Design Archives - Jay Sharp https://sharpi.sh/posts/design/ Digital Product Development & Engineering in Europe & Hong Kong Sat, 22 Mar 2025 11:17:56 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://sharpi.sh/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/fav2-1.png Design Archives - Jay Sharp https://sharpi.sh/posts/design/ 32 32 Did I Accidentally Plagiarise a Chinese Car Company’s Logo? And Other Thoughts on Car Design https://sharpi.sh/posts/design/did-i-accidentally-plagiarise-a-chinese-car-companys-logo-and-other-thoughts-on-car-design/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=did-i-accidentally-plagiarise-a-chinese-car-companys-logo-and-other-thoughts-on-car-design Sat, 22 Mar 2025 11:07:41 +0000 https://sharpi.sh/?p=2407 I was browsing through a font foundry site recently feeling distractible and stumbled upon an image of a car that caught my eye. The logo on this vehicle looked eerily similar to my company’s logo… Brand agency The studio behind this is Oker. Read more on the project here. This was done in around 2022, […]

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]]> New site theme for 2025 https://sharpi.sh/posts/design/updated-site-design-for-2025/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=updated-site-design-for-2025 Sun, 12 Jan 2025 15:40:47 +0000 https://sharpi.sh/?p=2348 It’s about time this site got a facelift again… Out with the old In with the new…

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]]> Kironex a kids Fornite youtube channel concept https://sharpi.sh/posts/design/kironex-a-kids-fornite-youtube-channel-concept/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kironex-a-kids-fornite-youtube-channel-concept Tue, 05 Dec 2023 14:04:38 +0000 https://sharpi.sh/?p=1911 For a bit of fun over Christmas I put together a gaming YouTube channel brand concept for an 11 year-old client. Name Concept Chironex is a genus of box jellyfish in the family Chirodropidae. Their stings are highly venomous, and have caused human fatalities. Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chironex Colours Reflect the colours in the game Fortnite. Logo Concepts Bullet Shape – Guns and Shooting […]

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]]> When did web design get so boring? https://sharpi.sh/posts/design/when-did-web-design-get-so-boring/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-did-web-design-get-so-boring Fri, 29 Sep 2023 23:24:26 +0000 https://sharpi.sh/?p=1851 Design trend 2023: Undo all of your design. The latest trendy thing to do is get rid of all design in the logo in favour of a single colour and use the most generic Geometric font possible and then erase any sense of personality from the site, replacing it with cold, ice white.

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]]> Developing VBOT 3D Support character https://sharpi.sh/posts/design/developing-vbot-3d-support-character/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=developing-vbot-3d-support-character Wed, 05 Apr 2023 15:44:59 +0000 https://sharpi.sh/?p=1782 Developing a 3D support character for inline support for a KYC and Compliance platform. The inital sketch idea First iteration, somewhat inspired by the robot in Wallace and Gromit, A Grand Day Out Vector Version 3D begins to emerge The challenges of explaining a concept to someone on Fiverr…

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]]> New site theme for 2022 https://sharpi.sh/posts/design/new-theme-for-2022/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-theme-for-2022 https://sharpi.sh/posts/design/new-theme-for-2022/#respond Tue, 28 Jun 2022 22:26:52 +0000 https://sharpi.sh/?p=1516 Its about time I got round to releasing  for a new cleaner theme based on Anders Norénres theme McLuhan The Font ‘HK Grokesk’ is available from fontlibrary.org with woff2s included.

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]]> https://sharpi.sh/posts/design/new-theme-for-2022/feed/ 0 Tramlines: DJ mix making app interface concept https://sharpi.sh/posts/design/tramlines-dj-mix-making-app-interface-concept/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tramlines-dj-mix-making-app-interface-concept https://sharpi.sh/posts/design/tramlines-dj-mix-making-app-interface-concept/#respond Sat, 28 Nov 2020 07:27:56 +0000 http://sharpi.sh/?p=1292 A concept for an application that would allow mix producers who don’t know how use controllers or CDJ’s to create mixes by manipulating an audio timeline across three frequency bands, high, mid and low. Ongoing work In Progress. 

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]]> https://sharpi.sh/posts/design/tramlines-dj-mix-making-app-interface-concept/feed/ 0 Sharpish site WP ‘Envy’ Child theme update https://sharpi.sh/posts/design/sharpish-site-wp-child-theme-update/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sharpish-site-wp-child-theme-update https://sharpi.sh/posts/design/sharpish-site-wp-child-theme-update/#respond Thu, 26 Nov 2020 15:01:10 +0000 http://sharpi.sh/?p=1126 After discovering a Google font DM Sans on Figma I feel inspired to update this site. This site is based on a very scruffily customised Envy Blog theme.

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]]> https://sharpi.sh/posts/design/sharpish-site-wp-child-theme-update/feed/ 0 A logo for “EXO” my Hobie16 Catamaran https://sharpi.sh/posts/design/a-logo-for-exo-my-hobie16-catamaran/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-logo-for-exo-my-hobie16-catamaran https://sharpi.sh/posts/design/a-logo-for-exo-my-hobie16-catamaran/#respond Thu, 26 Nov 2020 13:52:44 +0000 http://sharpi.sh/?p=1250 After clubbing together with a few friends to aquire a second hand Hobie16, we decided to name her “Exo” after the Flying Fish, Exocoetidae. This is the team logo draft, it still needs some rounding. Shes currently resting with a broken sidestay after sailing in Beaufort  Force 4 conditions    

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]]> https://sharpi.sh/posts/design/a-logo-for-exo-my-hobie16-catamaran/feed/ 0 Designing a hairstyle, with Figma. https://sharpi.sh/posts/design/designing-a-hairstyle-with-figma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=designing-a-hairstyle-with-figma https://sharpi.sh/posts/design/designing-a-hairstyle-with-figma/#respond Wed, 12 Aug 2020 13:37:19 +0000 http://sharpi.sh/?p=1131 Despite having a clear idea of what I wanted to achieve, I found it difficult to explain with words the concept for a new hairstyle I could potentially inflict on myself. Solution: Create a mockup in Figma….   Sideshow Bob approves.

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