CSS Competition at Ozzu.com

One of the latest competitions at Ozzu is to design a CSS template for their phpBB powered forum site. The trick is to design a template purely from CSS without modifying the markup. It has been ages since the last time I did any CSS coding. Luckily, current Ozzu markups have plenty of divisions to be used for design purposes. Anyway, you can check out my entry for this competition.

I used deep dark ground colors combination to fit the medieval theme and a hint of dragon images embedded in the background throughout the layout. I might alter this template to fit for latest phpBB3 and release this template for free download if I lost in the competition.

Winning is to the main objective here, but what was learn throughout the process that counts. I have encountered two cross-browser bugs for Internet Explorer 6 and below which are known as Peek-a-Boo bug and IE Doubled Float-Margin Bug and manage to fix them using !important hack to selectively target IE6 and below and applying hasLayout fix.

I also realized that I also frequently fall into the trap of divitis and classitis. I used too many unnecessary divisions and classes in my markup codes which result to bloated and complicated codes. This can easily be fixed using the true power of background images in CSS for block property to achieve the same effects with less chunks of code.

Leighlinbridge CC Logo Design Project

It has been quite a while since my last logo design project. So here you go, one of my latest logo design for a non-profit community center located in Leighlinbridge in county Carlow, Ireland.

The logo design project integrate one of the most popular tourist attraction in Leighlinbridge village which is one of the oldest functioning bridges in Europe and an old Black Castle ruins located next to the river Barrow. This design is a unique representation of the town to resonate the pride of the community center as part of the Leighlinbridge village.

Another Client Website Launched

Brief: Quality Finish is a fresh, dynamic and innovative Patisserie company run by a team of young professionals and specializes in French pastry. Due to the changes in the ownership structure of the company, the owner need to redevelop the site to give the company, a fresh, sleek and crisp identity.

Solutions: We have re-structured the website and totally revamped the website layout. We have included their main product images on glider style gallery on a clear white background layout to emphasized the clean and crisp identity of the company. We also have re-design the printed menu layout in PDF formats. Click here to check out their website.

Darul Firdaus Foundation Branding

Brief: Darul Firdaus Foundation is a non-profit organisation which was built on the foundation to promote traditional Islamic education for people who live in Ireland.

Solution: The result is to signify the islamic nature of Darul Firdaus Foundation by incorporating the generic dome design of a mosque with the combination of young and fresh colors in their logo design and website.

Latest Branding Work - AMR Scientific

Here is one of my latest work for AMR Scientific PLC, a UK based company which provide medical equipment related services and medical products. This project main objective is to explore and establish the company branding through logo development, stationary design and web development.