come true. I will keep updating on this little project, but you can also see more at my website. www.golpys.co.uk

SpaRitual Newsletter

An A3 foldout newsletter was created for SpaRitual to promote the company and its product's. The template would be used for a bi-monthly newsletter.

SpaRitual brochure

Commisioned by SpaRitual to design a contemporary and professional brochure. Grid structure, type hierarchy, composition and layout were all significant factors. Spot UV elements were used on particular parts of the catalogue which add to the viewers experience.

Arcadia

A private event around christmas time 2007 promoted The Thrills and Burtons Menswear. Along with a few fellow students we were asked to produce a short video from the secret event at Ruby Lounge, Manchester.

My personal interpritation of the brief can be seen on my website. www.golpys.co.uk

A big day in the cup

Today we (Manchester United) play Arsenal in the fixed FA Cup 5th Round. This game is absoutely massive in it's own right, but after the happenings of last weekend, even more pressured is added on United.


50 years after the Busby Babes, it just so happened that the closest game to February 6th would be against Manchester City. The boys didn't turn up and it probably was the worst performance I have ever seen, and as I have been a season ticket holder at Old Trafford since I was 5, that is a big statement. I really don't understand how our players didn't get motivation from the Busby Babes. Not one of our players give 100% and it was disgraceful! The occasion was overwhelming and although I hate to say it....credit must be given to the City fans inside the stadium on that day as they reserved themselves from disrupting the emotional occasion.


So after last weekend's very negative performance, the boys have a chance to bounce back.....against Arsenal, which should automatically motivate our players. With Rooney and Evra back and with Arsenal's injury worries, a victory is on the cards.