I originally built the ‘Fruit Ninja’ website for Halfbrick back in June, and after I finished my degree they then approached me to build their own company website, as you can imagine the prospect of taking on this job was very exciting. Halfbrick themselves have just hit on a run of success with the two top selling iPhone applications, ‘Fruit Ninja’, and the recently released ‘Monster Dash’, so to be associated with this great company even more was an opportunity I couldn’t wait to be involved with.

Halfbrick Website

This website was on a similar in scale to my own, with the blog aspect of the build ‘WordPress’ based. The initial design of the new website took on a few different forms before finally finding it’s feet on the right road to the completed look you see today. Under the hood of the website there is a bit of JQuery going on to control lightboxes, and sliding elements, but these were never intended to be in your face, but more refined and fitting with the overall design.

The launch of the website was set for August 31st, just as Halfbrick set off for the video game show ‘PAX’. For 5 days before the launch there was a special ‘Coming Soon‘ page in place of their old website that might well make return appearances in different forms if any site maintenance or upgrades are required.

Halfbrick Website - Coming Soon

The website launched all on time, has now been out in the wild for a week and so far well received. The project itself was a really enjoyable and satisfying build, and hopefully they’ll be many more to come with future Halfbrick iPhone application websites.

Check out and the site and be sure to also check out their latest games in the app store.

Rob.

The website is to promote their current iPhone game application ‘Fruit Ninja’ which is taking the App Store by storm all around the world.

Fruit Ninja

I had been playing the application, and decided to approach ‘Halfbrick’ to see if they were willing for me to take on the job of designing their ‘Fruit Ninja’ website. This all linked in with my final BA Hons Degree module really well, and I felt it would be a great opportunity for me to carry out some work across the world away from my usual local jobs.

Throughout the the project I communicated with their Marketing Manager, Phil Larsen, who gave me the go ahead for the project and constant feedback and direction over the duration of the build. The web design itself went through a couple of variations before reaching the final look you see today. The design was to be high impact, that would instantly deliver the message of what the application was all about. The game has a real sense of style and fun so this really gave me a great platform to work with. Be sure to check out the completed website at www.fruitninja.com and let me know what you think.

I would like to thank all at ‘Halfbrick’ for giving me the opportunity for taking on this design job, and hopefully this will lead to a future working relationship with the company. The application has now sold over million copies worldwide, and is well worth the low price, so be sure to give it a go if you’re an iPhone owner.

Fruit Ninja IPhone Application – App Store Link

Rob

September of 2008 was the beginning of this adventure, a class of students, some young, and some older, started on a HND ‘Multimedia Design’ course to learn and continually improve their knowledge and skill set in the world of art, design, animation, and more. At the end of each year we took part in an art, design and fashion event displaying our best work for people in the industry and the local public community to view. It has always rounded off the year in great style, and this, our final show, is also our most important. As after this very month it will be time for us to venture out into the big world and take what we have learn’t to hopefully become successful within our chosen areas of expertise.

To tie in with the show I have produced the advertising leaflets and posters, and a fellow student, Steve Lee has produced a website to support the event and showcase some of the student’s work that are exhibiting at the show. So be sure to give the link a visit to check out some of my classmates.

Degree Show 2010 Leaflet - Front

Degree Show 2010 Leaflet - Back

At the moment we are in the process of preparing for the event, clearing out large rooms completely, before rebuilding and creating our own show display spaces to present our work within. This week so far has involved a lot of manual labour (something not good for keyboard and mouse happy hands), but it will all be worth it, and I will do an update post early next month with photos of the event.

If you are in the Kent area, be sure to come along the week beginning 21st June, as the show is open to the general public for 5 days, and will be well worth a visit. I hope to see you there.

Rob

Now this is quite a varied selection, no one style, some I really enjoy due to their concept, some are visually stunning, some have great GUIs, and some are just plain original.

I hope you enjoy viewing these sites, and that they give you as much inspiration as they have me.

Tapbots

MetaLab

FRESH01

Alexandru Cohaniuc

Future of Web Design

Sketchen

1MD

The Beatles - Rock Band

Ora-ito

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Rob

I’m Rob, the creator of this website, and the producer of the work that you see around here. I’m currently a student at Ashford School of Art and Design in Kent, England, and I am undertaking a BA (Hons) degree in ‘Visual Design and Communication’. I have just over a month left before I’m let loose into the free world to hopefully continue on in a Design related path throughout my future career.

Self confessed Computer and Video Game, Movie going, Apple Obsessed, Design Geek.

That statement pretty much sums me up, I’ve grown up with computers, from my first ‘Dragon 32′ system, through to the latest generation of consoles, and since I’ve been grabbed by my design addiction I’ve also moved away from the PC to my new home of the mac!! My life is kept in sync with MobileMe, and my iPhone might as well be my pacemaker as I’m not sure I’d see a day through without it.

If you’ve had a look around you’ve probably noticed I like to dabble in a few different areas, from design, to web, and even in the field of animation. I also have a keen interest in photography, but that has taken a bit of a back seat over the last two and a half years. I do find if something does grab my attention then I will invest the time and try and do the best I can within that area, and a bit of variety is always good.

Anyways, enough about me, what is this blog going to be all about?

Well, I will be using this place to mainly document about projects I’m undertaking, including a current university module relating to ‘Future Web Technologies’, but they’ll also be a fair few odd mad ramblings around here, about anything that interests me really, from the most recent gadget I’ve bought to my latest fav movie.

The actual next time you’ll hear from me is when I post ‘My Top 10 Most Inspirational Websites’, yeah I know these kind of lists are everywhere, but these are personal to me, and they are sites that have really gotten me interested in the web design world over the last year and a bit.

I hope you all stick around, and enjoy the launch party. Feel free to comment and I’ll be back soon.

Rob