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May 2008 – Rachael Smith Photography

I designed and built this website for my partner Rachael. The minimal design makes way for the photographs to take centre stage. Also, its dynamic PHP and Flash construction enables super-simple updates and modifications to the sections and content.
Rachael Smith Photography »

March - April 2007 – Work in progress

Since February I have been working on a couple of Flash projects. One is for a mobile phone manufacturer, writing Flash-Lite software for their new range. The other project involved building a dynamic navigational component for a large charity's website. At present neither of these two projects has been released to the public so I cannot divulge any further information at present.

February 2008 – Fabulous Magazine / NOTW

Working at Glue, I designed and produced this rich media advertising for News Group Newspapers, to support the launch of a new women's supplement in News Of The World. See the ad »

January 2008 – New URL

Happy new year! Please note that the URL of this site is now http://design.aderowbotham.com. This is to bring together my photography and design websites under one domain. Please update your bookmarks. Thanks.

December 2007 – Blum

Another print ad for Blum. This was primarily photography, image manipulation and retouching work. The ad appeared in a number of kitchens trade magazines. See the ad »

November 2007 – RAC MPU

A quick and simple piece of low bandwidth Flash design and animation for digital agency Soup.   See the ad »

October 2007 – Shelter ads

Working at Lean Mean Fighting Machine, I created these rich media ads for a Shelter awareness campaign. My involvement was Flash design, animation and Actionscript.
See the ads (off - site link) »

September 2007 – COI Smokefree

Working at Lean Mean Fighting Machine, I designed and produced these rich media ads for the COI Smokefree campaign.
See the ads »

August / September 2007 – Blum

In connection with my photography work, I've been doing some print design for German kitchen storage designers Blum. There is some ongoing work being done to produce a brochure for them, though in addition I have created two adverts which have circulated in a number of relevant magazines. See the ads »

September 2007 – RAF - CISS OPS

I worked with Lean Mean Fighting Machine on this recruitment campaign for the RAF. They're recruiting for Communication and Information Systems Specialists, and the microsite invites the user to request reconnaissance material from a Micro UAV. I took care of UI graphics and intro animation which formed part of the main application written in ActionScript 3.0. Visit the website »

August 2007 – Vodafone Mobile Working

I worked with Dare to produce this interactive campaign piece on Vodafone's website. The user is invited to choose from a number of luddite bosses, and 'update' them. I designed and built the Flash animation and application, the centrepiece of which is the 3D carousel of transparent 'boss' videos, created in ActionScript 2.0.
Visit the website »

August 2007 – Holiday Inn

Working at Proximity London, I designed and produced these ads, as part of an integrated tactical campaign.
See the ads »

June 2007 – Vodafone Mobile Internet Demo

I think practically everyone at Dare had some involvement with Vodafone's The Internet is now mobile campaign. This demo forms part of the destination site, and highlights some of the websites and services that one can access through mobile Internet services from Vodafone. Read more »

March 2007 – Sony Pitch

Dare pitched to become Sony's UK digital agency. We were given two briefs, one based on their sat-nav device and one on Sony Bravia. I played a central role in the creative team on the Bravia brief, for which we created a hypothetical website demo. The pitch was successful. See what I did on Bravia »

February 2007 – Vodafone Formula 1 advertising

Rich media advertising to promote the launch of the Vodafone Mercedes Maclaren team. My role involved design, photography, animation and directing a video shoot as well as the final Flash work.
See the work »

September 2006 – AA Regional Search Application

This website widget provides an intuitive front end for choosing a region in the UK or Ireland to search for events, attractions or places to stay. I handled Flash build and ActionScripting, working the the AA's in-house team to ensure solid integration with the rest of the site.Try it out »

September 2006 – Sony Ericsson advertising

Flash design: rich media advertising for Sony Ericsson's Walkman Phones range. Read more »

August 2006 – Flashteroids 1.5 update

If you look back to my old site you'll see that I proudly released Flashteroids in 2002. It had a patch of popularity then lay mostly dormant for a few years. I recently gave it a bit of a polish and added a number of new levels. The new version is also freely available to embed in any webpage, blog or MySpace page.
Have a go at Flashteroids.com »

July 2006 – Dareschool

Dareschool.com was created by Dare to attract graduates to come and join its educational programme, which is similar to an internship. The 2006 site featured an innovative live web video linkup to Marjorie...
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July 2006 – Barclays, Buying Abroad

This site for people buying a home in Europe recently went live. I did the initial designs to which the finished item is pretty faithful. Read more »

June 2006 – Commercial Photo Shoot

Studio photo shoot with three models, for integrated Vodafone campaign.
See some samples »

May 2006 – Sony Ericsson M800 / P990 website

Mobile working campaign site for Vodafone. Choose a desk then crush it! I took care of Flash design and programming on this site by Dare.
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May 2006 – Vodafone ‘Destroy Your Desk’

Mobile working campaign site for Vodafone. Choose a desk then crush it! I took care of Flash design and programming on this site by Dare.
See the work »

April 2006 – BBC Local TV advertising

I took care of design, photography, animation and Flash programming on this rich media ad campaign for the BBC's new local news service.
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April 2006 – Vodafone adverts

Nice and simple: design and produce a couple of ads in a couple of formats. These form part of Vodafone’s Stop The Clock campaign.
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April 2006 – Ade Rowbotham Photography

My new photoblog. Featuring the best of my images from the last year and new photos daily.
Look at some pictures »

April 2006 – Flashteroids v1.5+ demo release

Playable demo of the forthcoming new version of my 2002 game Flashteroids. More levels to come in the next few days.
Try out the demo »

January 2006 – The Order of The Serpentine (teaser)

Spoof cult’s teaser animation and website, for the launch of Unilever product Axe (Lynx) Snake Peel in the US.

December 2005 – Vodafone Pitch

I was a key member in Dare’s small creative team on this pitch. We won the three-way contest to become Vodafone’s single digital agency. We are now central to their new online-lead core strategy.

December 2005 – Wanadoo Boxing Day Campaign

I lead the concepting process on these ads, as well as creating the animation. They were designed as part of an integrated campaign along with TV adverts by M&C Saatchi running from December 26th.
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November 2005 – Wanadoo Broadband ads

Flash creative to promote awareness of Wanadoo’s 8 Meg broadband offer for Dare. I worked on this from concepts through to production. This interactive ad allows the user to control the speed by altering the slope angle by dragging with the mouse. See the work »

October 2005 – Barclays Advertising

I was one of two designers working on these rich media ads for Barclays’ brand relaunch. They're chiefly designed as prmoninent page takeovers for MSN, Lycos, Yahoo and AOL. I worked on all three routes though my main involvement was creating the Mindreader ad. This was runner up in October’s Creative Showcase. See the work »

September 2005 – New Job!

On 16th September I am leaving Wheel to start as a new senior designer at digital agency Dare.

Sept 2004 – IKEA bedroom monsters

Fun promotional micro site for IKEA's bedroom range. I was game designer and Actionscript programmer. Two colleagues at Wheel helped with illustration. Visit website »