Friday 22nd October 2010
FwE new playground coming...

FwE website design

Late 2010 will see the release of the all new Friends with Ed website!

Both co-captain Jim and Steve-o are typing code as we speak...

Wednesday 2nd June 2010
Who's leading this movement...

FwE website design

Fellow Co Captain and avid designer Jim is working on one of his other companies new website as it has been left in an old poor state for far to many years!

This time round he will be building the site from the ground up using CSS and plenty of SEO tools to help push the site up through the search engines.

"I want this website to look extremely complex in the design and framework, but when you look at the code, the site is built really cleanly and simple and all Googley!"
Jim

Steve-0 will also be digging deep into his bag of PHP and jQuery tricks in the development of the full Content Management System we will be bolting onto it. The end result should be a strong design, with good SEO and an amazing back end.

Wednesday 2nd June 2010
Psssst, want some codes?

FwE website design

SuperVoucherCodes.co.uk was set up in response to the growing number of unscrupulous voucher code sites that appear to be popping up on an almost daily rate. As keen bargain hunters ourselves we were getting sick and tired at the shear amount of invalid codes and the increasingly dodgy tactics some sites were using in order to get you to click on their links (how many times have you clicked on a 'show all codes' link only to discover there are no codes?).

Our policy is simple. If there's a valid voucher code available we'll show it, nice and clear and with none of that 'click to reveal' nonsense. The end result is a clean and simple site that helps get you get the discounts you're after without sending you round the houses.

Website design and build using php, full cms system, and Google friendly seo. Done!

Tuesday 1st June 2010
Medi-Mation tut tinternet project...

FwE website design

Medi-mation is a specialist visualization company that works almost exclusively in the fields of medicine and science.

They create some of the most advanced 3D animation and illustration available but within budgets that make such sought after digital assets economically viable. They needed a new website designed and built, and FwE were there to take on the project with some nifty jQuery treats coded in! Should be live any time now!

Wednesday 2nd June 2010
Team Awsome kicks it at Bingo!

website design and content management systemsWith an opportunity we couldn't turn down, and as a great opportunity in our ever increasing learning curve with CSS, Google gave us a white letter opportunity to design and build an affiliate Bingo driven website, that we would have the opportunity of ranking highly on Google.

With the watchful eye of our PPC Google account manager, we set off to do the design, do the build, and see where this long term project takes us!

With Google happy with the quality of the website we built, it was for now our time to get this baby well SEO'd and ranking well...

...but like all in-house projects, it's finding the time, so watch this space!


Posted by: Co Captain Fowle
Wednesday 2nd June 2010
Prize Fighter beta version under way...

website design, content management system and ecommerceBranding, design and build is under way for the beta version of the Prize Fighter online store.

To include full blown Content Management System and online
Pay Pal handling.


Posted by: Co Captain Fowle
Tuesday 20th January 2010
Drive it like you stole it!

Graphic design and illustrationA design from a series I have been working on for Prize Fighter, and a run of kids tees they are wanting to do. Wanted something fun, but something the dads could enjoy too!

Posted by: Co Captain Fowle
Thursday 21st January 2010
Prince's Colaboration underway!

Website design, content management system and search engine optimisation.We have once again teamed up with our good old pal and studio buddy Patch to do the CSS lead build on the Price's Golf Course website. This includes a heavy CMS backend and SEO set up site.

For such a prestige golf course, we had to make sure we cut no corners and make them proud, always under the pixel perfect eye of Patch!


Posted by: Co Captain Fowle
Thursday 21st January 2010
Ed gets down and dirty...

Website design, search engine optimisation and cms.The team at Friends with Ed have recently teamed up with Patch from Dan Patching Designs to build and code the CMS driven website for Mud Mania.

A great designed site, built for SEO with a complex Content Management System built in by Steve-o. This system evens allows you to manage your Pal Pay account for people booking online.

So if you are up for something dirty in the countryside!? Go to: http://www.mudmania.co.uk


Posted by: Co Captain Allinson
Thursday 21st January 2010
Ed gets shirty with Prize Fighter

Prize Fighter Tee TreatmentAs more of project of ideas and experimenting with new textures and realising that skulls and the darker side to design will always be a classic look, we decided to through a few ideas around to see what the out come would be.

What with another crazy looking year ahead, lets hope that these tees actually it to the final stages and hit the website for summer sales!
Never enugh hours in the day...

http://www.prize-fighter.co.uk


Posted by: Co Captain Fowle
Thursday 21st January 2010
Ed helps you lose your baby weight!

Prize Fighter Tee TreatmentEverything you need to know about eating right and staying fit during your pregnancy and how to lose your baby weight. Lose Your Baby Weight gives you the best online resources of books and DVD’s to help you keep fit and eat healthy through your pregnancy and help you lose the pregnancy weight after giving birth. These weight loss books and how to lose weight dvds will help you lose your baby weight.

A small on-going project designed and built as an affiliate programme project.


Posted by: Co Captain Allinson
Thursday 21st January 2010
Retro Treatments

Prize Fighter Tee TreatmentExperimental lunch time vector session!
Could be something here for future ideas...

Retro Ed Rocket

Posted by: Co Captain Fowle
Thursday 21st January 2010
Ed admits to Fraud...

Olympic style sailing day eventsWhere does time go! Back in 2005 we set about teaming up with Kim from' The Boat Company' to develop 'Fraud Squad'. An action packed on land and water team building themed events based down in Lyminton right in the New Forest.

