Monthly Archives: December 2007

How to set up a simple professional portfolio site/blog in about four hours

For her Christmas present this year my mum, Jan Lewandowski, asked me if I’d help her put together a site for her thriving consultancy business. She’s a “primary modern languages” consultant, which means she trains teachers around the UK how to teach children a modern language - French being her focus (it would be after [...]

By stef | Posted December 29, 2007 in Blog, upyerbrum | Comments (10)

Igloo Impossible

It’s that time of year again, and in time honoured fashion I’ve put together a little festive game for your mouse-clicking enjoyment.
It’s called Igloo: Impossible, which to the uninitiated could seem a little obtuse. It’s a reference to the original game it’s based on - Mansion: Impossible.
The idea? Buy and sell igloos in the arctic [...]

By stef | Posted December 21, 2007 in Games | Comments (0)

Birmingham Clone Town

Birmingham is a ‘clone town‘.
If you’ve walked around the city centre over recent years you’ll notice that the vast majority of buildings that you pass on the high street are chain stores, and truly independent stores are few and far between. They’re getting fewer by the day.
The result is a homogeneity of shopping [...]

By stef | Posted December 14, 2007 in Blog | Comments (5)

What is Birmingham’s Creative Direction?

Another in my series about Birmingham’s Big City Plan.

Photo by Pete Ashton
I’ve been working as a designer for a fair few years now and along the way I’ve learnt a few things about the things that make projects successful and, on the flipside, the things that can kill a perfectly good idea. You could break [...]

By stef | Posted December 4, 2007 in Big City Plan, Birmingham, upyerbrum | Comments (10)