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smartasacalculator
A man of a thousand names and a designer like no other: a contradictory advice giving, rum drinking fella who sits next to me and laughs at my accent. But I'll be damned if I'm ever going to doubt him.
“James R Penfold - Designer & #jetsetter based in Manchester, England who knows the the truth about web design... Nobody really cares about you or your site (but don't take it personally).
It's bad design, not good design, that makes an impression so James strives not to get his designs noticed. Everything from unique, clean, usable solutions for the web to monolithic furniture design it all just looks like it was meant to be that way.
That's enough of talking about myself in the third person, to sum it all up I'm gonna steal someone else's words because they probably said it better than I ever could 'Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.' - Albert Einstein”
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Jeffrey Bowman / StudioBowlegs
A friend of mine who's a) website I've built, b) goes drinking when I'm in Huddersfield and c) plays far too much MW2!
“Jeffrey Bowman (MrBowlegs) works out of his studio based in Huddersfield, England, producing work in the field of Graphic Design and Illustration for magazines, skateboards, t-shirts, editorial, exhibitions, music and motion. Established in 2006 Bowman has gone on to produce work for clients such as Converse, Element Skateboards, Nylon and The BBC. Crucial to the development of his practice Bowman has continually developed self initiated works, producing zines, the most recent being Doodling for Doodling Sake, as well as exhibitions and his most successful project to date The Wizard's Hat.
In 2008 he picked up Element Skateboards 'Audio Visual Award' for 'Graphic Artist of 2008' and in early 2009 was highlighted by Adobe Industry's as a 'rising star of '09' – 'Bowman is typical of today's young designers - energetic, hugely talented and perhaps more importantly, extremely versatile' – Adobe. Bowman's work has been exhibited across the UK and featured in numerous books and magazines worldwide.”
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Gary Stevenson Photography
A fellow photographer, but much better than me!
“Gary J Stevenson is a photographer based near Holmfirth, England. Mainly photographing the Holmfirth and Huddersfield area, Gary has fast become a recognised photographer at home and overseas having taken up photography in 2008. Photo credits include “Home Planet” by John and Mary Gribbin, Flickr China Snow and Ice Photo of the year, Together Magazine published by Kirklees Council and Paul the Weatherman! Gary has also taken on the roll of photographer for several events including the Imbolc festival heald in Marsden, corporate golf days and has assisted as a wedding photographer. Recently Gary has also had success as a portrait photographer.”
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Lyrically Noted
A brilliant idea from a mate of mine. As someone who loves music it's great to get lyrically noted updates from twitter with some stimulating lyrics. Not to mention a very pretty website!
“Lyrically Noted is the place to note down inspirational lyrics that we all come across in our favourite songs by our favourite artists.”
Ryan Michael / iheartspaceships
An ally in the world of website building; with a humour so dry, some have (correctly) attributed his wit to the cause of global warming. Follow him on Twitter for your daily update on all things hip. Hipster Kitty would not doubt his credibility!
“Ryan Michael has been a Flash Developer with Leeds based agency twentysix Leeds since his days as a lowely student at Huddersfield University, creating solutions for clients such as Lacoste, BOSS, Wella and Pringles - picking up his first FWA award on Christmas Day 2009.
In preparation for the days Flash is dead and buried he has been busy developing his other skills under the name 'iheartspaceships', a place to work on experimental ideas away from the 9 to 5. He hopes that it will make him very rich before everyone realises the Internet is just one big fad.”
Gareth Hoyle | Manual Link Building
An SEO specialist I met at SEO_MCR in December '09 and the most excited person you will ever meet!
“Gareth Hoyle heads a small but effective team of SEO’s, web designers and SEO link builders based in Altrincham, near Manchester.
Supplying SEO Link Building and consultancy to many of the large SEO and digital design and brand agencies in Manchester and London as well as helping small businesses in the Manchester and Cheshire area to achieve their goals through cost effective Internet Marketing.
Classing themselves as a search agency that offers web design, the team at Gareth Hoyle can assist with all elements of digital design and marketing. Running 2 separate websites – SEO Manchester and SEO Link Building, Gareth Hoyle offers the full service for all your company/agencies SEO requirements.”
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