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Noun (pl. -os)
A set of pieces of creative work collected by someone to display their skills
Karyx takes pride in everything we produce for our clients. We work hard to ensure that the end results meet and then exceed the brief in hand.
We've produced work for some incredibly demanding clients, shaved seconds off tight deadlines and squeezed digital magic out of the most unforgiving of budgets.
> General
- Advantage
Design | Dev - Arda
Design | Dev | Brand | Host - BabyBeau
Design | Dev | Brand | Host - ElisteningPost
Design | Dev | Brand - Friends on Arrival
Design | Dev - G.Hatto Barbershops
Design | Dev | Host - The Hairforce
Design | Dev - HomeStart
Design | Dev | Print | Host - Shoji
Design | Dev | Brand | Host
> Medical
- Back2Reality
Design | Dev | Brand | Print | Host - Joint Reaction
Design | Dev | Brand | Print | Host - Clifford Harley
Design | Dev | Brand - DigiMed
Design | Dev | Brand | Print | Host
"Rising musical star needs fantastic web presence to help keep in touch
with her fans."
That'll be a job for Karyx then!
With her current site failing to reflect either the music or her vibrant personality, Arda turned to Karyx to create a website that was easy to update AND easy on the eye.

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Arda’s uplifting ballads seemed perfectly suited to a more naturalistic design style - no microfonts and hard edged geometry needed here. Karyx took a minimal design brief (‘...dried flowers’) and worked up a subtle 'arts and crafts' homage designed around one of Arda’s own notebooks.
Using sheets of homemade paper (amazing what you can do with old copies of the Big Issue!), bound together with tissue paper, ribbon and stitching, the layered look of the notebook pages were built up from photos tweaked and roughed up in PhotoShop.
Every nook and cranny of the site is filled with notes and scribbles enhancing that personal feel and making the site as warm and approachable as Arda herself.
Technical detail: The site is built from a combination of XHTML Strict / CSS and driven by PHP and a MySQL database. There is a nifty little admin backend that allows Arda to update news and events on the site and send out email newsletters as and when the urge takes her.
Arda can
be viewed at http://www.ardamusic.net
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