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October 26, 2009

The Business Cards Are In!

Filed under: News — Phil Smart

Ok, to be honest, they have been in for some time now. I have just been too busy to get around to sharing them with you. But here they are!

Phil Smart Design Spot UV business card design

I completely redesigned the card in Adobe Illustrator after my initial design just wasn’t suitable for print due to various blending effects and over saturated colours but I am very satisfied with the results!

I was originally considering embossing on the card but that comes with a hefty price tag so I decided to go with Spot UV which is simply a clear laminate applied to specified areas. The black-on-black lamination provides wonderful results against the matt finished card and I’m very happy with the custom size (40mm by 90mm).

A big thanks to Peter at Krankn for his helpful advice and tips for Spot UV design. I was suitably impressed with the pricing and flexibility Krankn offer and I’m glad I found them as I was about to pay much more for a lot less.

Phil Smart Design Spot UV business card design

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October 9, 2009

Khan Curry Hut

Filed under: Reviews — Phil Smart

Khan Curry Hut would have to be my favourite Indian restaurant in Geelong and have, by far, the best butter chicken I have ever eaten. I just happened to be in there ordering some of the same when I got into a discussion regarding their lack of a website.

The site is designed mostly in Adobe Photoshop with a few Illustrator elements here and there. There is only the tiniest bit of Javascript on the index page and the site is majorly XHTML/CSS but if you check out the take-away section you will find an assisted ordering system which was created in PHP.

The system was developed as a way to save time on the phone and also to guide customers to the correct restaurant as there are two Khan Curry Hut locations.

The project involved a fair bit of on-site photography and included some product photography as well. The initial design was developed from their current business card with a few logo enhancements for screen.

A big thank-you goes out to Jazz for his PHP skills on this one. Jazz will soon be bringing you some tutorials in PHP and various other programming languages.

Khan Curry Hut’s first ever website is now up and running and awaiting your attention so hop on over and check it out at www.khancurryhut.com.au

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