It’s finally here, the end of my days at Cuckoo Design! It’s now well over a year since I started part time before joining full time for gap year at university. I’ve been happy to be able to work in such a versatile environment on many different aspects of the creative digital department. Ranging from hand crafted HTML & CSS, to Javascript, to front end web design, finally culminating in fully content managed website builds.
Work I’m most proud of has to be the advanced budget calculator for Police Mutual and the Diocese of Salford website build. The budget calculator’s responsive interface promotes what is now capable with modern web standards and Javascript frameworks such as JQuery, further blurring the line between desktop and web applications. The Diocese of Salford website build coupled with the iPhone app displays how web technologies are serving the modern face of traditional religious organisations which I was happy to be at the front of.
Overall the year has been one of growth and learning and I thank everyone in Cuckoo for the invaluable experience and wish the agency the best for the future.
Goodbye amends!
Today is the last working day at Cuckoo of our internet whizzkid Dom ‘Inatrix’ Briggs. And what better way to send him off then celebrating the man’s legacy in biscuit form!
So brew up, grab a biscuit and get dunking in honor of our very own Jerry Paxman.
To Dom!!!!!!
This website has to be one of the coolest things I’ve come across on the inter-t’web some at least a few days.
If you’ve ever been stuck inside a caravan with your family while it’s pouring down with rain outside, armed with only a pen, a piece of paper and a little bit of imagination – you’ll already be familiar with the concept…. You fold a piece of paper into 3 or 4 sections, you draw a section, fold it under, and then pass it on for someone else to continue.
Well, the game has now made it to the realm of the internet, where you can draw and then pass it on to anyone, anywhere. If they’ve got a computer with an internet connection, like.
http://www.drawandfoldover.com/
Draw and Fold, yeah?
I swear I just saw someone dressed up as John Lennon crossing it, and a guy in a big transit van (who must see fans and imitators all the time…) almost mowed him down!
http://www.abbeyroad.com/visit/
Through the magical-ness of Twitter, this collection of really clever, minimal logos has just been brought to my attention.
Each one left me thinking; ‘Oooh’, and ‘aahh, clever.’ – which surely must be the desired effect.
Check out the full list here, or view some examples below:
Example clever logo.
Example Clever Logo
Example Clever Logo
Check out the full list of clever minimal logo-ness here.
clever, creative, logos, minimal
I’m sure we’ve all been there… Searching for that illusive killer image that is going to set your design alight, and then suddenly you stumble upon a freaklishly weird image that stops your right in your tracks!
Well this site has just a small collection of those bizarre images that you can’t seem to fathom out why anyone would have any use for them whatsoever:
http://awkwardstockphotos.com/
the new office c(g)raze….?!
Over the last week or so, the Cuckoo studio has been delighting itself with “Nature Delivered”… that is, the seduction of a tasty Graze Box….
On receipt of a special promotional code, I went about choosing what healthy treats I might like to nibble on during my day, which is then delivered on whatever day I choose, to wherever I choose…Predictably, the intrigue of a funky little cardboard box arriving through the post and landing straight onto my desk proved all too enticing for my colleagues who went about their own Graze explorations….
The remains of today's boxed delights....
Not only is it quite a nice novelty daytime treat, but the company “look”, ethics and website are all pretty pleasing to the eye too.
Fancy a bit yourself?
Claim a free box by visiting Graze.com and typing in 7TZDP6Y in the promo code box. My gift to you! I know, I’m all heart……
dried fruit, food delivery, free food, graze.com, nuts, seeds
If like me, Facebook is all very passe and bores you to death, I have an astronomical solution that will keep your face in Space, quite literally….
Oh, I don’t mean Cyber space, I mean actual Space Space! ….as in stars and the Milky Way, Jupiter, Mars and the Moon and all that.
"Spaceman, I always wanted you go into Space, man...."
NASA is giving you a chance to be a “part of history” (and as far as I can see, it won’t cost you a penny or should I say cent….?!)
They are running a campaign were you can put a picture of yourself “on” one of their two remaining space shuttle missions and launch it into orbit.
To participate, all you have to do is visit the website Face in Space and follow the instructions….
And, if that’s not enough space excitement for you… just return to the site when it’s all over and done with, and everyone is back on solid Earth, and you can print yourself a “Flight Certificate” – a commemorative certificate signed by the Mission Commander him (or her..) self!
(….golly!)
Sign me up!
Facebook, mars, milky way, moon, nasa, space
If anyone has been watching the kickaball tournament that is taking over our screens this past week, but missed the England v USA game on Saturday, then here is the highlights. In lego….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXo2nm2ODF0&feature=youtu.be
Seems like the bull got the better of the man with the sword… oh dear!
OUCH
