Chooka was born from the idea that utility can be beautiful. The concept began at a small, Seattle based company, when third generation CEO, Rob Moehring decided to take a risk with the family company.

It started simply, with bright colors and polka dots and moved quickly into everything from tattoos to leopard prints. The rubber boot changed from a muddy trudging wellie to a blank canvas, capable of displaying tremendous works of art.

You can visit the Chooka website by clicking here

E-commerce functionality is notoriously difficult to integrate into heavily themed or out of the ordinary web designs.  Our brief with this project was to translate the Rock & Roll vibe of the Dead Legacy label into a workable online store.

“DBD exceeded our expectations throughout the project and were always willing to go the extra mile. They have helped us in several areas which were outside their original remit and helped add value to our brand. We envisage a long working relationship with them going forward.” – Danny Costello, Director

You can visit deadlegacy.com here

We didn’t want it to be raining all the time though, so we are pleased to say the sun does come out.

Western Chief Kids, is just one of the brands that makes up the Washington Shoe Company, based in Seattle, they have been making shoes and boots for over 100 years.

From offices in London and Manchester and through a highly trained and professional recruitment team, IHS is perfectly positioned to deliver a range of top quality recruitment solutions. These include permanent recruitment services, contract services, assessment centre design and management, campaign management, and interim supply.

As well as allowing the recruitment consultants to upload the latest vacancies through a bespoke deathbydesign content management system, the website also acts as a data-capture point which encourages candidates to register their interest in any of the vacancies and upload their CV.

You can visit i-hs.co.uk by clicking here

We built the new Liam Frost website to coincide with the release of his second album “We Ain’t Got No Money Honey, But We Got Rain”, a fantastic collection of songs, even if we say so ourselves.

As well as the songs penned by Liam alone, the album features a few written alongside Ed Harcourt, which ultimately led to Liam duetting with the radiant Martha Wainwright on “Your Hand In Mine”.

The website is the best way for Liam to stay in touch with his fans and supporters, so it was important to ensure Liam is able to update the blog and gig listings as often and as easily as possible.  The wordpress engine not only gives great usability and flexibility for us as web designers, the content management system is intuitive and well laid-out which makes updating it simple.  Plus the site can be updated on the road with the addition of the wordpress iPhone app.

You can visit liamfrost.co.uk here

The website has full content management thanks to the powerful  e-commerce solution and the web-based administrator area makes maintenance of the shopping cart as easy as point and click.

This website also features a nice image zoom feature to allow the items to be viewed in much greater detail than a usual website would allow – an essential feature for products as intricate and beautiful as Kelly’s hand-made pieces.

You can visit kellyewing.com here.

Despite the commercial scale today, everything is still hand-made in small batches, without artificial colouring, additives or preservatives, to Margaret’s original recipes.

We were asked to produce a website to match the amazing re-branding they underwent in 2008.

The website is a sophisticated e-commerce solution, that also allows full content management, however the real beauty of the site is in the use of flash animation.

We have fixed a flash footer to the bottom of the screen that brings the hand drawn packaging theme to life.  A truly unique website.

You can visit patchwork-pate.co.uk here, or you can just google it.

Type in pâté and you will find it listed above any other pâté selling website in the world.