A new look & some improvements to the main website.

New Improved Features to the main website with more to come. This includes new site navigation links and an updated look.

To find out more follow the link to the Developments blog for details 

Exclusive filming for a music video

On the 23rd November 2013 myself along with the director of King of the Beats Pritt Kalsi & took part of filming for a rock band Feral Sun who performed several songs at an event at the O2 Academy on the edge of Birmingham City Centre. One of the songs "Breathe" become an official music video. This is the second main single and taken from for the band taken from the forthcoming album for early 2014 titled "Evacuate"

The band includles the drummer Jay Stephenson a friend of mine and Pritt Kalsi. 

I am very grateful and appreciative to have been part of this experience.

View the video it now on the Feral Sun's Youtube page 

Find out more about the band & go to the official website

http://www.feralsun.com/

Live music images in Birmingham

New images added online with a total of three of live music events located at the Hare & Hounds in King's Heath, Birmingham. As part of the her worldwide tour Alice Russell performed in Birmingham with her band. With an energetic audience of all ages attended. 

Other performers including Local singer Lumi Hd and her band. Also a crew called Introducing Live with its "Recreating Discovery 100% live". They recreated every track on one of the iconic music albums of the band Daft Punk. My full collection of images appeared first online over on my personal facebook page. 

(restricted only to my personal networking friends & contacts)

To view a summary of images click here to the Plus Lifestyle website

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Images from a fireworks display

Images from a fireworks events during November is now available to view. 
This free event was hosted by the University of Birmingham at the Vale Park on the university grounds.
  

Click here to the Google+ Photos page to view the full collection

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Presentation designs evolved Further

Further versions for the presentation graphics used for promotional materials and online has been developed.

Autumn Versions

The main autumn design focuses on a collection on falling leaves and the colour palette 

related to cooler & natural environments. A darker nights version was created to signify the end of daylight saving times in the UK, Europe, North America and other parts of the world in the Northern Hemisphere.  The main design appeared online from September through to late October and the dark night version appears from late October till late November.

Summer Versions

Next versions to appear the Summer presentation design with two designs created for the season. The basic summer design is the a concept is an element you seen on the spring to summer design using warm colours and the abstract summer sun.  An additional design was designed for the summer season with a splash theme, looking slightly different from the other versions with a with visual twist. This features a multi splash shape with a liquid feel. This also features different coloured balls in small sizes. Showing a fresh and unpredictable fun feel related to the summer season and a move away from the predictability with previous versions. Both summer presentation designs was online from Late July through to early September as profile image and cover pages onto Social networking sites. 

Spring into Summer Version
A special spring to summer design was created with a combination of colours and visual elements of spring and summer with both season elements branded together. 

This design was shown online from Mid June through to late July.

Click here to find out what been developed so far

To view the designs close-up clock here to the Visual Showcase pages

The presentation design is an addition to the corporate presentation and are used on to promotional materials and online via the promotional feature on this website and on certain social network sites from me. The style linked the promotional presentation are updated every year.

Introducing Represent 360º

A new creative initiative has began.

Represent 360º is a concept about transferring visually on education, spreading awareness, information & promotion onto variety of formats.

The represent aspect of the project is about representing information visually. The 360º aspect is about encouraging people more where of the geographic connection with names & locations related to a particular genre in music through to popular culture and any issues related to life experiences. This could Maps, montage (incorporating photography, illustrations) or diagrams. Then present this onto variety of materials such as posters, clothing or example.

Represent 360º with King of the Beats

The project starts with a connection for the music challenge project King of the Beats. A series of original coloured coded diagrammatic maps has developed. Highlighting people & places who of music producers, beats makers, event hosts. Also the project participants are also featured.

Two versions of the the diagrammatic map has been developed:
World Network Map
Highlighting the major names who has featured on the King of the Beats video project round the world along with the winners of live challenge events in the UK.

London Live Challenge Map
This design features contenders and Winners of the live challenge events in London. This is made up of up & coming & established music producers, mix DJ's and beat makers.

More versions linked related King of the Beats
This was recently presented to the director of King of the beats Pritt Kalsi and currently discovering how the concept to presented.

A devoted Represent 360º website to be created with further design examples & prototypes to be developed further.

Click here to view the project in detail

Notice to editors
King of the Beats is a project developed and Directed by Pritt Kalsi.
The King the Beats name or any element must not be reproduced without permission.Represent 360º is project developed by Keith Mckenzie a project connecting information, people & places into visual & creative aspects.  The Represent 360º is a copyright of Keith Mckenzie and any element of this project must not be reproduced without permission.

Choose how you Move project.

A series of designs was developed for the Integrated Transport team at Worcestershire County Council. The materials includes Passenger guide on complaints & suggestions and web banner design to promote the County Council's transport website.

