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Backgrounds
For mmott.com I have been experimenting with different kinds of repeating patterns for backgrounds. Inspired by the work of Asao Tokolo featured on the NY Times site I started drawing some patterns for the background of the mmott.com site. Below are some of the designs I came up with.
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mmott.com v2.0β
Following a brief existence of mmott.com 1.0 we completely redesigned the site to provide easier access to the portfolio. We also took the opportunity to make the site completely AJAX driven. Using jQuery we animated the site and load the contents in the background directly into the page. The site, however, works both with and without javascript, in the latter case reverting to a static website again.
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Singh Bag
In answer to the needs of a good friend I decided to make him a bag. Given that the bag had to be ready prior to his recent out-of-state move, I had to rely on our fabric chest for a suitable material. Fortunately we had just the right fabric in stock. Unfortunately the piece was not very big and a bit odd sized. Not to be defeated by the size of fabric, I moved forward to aid my friend in need and created a bag folded out that one piece of fabric, without cutting the material in separate pieces, as to use every bit of the material and create not just a bag, but a unique piece. (more…)