Things are getting REALLY exciting at Stonewall+ on a number of different fronts. We’ve landed some GREAT new accounts and are doing work for some of the countries leading brands, including Virgin SA, General Motors (Chevrolet, Cadillac, Isuzu, Opel and Hummer), Investec, Pam Golding, Cadbury, Shoprite, Checkers and PriceWaterhouseCoopers to name but a few.
We aim to achieve a number of goals with our work:
- Produce work of international standard
- Create exceptional value for our clients
- Push the boundaries of the medium and experiment with new technologies
- Have fun doing it.
If you share these values, and you’re keen to join a dynamic, innovative company full of people you can learn from and produce some outstanding work, apply now! Here’s a short rundown of what we’re after:
- Interactive Motion Designer
Are you an After Effects and Flash junkie who gets off on visual effects and constantly downloads showreels? Do you have an eye for animation and see video as the future of the web? This job is for you. Get in touch! Send a link to your showreel / portfolio as well as your CV to designer[at]stonewall.co.za
- Actionscript Guru
You’re object-oriented by nature, and you communicate in classes and functions (). You’re not scared of conceptual thinking, and you know what Papervision 3D, Sharikura, and WiiFlash are. Don’t miss this opportunity. Send your CV and work samples to developer[at]stonewall.co.za
- HTML/CSS Programmer (Code Ninja!)
You’re presentation layer is separate from your content, and you validate when interrogated. What are you waiting for? CV and work samples to developer[at]stonewall.co.za
- Senior Interactive Designer
Photoshop is your playground and Flash is your friend. You so over the Web 2.0 look, and you eat complex design problems for breakfast. You make the most of every opportunity to create, and your portfolio speaks for itself. Come on - send it on to designer[at]stonewall.co.za
- Production Manager
You’re a compulsive list-writer and you’re a natural born leader. You understand the web inside and out, and you’re able to bring out the best in people. Send your CV to studioproduction[at]stonewall.co.za
Peaked your interest? Maybe, just maybe this is the opportunity you’ve been waiting for. Get in touch - what do you have to lose? Oh, and if you know of anyone who fits the above descriptions, we also offer a R5000 referral commission. Go on then!
Man, there is a serious overload of super-hot work being produced at the moment. There’s an abundance of inspiration out there for anyone involved in interactive design - so no more excuses for producing mediocre work!
Here’s just a handful of the amazing stuff I came across today:
Let It Bleed: http://www.letitbleedbook.com/
Absolutely first class example of what can be achieved within the boundaries of a mostly HTML-based site.
Epsonality: http://epsonality.com/
This site just blew me away. Big Spaceship and BSSP really created something incredible here. And this isn’t just a big budget splurge on Epson’s part - this is a truly engaging experience for the user. I’m sold.
Red Issue: http://www.red-issue.com/
Beautiful and engaging website that allows you to browse by using mouse gestures. Why didn’t I think of that?!
Hope you enjoy! Let me know what you think.
So here’s the new Wordpress Theme - based on the Starkers theme by Elliot Jay Stocks.The intention with this version was twofold:
- To create something REALLY simple and fast and remove all the fluff and design bull
- To adapt the interface to be more of a content aggregation tool - bringing in my Twitter and Delicious feeds.
It’s not meant to be a piece of groundbreaking design by any means - just something simple and functional. That said, it’s really quite difficult to force yourself not to add a shadow here and a swoosh over there. Intentional simplicity with a touch of class isn’t easy to achieve.
The TO DO list for the theme is still exceptionally long, but in the interest moving forward, here’s the 1.0 release that will be slowly upgraded over the next month or so. Let me know what you think!
There’s been a couple months of silence from my side - largely due to an INSANE workload. Over the last few weeks I’ve been working hard to try and bring back some balance in my life - part of which is having an hour a day to dedicate to this site and producing some cool content that others might be interested in.
Happy to report that things are back on track, and I’m working on a redesign - the aim being to work out a few usability issues and align the site’s look-and-feel with how I would like it to ideally function and serve / aggregate content from various sources. ETA - September 28th. Watch this space.
Andy Ellis and Piers Buckle, the award-winning editors of Men’s Health and Men’s Health Living magazines have joined to form an independent creative agency called TypeFace Media. Andy & Piers approached Stonewall with the brief to create a completely unconventional website reflective of their approach to business.
Working in close collaboration with them, our approach was to develop a Flash-based website that incorporates a Typeface character created from the typeface lettering, as well as a navigational mechanic designed to illustrate the fact that Typeface Media provides you with “any type of face you need”.
The finished product features wild, quirky animation and hilarious sound effects designed to entice the user to explore and discover some of the sites hidden gems. I like it. I like it a lot.
If there’s one media site that’s been in desperate need of a makeover for quite some time, it’s the BBC. It’s trademark old-school content grid with left column navigation can still be seen within lower levels of the site, but the main site has been completely overhauled in favor of total user customization, executed absolutely perfectly.
EVERYTHING on the home page can be customized. While this is nothing new, few have managed to get it right, and BBC manages to allow complete customization of color, layout and content without sacrificing aesthetics.
The BBC offers an incredible amount of content via their website - promoting this mass of content and providing a means of customization and predictable return experiences to the user poses a significant challenge. With the new interface and user-centric features, I think they’ve achieved something truly remarkable.
Be sure to check it out.