Click here to view the project in detail

Further exclusive on live music participation

More exclusive participation for legendary Hip-Hop group

Myself along with Pritt Kalsi (Director of the King of the Beats project) and Andy Higgs (Photographer) filmed on stage the group "The Beatnuts".

The night was part of the Doctors Order underground Hip-Hop night. The event was on 25th April 2013 at The Garage at Finchley, North London 

The video was filmed exclusive for the members of the Beatnuts for their personal use. 

Other performances on the same night including Afu-Ra, Jeru the Damajar 

and Iron Braydz (previously a King of the beats contender)

Click on the Plus Lifestyle website to view the image from the night

Architecture Photography from Birmingham's Eastside district

Design & architecture photography from the Eastside City park in Birmingham. This includes the science garden, the refurbished out door entrance area of the Millennium Point and the newly built Parkside Campus of the Birmingham City University.

Click here to view the images

Images from the Dragonboat festival

Photography from the Brindleyplace Dragonboat Festival are available to view online. This is a fundraising event when team from local organisations and companies race along the canal near the International Conventional Centre (ICC), National Sealife Centre and National Indoor Arena

Click here to the Plus Lifestyle website to view the photos

Photo highlights from Doctor's Order Underground music night.

Images from the special underground Hip-Hop club night in London featuring: The Beatnuts, Jeru the Damajar and Iron Braydz

Click here to the Plus Lifestyle website to view the photos

Haemophilia project in progress

A design proposal project under development for a support network related with a health condition Haemopilia. This network are link with three key hospitals across South London.

Transport marketing designs examples

Updated design examples features marketing poster campaign and illustration designs for the project

Click here to visual showcase page to view the project

Additional projects created for Autism awareness events

A number of additional awareness projects are now online on my awareness page Differences and the Differences facebook page. This Autism Challenge project developed for World Autism Awareness Day on April 2nd and for Autism awareness Month. 

Moving forwards

A new creative campaign to challenge the conventional subjects & issues associated with autism awareness. Each design feature a jigsaw shape however it is not using negative messages such as a person with missing qualities. Instead the jigsaw used as a visual interpretation as a functional, positive or a subjective way.

To start this project two poster campaigns was created. The multi coloured jigsaw in 3D characters this represents that all people in the autistic spectrum as not the same (regardless if their difficulties are moderate or more obvious) therefore and encourage people to steer clear from making stereotype assumptions.

The multi coloured jigsaw in a globe with blue lights was to represent a inclusive world with people in the autistic spectrum (in the blue jigsaw) and the rest of society in different colours are collected together in a function direction, To reach these certain things needs to be done and it is goes beyond understanding, intervention or support.

More will added for this project.

An all blue version of the visual design which features jigsaws in a sphere are created special materials for world Autism Awareness Day.

Designer presentation: statistics

A new version a material which shows facts and of facts and figures on people on the autistic spectrum in the UK & Worldwide

Designer presentation: World Autism Awareness Day

Presentation materials was developed for World Autism Awareness Day. This includes an extract from a quote from the secretary General of the United Nations and a word associated message linked with the visual design featuring blue jigsaw in a global sphere.

Click here to the Autism Challenge website to view the project

All three projects was shown exclusively first on the Differences Facebook page during World Autism Awareness Day before it gradually appeared on the main Differences website. A special index page was created during April to access to the additional projects mentioned.

Special Easter design

A special abstract visual design was created for the Easter public holiday.

It was shown during easter on my social network pages including Facebook (Personal page), Google+ and Twitter.

Click here to view the project

New style Information Sheets

A new family of Information sheets are now online and has been given a presentation revamp and bring it in line with the current corporate look (introduced last year). 

Each documents highlight a specific key project, initiatives, involvement & other achievement.

As part of this new look, 3 additional information sheets has been created and a total of 9 information sheets online. 

To view & download each document, click here to the Publications Page. 

(You will need Adobe Reader to download them) 

Please note due to these documents are modified for the web, the quality of all images featured will vary. High quality versions via print & e-mail are available via request.

Expanding facebook pages

A new corporate facebook page has arrived online, focusing on a summary information of developments and achievements. It will also contain a summary of images from creative to participation. The page also will provide any updates featured on this website also links on developments featured on my other websites including Differences and Plus Lifestyle.

This new page, using the brand name and be used as an extension to the main website, sharing any updates and progress to a social networking audience. The page is now also used an additional way as a form of contact. However only people who are registered facebook and have followed the profile page (by pressing the like button) can able to interact.

The existing Personal Facebook page will continues to appear online and mainly focuses on participation, activity and leisure based activity & interests. However the personal facebook page is only limited to personal contacts close to me & others I have contact with. Some of the content featured on my personal facebook page will also appears on the Plus Lifestyle website. 

my special website focused on a summary of lifestyle and activity.