This over time changed name and brand, but alot of effort went into the design of the brand, websites and actual team building exercises.

Now, running under 'The Boat Company' brand, we can now offer you and your businesses Olympic sailing days - Endorsed by Sarah Ayton OBE Double Olympic Gold medalist.

This is an unique opportunity to experience the thrill of racing in Laser SB3’s helmed by both current and potential British Olympic sailors.

It is an ideal opportunity to hold the ultimate team event for your business, with Olympians motivating your business and staff, and potentially offering the ultimate client day. Whatever option you choose you can be guaranteed to be impressed with the commitment and dedication shown by the sailors in their quest for Gold in 2012.

Posted by: Co Captain Jim

Kohort - Web and Branding
Kohort - Web and Branding
Thursday 21st January 2010
From fraud, to Visonary!

Prize Fighter Tee TreatmentThe Marine Vision Events Team have focused their efforts on delivering events that strengthen teamwork, improve business efficiency, morale and ultimately increase your output.

We have a fresh approach and aim to deliver exhilarating events that challenge and follow a creative storyline. With all this, we felt we had to do the look and feel, justice!

Now, running under 'The Boat Company' brand, we can now offer you and your businesses Olympic sailing days - Endorsed by Sarah Ayton OBE Double Olympic Gold medalist. Visit the website for more info.

Posted by: Co Captain Jim
You can now find us at:
www.web-design-directory-uk.co.uk
Reporter: Jim

Good fwwwends give you gifts:

www.myfreesweets.co.uk
Reporter: Jim

The Gates of Hell Just Opened In Guatemala
http://gizmodo.com
Reporter: Steve-o

Ed got greased!
www.friendswithed.com
Reporter: Jim

How to go grease your friends!
http://bacolicio.us
Reporter: Steve-o

Never miss a great discount again!
www.supervouchercodes.co.uk
Reporter: Jim

BP has even hit the gaming industry:
Buzzfed
Reporter: Jim
Breaking news
Who died in an oil spill because of BP!
Canabalt
I ran 1928m before hitting a wall and tumbling to my death on my iPhone.
Warning, this is very addictive!

http://www.canabalt.com/
Graphics Juniour helping out

Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005):
spotify:album:4KeTvCYCel3Ky58FirciWp
Published: Baj

Underworld - Beautiful Burnout:
spotify:album:4KeTvCYCel3Ky58FirciWp
Published: Steve

Deep Dish - Flashdance
spotify:track:5qMGqoQQ8a4kSlzK8PZKzs
Published: Baj

Metric - Help I'm Alive
spotify:track:714hCtOiQPPUCjNGV8kz7J
Published: Baj

The Cure - Just Like Heaven
spotify:track:5Qg8hWllFdbsu0Fp0Q5axn
Published: Baj

Graphics Juniour helping out
Canabalt
Somewhere in this crowd is one of FwE Co Captains, snapped live on Discovery Channel's hit American Chopper. (Saddo). Can you see him?
Canabalt
We had 3 of these boxes turn up at the studio, full of joy for fellow 'My Free Sweets' users.
$10,000 a day for farting? iPhone application development – How hard can it really be?

So some guy can make $10000 a day from making an iPhone application that simulates our most comical bodily function. If the rumours are to be true (and who’s to doubt Britain’s finest, The Guardian) then the genius creator of the iFart application seems to be on to something here! So how hard can it be to get a piece of the apple pie (excuse the pun) and code our own friendswithed iPhone application?

I’ve got plenty of coding years behind me so this should hopefully help me hit the ground running. But wait what’s this…Objective-C. What the hell is that? Apparently it’s what drives the iPhone and unfortunately for me it’s a language that I have no experience in whatsoever. A quick bit of Googling tells me that Objective-C is basically the C language with a few bells and whistles attached. According to TIOBE Programming Community Objective-C is now the 13th most popular programming language (as of October 2009). Interesting, especially when you notice that only a year ago Objective-C was clinging on for dear life with a lowly position of 49. Apple’s selection of Objective-C has clearly had an incredible effect on the uptake of this previously little used language. As a non C programmer myself this really doesn’t help me out in any way so whether I object to Objective-C or welcome it with open arms I really don’t have much choice as it’s the only way forward. So it’s off to Amazon our trusty virtual bookstore.

Objective-C for dummies and Beginning iPhone 3 Development in the bag, signed sealed and delivered. Specs at the ready it’s time to become a serious bookworm for the next week. See you on the other side…

Reporter: Steve-o

Canabalt
An old canvas piece I found knocking about the studio. Not quite sure what I was trying to achieve, but good fun drawing it.
Canabalt
This was a skull I illustrated for a menu of a cool local restaurant in town, it was only a small element, but just liked the way it turned out. Ended up doing around 4 different treatments on the menu designs that never go used, so will be posting them soon to show, just seems a shame to waste them...
Graphics Juniour helping out
Graphic design
Illustration and design
More of an experimental piece than anything, but was feeling the urge to experiment with some illustrative pinstriping.
Illustration
The way I see it is, if you are going to have a table tennis table in your studio, you gotta build a team up, so why not brand it!
Graphic design
Team Mullet had the pleasure of designing one of the latest packs for Top Trumps® for Winning Moves, and an absolute favourite of mine! Good 'ol Spongebob!

© 2010 Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved. Nickelodeon, SpongeBob SquarePants and all related titles, logos and characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc. Created by Stephen Hillenburg.
Top Trumps is a registered trademark of
Winning Moves UK Ltd.

Graphic design