New magneticNorth web site
Great to see magneticNorth’s new website live. Brendan gave me a sneak peek of it yesterday and I love it. The navigation is very playful and intuitive. …
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Tonematrix
Inspired by the Tenori-On, Andre Michelle put together Tonematrix. Each square creates a wave force that spreads across the grid (I don’t think that …
Flash on the Beach 2009
I am thrilled to have been asked to present again at Flash on The Beach again this year. The info about my talk isn’t up yet (and fortunately that highly …
Jonathan Harris at Flash on the Beach 08
Jonathan Harris’s talk at Flash on the Beach caused quite a stir this year. Originally titled The Art of Surveillance and Self-Exposure, he altered the …
Last one in the water buys the drinks
Nothing like a bit of animated GIFola. I’ll be at Flash on the Beach this week if anyone fancies catching up to say Hi. I’ll be writing a round-up …
Flash On the Beach 2008
Flash on the Beach 2008 is coming soon: September 28th - October 1st in Brighton. I’m not speaking this year, but plan to be there to write about it for …
Director 11 Released - R.I.P. Director
ed. Director 11 was released a couple of months ago apparently, though I hadn’t seen the press release. If this was a new version of Flash, the web would …
3M Interface - Reverse Multitouch
My brother, Matt, just e-mailed a link to this interface on the 3M website. Given the multitouch hype at the moment, it’s quite a clever little riff on …
Website Navigation Via Camera Tracking
The website of Publicis & Hal Riney uses camera-tracking in Flash for the navigation - the first website to use it as far as I know. Although described by a …
IKEA Complete Bedroom
I seem to be having a bit of an IKEA theme going on at the moment. Following on from the Dream Kitchen site there’s a nice new piece called The Complete …
Benettonplay's Video Grid
Proving that the oldies are indeed the goldies, the Fabrica have re-made their video grid idea in Flash for your online interactive enjoyment. Amazing how …
Fireside chat with Brendan Dawes
I promised to put online the chat I had with magneticNorth’s Creative Director, Brendan Dawes, from when we were at Flash On the Beach 07. I’ve been …
Flash On the Beach Coda
I just returned from a fantastic time speaking at Flash on the Beach ‘07. I’ve been to quite a few conferences over the years and this was by far …
IKEA Dream Kitchen
The multi-camera technique that freezes a moment in time, but allows you to pan around in space (popularised as bullet time in The Matrix, but it has quite a …
Polar Clock
Clocks and calendars seem to permanently popular as interaction/Flash design subjects. John Maeda arguably started the trend, then Yugo did a few. This one from …
10 Years of Flash
Is it ten years already? I really am getting old. I remember the days when Flash was a really awkward little ‘Director pretender’ animation package …
Google Flight Sim
Okay, so once again I’m so far behind the curve on this one I’ve wrapped around and am in front again (I reckon). Mark Caswell-Daniels’ …
Fin Design Website (2004)
Creative/Interactive Director and Producer for HTML and Flash website for Sydney post-production company, Fin Design. Created in collaboration with Gestalt …
zspace Website (2002)
Flash website and content management system for Sydney-based visual effects company zspace (N.B. the current site is a new version). Created in collaboration …
Dreamlight Imaging Website (2002 - 2003)
Flash website and back-end content administration tool for Sydney digital-to-film recording company, Dreamlight Imaging. The brief was to create a site that had …