Also my specialised facebook will also continue to appear related to my awareness project

Due to the expanding facebook pages, the social networking icons in a sphere (used as direct page link & appears near the bottom half of the pages) are changed and reorganised. The facebook spheres are redesigned and incorporates an additional icon in a smaller sphere. The corporate symbol with the facebook sphere is for the Corporate Facebook page and the multi coloured icon with the facebook sphere is for my Personal Facebook page. All social networking spheres will appear at the home page but a limited number of spheres will appear on other pages relevant with the content on that particular page.

Click here to the corporate Facebook page

Love & relationships creative project

A special creative design was developed, focusing on Love & relationships. This is a second in a series of creative projects which is a spin off to the my online promotional feature for 2013, focusing on a specific event or festival which occurs every year. The project is called "Love & hearts" and it features visual examples of visual imagery related to initiate relationships including illustrations and visual shapes in 2D & 3D. This is combined with text which features quotes, examples fro surveys / polls and a typographic statement focusing on relationship tips and reminders.

To start this project a series of 4 designs was created for Valentines Day in mid-February and first shown on my personal facebook page. Visual examples from this project was also shown as my facebook profile & cover images during Valentines Day. More designs from this collection to be developed through the year and a special devoted "Love & Hearts" page to be created when the entire collection will be feature.

Despite the project is an extension to the 2013 Promotional Feature on this website, this becomes a stand-alone creative project in its own right.

Click here to view the project

Special design for Chinese New Year

A special oriental design was developed to mark Chinese New Year celebrations during late January. This illustration which features a multi-coloured dragon was taken from a dragon dance ceremony which happens every year to chinese new year celebrations around the world. This one of the first in a series of creative projects a spin off to the my online promotional presentation for 2013, focusing on a specific event or festival which occurred every year.

This design was displayed exclusively first on my personal facebook page as a profile and cover images. 

Despite the project is a creative extension to the 2013 Promotional Feature on this website, this becomes a stand-alone creative project in its own right.

Evolved presentation for 2013

The creative element to my online Promotional feature for 2013 has been expanded and evolved.

This goes beyond the main family of visual design presentation I have developed for printed promotional materials and online within 2013.

The presentation has evolved related to key seasons of a year and specific events & festival which occurs every year.

Seasons variations 
Based on the visual designs used for the promotional presentation, addition versions was created for seasons of the year. So far this three designs variation was created related to seasons. 

The New Year design was shown displayed online in Late December 2012 through the New year public holidays and through to the first week of 2013. Not only it was shown onto my social networking websites, a special New year feature was developed on this website through the New Year period.  The theme is related to celebration which involved visual light effects and part balloons and the midnight clock-face. The Winter variation focusing on the stylised large ice stars and cool colour palettes. This was shown online as a profile or cover image on my twitter and personal facebook pages. The design for the Spring season features a style flower shapes similar to daisies using colours which show brighter look related to longer days related to daylight saving times.

Special spin-off projects
As an addition, a family of special creative designs was developed related to specific events or festivals which happens every year. Some are using the visual graphics used for promotional presentation and others will have a separate design look. So far 2 special designs was created for Chinese New Year and Valentines Day. Some of the special designs will become stand alone projects in its own right.

The promotional and promotional designs are an extension to the corporate design presentation which will have a different style every year.

To see some of the presentation designs close - up

Click here to the Visual Showcase presentation page

To see some of the special spin-off designs projects close - up

Click here to the Visual Showcase Special projects page

Footcare identity design in progress

A corporate design is being developed for a footcare specialist which planned to create a specialist practice shop in the London area. A number of various ideas are under development.

Record numbers of visitors during the festive season

The two special features on this website has lead to increasing visitors during the for Christmas & New Year It was started with the Christmas feature appeared 10 days before Christmas Eve on 15th of December 2012. Within the first three days of the Christmas feature appeared this website received an average of 100 page views per day and an average of 73 visitors. Then every day the figures continued with average of 54 page views daily and an average of  51 visitors daily till Saturday 29th December. The most viewed for the Christmas was on Monday 17th December with 147 page views with 81 visitors. The content on the Christmas feature includes my photography of outdoor Christmas decorations and locations covered in ice & snow. it also contained information of the creative project developed for the christmas season. The New Year feature replaced the Christmas feature on Sunday 30th December 2012 and remained online till 

Monday 7th January 2013 with average of 53 page views daily and an average of 54 visitors daily. The days with most viewing the New Year feature was on New Year's Day (Tuesday 1st January 2013) with the page views of 72 from 69 visitors. (about 20 more than average). Even after the New Year high numbers continued on Sunday 7th January 2013 with 71 page views from 70 visitors. The content of the New Year includes a look back on what has been achieved in 2012, to look ahead on what's being planned for 2013 and information on a special creative design project for the New Year.