Harry Nesbitt - Illustration and Design » Web Design

Bluecoat Display Centre

Harry Nesbitt — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 22:35:24 +0000

I’m particularly proud of this latest project – again, working alongside Nonconform we have just launched a brand new website for the Bluecoat Display Centre in Liverpool, a fantastic little art gallery and shop based in the centre of town and run by some very lovely people! Along with the the usual development work I had much more creative input regarding the design and layout of the site – I’m very pleased with how it all turned out! Thanks to everyone at Nonconform and the Display Centre for being so great to work with!

National Wildflower Centre

Harry Nesbitt — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:46:01 +0000

Over the last few months I’ve been having a really great time working alongside local design studio Nonconform on some really exciting web projects! We’ve recently launched a new site for the National Wildflower Centre – a conservation reserve located in Court Hey Park, Liverpool.

We also worked together on a new website for Digital Outreach, a scheme that delivers information campaigns to marginalised or potentially vulnerable people across the UK:

Add some chillisauce

Harry Nesbitt — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 10:00:59 +0000

Chillisauce are an events management team based in london, who have a relaxed, quirky attitude towards their work. They asked me to redesign their addchillisauce website based around a series of bold and playful illustrations to reflect the ethos of the business. I had a great time working on both the illustrations and the design elements of the project simultaneously – I really felt like I learnt a lot about how both processes can influence each other in pretty surprising ways!

My starting point was an existing logo, which used a solid blocky typeface and a bright red/orange colour scheme. This had a big influence on the final style of the illustrations, which I hope will sit along side the logo as a natural extension of the brand.

For the website, I aimed for something a little more subtle – trying to avoid anything too boxy or cramped and using a light grey/red colour scheme. It was also a great opportunity to expand both my knowledge of jQuery (javascript library) and using WordPress as a fully fledged management system as opposed to just a blogging platform! Here are a few screenshots -

I also put together some business cards using the same illustration/design scheme -

Riot Magazine

Harry Nesbitt — Mon, 17 May 2010 23:05:34 +0000

Phew! It’s been a long time in development, but I’m pleased to finally tell you all about my latest project: working on the design and development for Riot Magazine, a new online publication catering towards the alternative indie/rock music scene (as well as interesting features and news from across the web).

I had a huge amount of fun experimenting with a crisp and subtle interface that would allow the content to expand and speak for itself. This was also a great opportunity to learn more about using WordPress as a fully fledged publishing platform – it really is a versatile system with a lot of great features!

Here are some screen shots, or alternatively head over to www.riotmagazine.co.uk!

vis/res

Harry Nesbitt — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:11:35 +0000

vis/res (visual resonance) is the name of a new up-and-coming zine which aims to showcase emerging talent in graphic design and illustration. I had the pleasure of coding a small introductory web page, which can be found here – so stay tuned for updates as well as new blog which will run in parallel to the publication.

I was asked to submit an illustration as a contribution for the first issue. So, I put on my thinking hat, and came up the following piece entitled ‘fools rush in’ -