portfolio

See some select pieces of work from my portfolio below, ranging from Web, Branding and Logo design, Print and Artwork/Illustration. More work can viewed here Olliekav Flickr portfolio. Contact me with any work enquiries if you like the work displayed.

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TouchLocal Beta

Given the task of coming up with a brand new way to use this site in the form of a beta. This is my original design comp (a lot of changes were made on the live version). I built the front end, integrating XHTML/CSS, JQuery, flex and rails. TouchLocal Beta

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GiveMeaStudent.com

This site, which was just recently completed, provides students the opportunity to sign up for work placements and for companies to post student positions. I designed and built the front end into a Smarty template engine. GiveMeaStudent.com

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theBoxCat

This is a joint project between myself and Kathryn Neville and being developed by Elliot Draper that will launch in December barring no holdups. A really exciting project that I cannot wait to see the light of day.

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lifeofthepotato.com

This is a personal project to produce a range of vinyl toys based around 'the life of the potato'. My friends have been calling me 'potato' for most of my life. Hopefully going into production late 2008. VIEW SITE

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TouchLocal

I'm currently working at TouchLocal as their senior designer. We have recently re-built the entire site using Ruby on Rails. I am responsible for all the design and front-end coding (with valid XHTML/CSS/JS) as well as off-line design. VIEW SITE

Logo

XY newz logo Design

This is the logo for the XYnewz website. I really wanted to explore the relationship between X, Y and Z. After many sketches and various illustrator versions, I found a version that seemed to embody the concept of XYnewz. VIEW MORE PRINT WORK

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XYnewz Site Design

Currently in progress! I am the lead designer on this project, responsible for design, UI, branding and front-end build. This project will be going live later this year.

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DreamCatcher

Branding work for a new website I am currently planning and designing. This project will also go live later this year.

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Fashionable Smile

This client was looking to update a site that had been designed a few years ago, but was starting to show its age. She wanted to keep the original colour scheme while modernizing and freshening her message with the new design. VIEW SITE

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Mondus

Mondus was looking to update their site, and change from table-based layout to valid XHTML and CSS. After 9 iterations, this version was my best redesign. They kept their existing design, but had me re-build the site in valid XHTML and CSS. VIEW SITE

Logo

Three Sided Dice

This logo design was created for an up-and-coming event and artist management company. The initial brief was very open but specified that the identity should reflect a passion for creativity and a dedication to the ‘sensible stuff’. VIEW MORE PRINT WORK

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Gemma Collingwood

This was a website for a talented make-up artist. The focus had to be on her style and include a lot of photography of models and people she has styled, as well as a contact form and good SEO. VIEW SITE

Print

Repercussion

As lead designer and a DJ for this events management project, I looked after all aspects of design from branding, flyers, posters, tickets and DJ passes, to all event decor. More samples of this project can be found in the portfolio section. REPERCUSSION WORK

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StopLookListen

This is a new project for a upcoming night in Mile-End. I designed the brand’s image as well as all ongoing design for the night, from flyers and posters to in-house graphics. VIEW MORE PRINT WORK

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Unorthodox

This design and branding piece is for a club night in Old Street. This project never got off the ground but the design was highly regarded. VIEW MORE PRINT WORK

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Rotation

As lead designer and a DJ for this club night, I looked after all aspects of design, from branding, flyers, posters, tickets and DJ passes to all event interior design and decor. More samples of this project in the portfolio section. ROTATION WORK

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Lubakostenko.com

The design was done by my design manager, and I looked after all the backend coding, building it in PHP with MySQL and valid XHTML + CSS. There was definitely a learning curve for me in terms of development. VIEW SITE

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My Old Sites

Here are two links to my previous sites, showing my development in the past year. VIEW SITE : VIEW SITE
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  • Random toy sketches
  • Random toy sketches
  • Logo sketching
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  • Logo sketching
  • Graf sketching
  • Sketch for vinyl toy
  • Font collection