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Local team collaborates to create Brighton and Hove Virtual
Festival Web site
Brighton, Monday 07 April 2003
A group of Brighton and Hove-based Web professionals have
collaborated to design and build the Web site for the sixth
annual Virtual Festival (www.virtualfestival.org.uk).
 The
Virtual Festival is coordinated by the Sussex Community Internet
Project (SCIP) and runs in parallel to the Brighton Festival
throughout May 2003. This year a new logo and brand identity
was created by local designer Nigel Gordijk, who also produces
the advertising and marketing collateral.
 Web
site technical development is by Hove's Jane Dallaway and
Richard Dallaway. The site has an innovative feature - created
by Matt Walker - that allows people to contribute to a daily
diary using SMS text messages from mobile phones, images sent
from picture phones, or direct from the site itself.
Amongst the Virtual Festival's other features are:
- Live Webcams: regularly updated views of Brighton
and Hove.
- Weblogs: Brighton Blogs by local residents.
- Annual Web Awards: nominated and voted for by Brighton
and Hove residents.
The Festival committee is: Mark Walker, Richard Dallaway,
Jane Dallaway, Nigel Gordijk, Helen Goss, Tom Hume, Johanna
Hunt, Ann Light, Sophie Major, Belinda Nash and Matthew Walker.
This year it is supported by: thisisbrightonandhove.co.uk,
The Argus, Sussex Enterprise, Virtual Brighton & Hove, Midnight
Communications, Brighton Young People's Centre, Brunswick
Older People's Project, The Big Issue, Brighton and Hove City
Council, and O'Reilly Books
About Nigel Gordijk
Nigel Gordijk - based in Brighton - is an accomplished graphic
designer with 15 years' industry experience. His Web site
designs are noted for their ability to engage users and their
ease of use. He has designed sites for Thomson Holidays, LearndirectScotland
and The Royal Shakespeare Company.
For additional information, contact:
Nigel Gordijk
Web: www.nigelgordijk.co.uk
Email: Nigel
Tel: 07944 170 293
Brighton and Hove Virtual Festival 2003
Web: www.virtualfestival.org.uk
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