Steven Mckimmie Design

Alphabet Zoo

2010-04-07T11:22:00.000-07:00

Alphabet Zoo is an interactive zoo aimed at teaching young children the alphabet. Initially it started out as a personal project and an excuse for me to draw lots of animals, it later evolved into a project that the company I work for was willing to take on. The beta version can be seen here.

Number Workout

2010-04-07T10:31:00.000-07:00

I'm currently working on a follow up to Alphabet Zoo, called Number Workout. This time around the theme is sport. Each number from 1 to 10 is represented by players of different sports.

Earth-touch: Chronograph

2010-04-06T12:19:00.000-07:00

Chronograph is a visual, chronological representation of time and environment using the Earth-Touch video archive. See wildlife footage in context with weather data from Earth-Touch film locations.
I was part of the team that developed the Chronograph for Earth-touch.com, my major role in this project was graphic design, I also created the storyboards. The online version is here.

Weekday Heroes: Logo Design

2010-04-05T12:34:00.000-07:00

Corporate Id design for Weekday heroes. I wanted to design something simple, combining the letters W and H, here are a few of the options I came up with and the complete version is in use here.

Read Right website revamp

2010-04-04T12:48:00.000-07:00

The redesign for the Sunday Times educational supplement, Read right. The client wanted to switch from a Flash site to a more manageable wordpress empowered site.

Here's the "before":

And here's the "after":

The online version is here.

Earth-touch: Lion Educational gadgets

2010-04-03T13:21:00.000-07:00

Interactive additions to Earth-touch.com. I designed and animated a series of "edu-gadgets" focusing on different environments and animals featured on the site. The series includes: Mangrove swamps, Elephants, the Indian ocean and the Potato Bass. The "edu-gadgets" are enriched with videos, amazing photography and a quiz at the end. Unfortunately the Lion gadget featured in this post was never included. The series can be viewed here.

My Spots

2010-04-03T13:07:00.000-07:00

My contribution to a on-going exhibition called "City Slickers". Because of the exhibition's urban theme, my concept was to use info graphics to visually map out my regular movements within Johannesburg.

Interactive supplements for Mindset Health

2010-04-02T13:45:00.000-07:00

These supplements are aimed at educating parents and caregivers on how to treat children with HIV/aids. The supplements focused on a variety of important topics from adherence to ARVs to nutritional guide lines. All the content and story boards were supplied by Mindset.
I designed everything from the display mechanism to the icons.

Virgin memories

2010-03-20T14:02:00.000-07:00

I helped put together an idea proposal for a potential product aimed at Virgin. The Idea involved themes of travel and memories, I used Polaroid snap shots and travel souvenirs as design elements.

My Friends

2010-03-19T14:20:00.000-07:00

An illustration of all my friends as part of a fun birthday invitation for my girlfriend's 25th birthday. The online invitation was temporarily hosted by a friend.