Basecamp is a men's conference run by Katoomba Christian Conventions each year. In 2015 they upped the ante - including a Sydney-based one-day event and coming up with a great brand for the theme. They wanted a website that hit the benchmark set by high profile conferences elsewhere in the world - but also keep things [...]
Connect 15 Conference
Connect is the annual conference held by Christian Media Australia - a gathering of Christians involved in the media & broadcast industries. We had the pleasure of working on the branding for the 2015 event - including working on all the print collateral, website, venue graphics and more. The theme for the conference was Daring [...]
Campaign Monitor Guides
I recently had the great pleasure of working with the team at Campaign Monitor to launch a new WordPress powered minisite. It was a great project to work on - and an interesting use of WordPress - so I thought I would share a little more about it. Campaign Monitor are a local Sydney company [...]
5 Years: Looking Back
Jordesign has actually been in existence for almost 11 years - but it is only since 2009 that it was something full time (rather than on the side). I was blessed to land a part time contract with Youthworks when we moved back from Christchurch - which gave me the baseline to decide I could go fulltime freelance. It's been an interesting 5 years - with plenty of lowlights as well as highlights. But I thought I would share some of the good stuff!
5 years: Looking Forward
The start of 2014 has feeling like I am sitting on the verge of exciting new things. It is interesting to see how the path of the past 5 years for Jordesign has landed me where I am - preparing me for what is coming next. So what's happening?
Recapping Hackagong 2013
Hackagong 2013 was held last weekend - and once again I was privileged to be involved. I teamed up once again with Rhys Powell (a super slick young web/iOS dev) and we managed to pump out a really polished final product by the end of the weekend. We created Whispr: a web app that allows private disposable chat without accounts, and without the need for a native app.
Australia’s Best Church Websites
While the websites of churches in Australia has been a little bit behind the trend (particularly compared to US churches) there are a few particularly great examples I thought it was worth pointing out.
A Third Path
There's a great article over at GOOD talking about a 'Third Path' for school leavers, apart from school or university/college. I've been having similar thoughts recently - albeit along a slightly different track. Around Australia (and presumably the world) Universities, TAFEs and Colleges are pumping out design graduates. As a general rule, these graduates seem [...]
Hackagong 2012
Over the weekend just past Hackagong was held at Wollongong University. Over 30 hours, close to 90 people, in 27 teams competed to see what they could create. It was a great mix of designers, entrepreneurs and coders, all in one space. I had the pleasure of working with a great young developer creating a [...]
This is My Wollongong
I realised last night how long it has been since I went for a wander with my camera - so I decided to rectify the situation. 18 months into living in Wollongong, and I've now got a selection of favourite places to wander and hang out - so I thought I would share some of [...]