Welcome to Cool as... the website of Allister Mackrell
Sydney based freelance designer. From cutting edge websites and new media projects through to printed media, point of sale, corporate identity and illustration.


Launch site

16/05/05

SITE UPDATE

I will be adding content to the Heaven and Hell site, having recently completed coding a new interface for image selection in the Blasphemy section.

I have finally joined the 21st century and bought a DVD superdrive for my laptop. Since buying an iPod I have filled my 80GB external drive with music (15,001 songs and counting...), so no room for backing up work. I knew I should have spent the extra £15 on a 160GB drive.

Cool As... has now been visited by over 6,000 people.

URBAN COLLECTIVE
The latest issue of Urban Collective is online, the theme is: Space Odyssey. Check it out at: www.urbancollective.com

03/05/05

SITE UPDATE

I have completed the next stage of my Travel site, the 1024x768 version is no more. Now there is an optimized definitive site that should sit nicely in most screen setups. I will endeavour to add some more pictures in the not too distant future. I've also been working on the Heaven and Hell site in my spare time, which does not come along very often. Evolution is a gradual process.

SWAN DANCE WEBSITE
In February I completed the Swan Dance 05 season website for The Wycombe Swan Theatre, which is the biggest International Dance Festival outside of London.

See it at: www.swandance.co.uk

URBAN COLLECTIVE
The latest issue of Urban Collective is online, the theme is: Freedom. Check it out at: www.urbancollective.com

31/03/05

TRAVEL SITE UPDATE

I'm back from my boarding holiday in France with Steve and Will, which was a hell of a lot of fun. There wasn't as much snow as I was hoping for but we made the most of what was there. The sky was cloudless and bright blue, which you never get in England. This meant it was damned hot, which resulted in comedy tans. I have put a bunch of pictures from the trip onto my Travel Site (in Europe: France). I have also updated the layout of the 800x600 version of the site. I will be updating the 1024x768 version before too long.

GIGS
Last week I went to see Jimmy Eat World play a gig in London at the Astoria. A good gig but I was still recovering from boarding so I couldn't jump around and had to settle with propping up the bar.

This year I will be going to loads of gigs. I have tickets for The Chemical Brothers, Beck, Green Day, R.E.M., Nine Inch Nails
V Festival and Reading Festival, which has one of the greatest line ups ever including: Pixies (all time greatest band of all time), Iggy Pop & The Stooges, Queens of the Stone Age, Foo Fighters, Marilyn Manson, Kings of Leon, Elbow, The Killers, The Charlatans, Incubus and Iron Maiden. Fantastic.

I had an enjoyable Easter, catching up with the Gramps and old friends in Cambridgeshire.

URBAN COLLECTIVE
The latest issue of Urban Collective is online, the theme is: Oriental Delights. Check it out at: www.urbancollective.com


11/03/05

SNOWBOARDING

Tonight I am heading to Les Deux Alps for a week of snowboarding. There is a lot of snow but it is going to be damn cold, with a wind chill factor of -20°C. The resort features some wide-open spaces, a boarder cross, fun park, and halfpipe as well as a mile-long couloir to jump into. The Mont-de-Lans glacier, near the top of the main mountain, is claimed by the tourist office to be the largest skiable glacier in Europe.

I have had a hectic time of late, packing in as much as possible into every weekend. I wont go into the details of the debauched depravity that has been taking place, needless to say, I've had fun.

URBAN COLLECTIVE
The latest issue of Urban Collective is online, the theme is: Love Is... Check it out at: www.urbancollective.com


07/02/05

A BELATED HAPPY NEW YEAR

It has been a while since I updated the site so I decided on a complete re-design for the home page. The Christmas break is now a distant memory, the weeks flew by in a haze of alcohol induced stupor. My trip to Scotland was very enjoyable despite the incessant rain, the gails and the white outs. I was suitably awed by the rugged landscape which took me back to the time I spent in New Zealand. There are a load of pictures from the trip on my travel site in Europe: Scotland. I didn't get to climb Ben Nevis, unfortunately, the temperature was -22 in 100mph winds and white out conditions. So to atempt it would have been suicide, I did get to go snowboarding in a 90mph gail. Quite an experience, but hard work. The lifts were out so I had to trek to the top of the slopes each time. Still, I only have to wait a few more weeks until I head to the alps for a week of snowboarding, joy.


URBAN COLLECTIVE
The latest issue of Urban Collective is online, the theme is: The World Becoming, check it out at: www.urbancollective.com


22/12/04

MERRY CHRISTMAS

A very Merry Christmas everybody. In half an hour I'll be leaving work for a nice long 19 day xmas break, joy. In that time I will be putting my liver through it's paces. On the 3rd of January I will be heading to Scotland with some friends for a week. We are intending to climb Ben Nevis, conditions permitting. So if this is my last entry, I hope you enjoy the site. Not much of a legacy, but there you go.

I have put together a Christmas card for your viewing pleasure: Xmas Card


URBAN COLLECTIVE
The latest issue of Urban Collective is online, the theme is: Inside Looking Out, check it out at: www.urbancollective.com


24/11/04

AMSTERDAM

I have put a selection of my Amsterdam photos on the Travel site under: Home: Amsterdam. Click the link on the right to see them and other pictures from my travels accross the globe.

STREET TONE
My colleague Andy at Chepping Media has recently finished work on a new Mobile Phone Ringtone website. I put together a few Desktop pictures for the site which is online at: www.streettone.com

23/11/04

THE 'DAM

Last week I paid a visit to Amsterdam with my friends Stiffy and Will. We met up with the lovely Loes, a friend from my travels in Australia. A good time was had by all
, 'nuff said. I took a few pictures with my new digital camera. I'll put the results on my Travel site.

URBAN COLLECTIVE
The latest issue of Urban Collective is online, the theme is: Self Portraitism. My submission was inspired by Franciss Bacon, check it out at: www.urbancollective.com


 
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