Often, due to shortage of time & budget, I had to be creative with low-res options available via online image searches or find images in my personal photo library that would suit. These are some favourites.

The spirit of the old site is much like the present one. It offered a choice. I call my design studio Minus 9 in reference to my eyesight. Central to the concept of the site was the idea of ‘vision’ (referring both to the name of the studio as well as the vision or mission of the studio). Visitors to the site could choose ‘normal vision’ which (like the name indicates) is a more direct way of accessing the work. Or you could choose ‘m9 vision’ which was my way of looking at my work.

Front page of the site

A key aspect of the design concept and narrative of the site was the typography. Words were all blurred (as they would seem to someone with short-sight) until your mouse hovered over them, at which point, the word would come into focus.

Pop up screen for normal vision showing the various categories.
Clients interested in only a particular type of work (for example, publishing) could directly and quickly access previous projects.

A selection of work under the Corporate/Screen category.

Explanation of a branding project for the British Council.

m9 vision which organises work using ‘active’ descriptions of the design process.

Work done under the category ‘educate’

Work in the ‘illustrate’ category

Explanation of a book design project for Tara Books.