James Atkins Design

James Atkins Design is a UK based design company formed in 1997 to produce innovative design solutions in new and traditional media.

We've been designing websites since 1995 and have over twenty years in print and corporate identity. We are familiar with balancing business, creative and technical issues. Our unique combination of skills enable our clients to communicate effectively, whatever the media.

Our clients include large corporate organisations, small to medium sized businesses and startup organisations in a range of market sectors. We have contributed our specialist skills and consultancy in collaborative projects with design agencies marketing companies and large in-house corporates.

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Fine Art paintings and prints by James Atkins

From the archives

BP Exploration - Sub Group Intranet

It was the 1997 and James Atkins Design were contracting with the now defunct 'New Media Factory' in Cambridge.

We were briefed on a series of intranet information sites for BP Exploration. This particular brief was for the West Africa Project. The design took its cue from the Ndebele african tribe. The Ndebele painted designs on the sides of their buildings and homes using strong, flat goemetric colours and bold outlines which translated well to a websafe palette of 216 colours (remember that?). This work was produced some months before the controversial British Airways' tail designs - one of which used a Ndebele design

At the time Internet Explorer 3.0 was starting to take on Netscape 3.0, and win. We worked on a Mac Powerbook 520c (one of the first PowerPCs) with an external monitor 14 inch monitor. OJ Simpson got off (or did he?) and the Guggenheim in Bilbao opened.

Project details
Status: unknown
Technical: 640x480, html level 3

1997. Updated 2006

BP Exploration
Project group intranet. 1997