OctoberOct 31 Saturday 09
10 years designing websites
On October 30th, 1999 I was a 17-year-old high-school student with a passion for internet, graphics and design. On that day I published my very first website.
It was a personal website, it was called Jek Web Site, Jek being my nickname, and was hosted on a incredibly …
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SeptemberSep 21 Monday 09
Pretty Permalinks on IIS
Today I needed to optimise a WordPress-driven website for SEO reasons. First thing to do was to enable pretty permalinks, but the website was hosted on a Windows server using IIS 6.0. The best I could obtain out-of-the-box is a permalink structure like this one:
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SeptemberSep 14 Monday 09
Pestaola.gr 2009
Like in 2008, Pestaola.gr hired us to refresh its online presence. This year, we were tasked to redesign both Pestaola’s logo and blog theme, all with a strong Web 2.0 taste.
For the logo, we opted for a cleaner, stronger look, without the gloss and aqua effects of …
Pestaola.gr 2009
Like in 2008, Pestaola.gr hired us to refresh its online presence. This year, we were tasked to redesign both Pestaola’s logo and blog theme, all with a strong Web 2.0 taste.
For the logo, we opted for a cleaner, stronger look, without the gloss and aqua effects of …
SeptemberSep 1 Monday 09
Tool., Inc.
Tool., Inc. is a US-based products design and development company, featuring names like Adidas, Reebok, Burton, Staples and APC in its clients list.
Based on their direction, we helped them design and develop their new website and blog, using WordPress. The design is …
Tool., Inc.
Tool., Inc. is a US-based products design and development company, featuring names like Adidas, Reebok, Burton, Staples and APC in its clients list.
Based on their direction, we helped them design and develop their new website and blog, using WordPress. The design is …
AugustAug 29 Monday 09
Scheduled holidays – 26.09.2009 – 04.10.2009
We will be taking a break from Sat., September 26th, 2009 until Sun., October 4th, 2009.
Our studio will be closed during these dates and we will be back to work on Mon., October 5th, 2009.
For last-minute updates and fresh news, you should follow us on Twitter.
Scheduled holidays – 26.09.2009 – 04.10.2009
We will be taking a break from Sat., September 26th, 2009 until Sun., October 4th, 2009.
Our studio will be closed during these dates and we will be back to work on Mon., October 5th, 2009.
For last-minute updates and fresh news, you should follow us on Twitter.
AugustAug 21 Monday 09
Wind Wheel Wallpaper for iPhone
Here are a couple of iPhone versions of the Wind Wheel wallpaper I released 2 weeks ago.
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AugustAug 11 Monday 09
Wind Wheel Wallpaper
In a recent short travel to Tuscany, I took a photo of a spinning coloured wind wheel (shot at slow shutter speed to emphasize motion), which looks great as a desktop wallpaper. I’m sharing it here for you to download.
It comes in the following sizes: 1280×1024, …
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AugustAug 6 Monday 09
The Design Process Behind DesignSVN
DesignSVN is an application meant to help designers keep track of their work and of their design process. As we at GNV&Partners have been doing most of the design work behind DesignSVN, we have decided to share the process behind it. By the way, this also contains …
The Design Process Behind DesignSVN
DesignSVN is an application meant to help designers keep track of their work and of their design process. As we at GNV&Partners have been doing most of the design work behind DesignSVN, we have decided to share the process behind it. By the way, this also contains …
JulyJul 5 Monday 09
Free PSD template for logo design
Even if it’s not our primary business, in the last six months my studio was tasked to design a bunch of logos for companies, start-ups and web apps. During this period of time we’ve been putting together a simple sketchboard template to display concepts and show …
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MayMay 31 Monday 09
A simple RSS Reader with PHP
In the last couple of days, I had the need of creating a simple RSS widget for a project, aggregating several RSS feeds from different sources. As this might be a pretty common request and you might need this in your projects, I’m sharing my script below.
The whole …
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Other Works April-May 2009
Project: logo design for newly founded web development company RedArea.
Client: RedArea, S. Benedetto del Tronto (AP), Italy
Date: April-May 2009
Project: design tweaks and updates for Siloos.
Client: Siloos, Chioggia (VE), Italy
Date: April 2009
Other Works April-May 2009
Project: logo design for newly founded web development company RedArea.
Client: RedArea, S. Benedetto del Tronto (AP), Italy
Date: April-May 2009
Project: design tweaks and updates for Siloos.
Client: Siloos, Chioggia (VE), Italy
Date: April 2009
AprilApr 25 Monday 09
Davistudio
Davistudio is a small fine porcelain and pottery studio in Ney York, based on eco-friendy, sustainable principles, run by Mary Anne Davis.
Mary Anne used to have a static website to promote her work and a couple of Blogger powered blogs.
She wanted to switch to …
Davistudio
Davistudio is a small fine porcelain and pottery studio in Ney York, based on eco-friendy, sustainable principles, run by Mary Anne Davis.
Mary Anne used to have a static website to promote her work and a couple of Blogger powered blogs.
She wanted to switch to …
Other Works December 2008-April 2009
Project: wedding site design and Xhtml/Css development for Liz Gannes, writer at Gigaom.com.
Client: Liz Gannes, San Francisco, USA
Date: April 2009
Project: design and development of WordPress-based website for The PR Team.
Client: The PR Team, Athens, Greece
Date: …
Other Works December 2008-April 2009
Project: wedding site design and Xhtml/Css development for Liz Gannes, writer at Gigaom.com.
Client: Liz Gannes, San Francisco, USA
Date: April 2009
Project: design and development of WordPress-based website for The PR Team.
Client: The PR Team, Athens, Greece
Date: …