Ramblings - James Hall

Creatives needed for Creative Beeston’s next step

Posted by Horlix on March 1, 2015

Creative Beeston has been having a major redevelopment over the past few months. There has been a lot of thought gone into the direction and future plans and this is starting to come neatly into place.

One new addition to the CB brand has been the amazing Mair Perkins who has created some illustrations to compliment the new web design which will be going live in the next few weeks with a bunch of new features.

The website will be central to what we will be using so a lot of time has been spent getting the content and features spot on and now it is time to start testing.

Illustration by Mair Perkins

So, how can I help?

We are looking for 5 creatives who would like to try our new online shop to start selling online.

You do not need any experience of selling online before just need a range of different products and willing to provide lots of feedback to help drive our site forward.

If you would like to take part or have any questions please comment below or get in touch and it would be great to have you on board.

Photo credit: The Finders Keepers 2011. Melbourne. via photopin (license)

Community is key

Posted by Horlix on December 7, 2014

It’s pretty well-known that I love Beeston.

This town has been through one hell of a transformation recently and it is something that has caused no end of problems. While I am writing this post the tram is still being built which has caused issues for residents and businesses while this huge infrastructural change takes place. It has caused conflict at times which is to be expected with the amount of disturbance but the one thing that has really come out is the sheer drive for Beeston to succeed.

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Music to our ears

Posted by Horlix on November 7, 2014

James recording on his phone - Photo by Ben @ What Not Photo

Wow, this post is late but there has been a lot going on.

I volunteer with the Oxjam Beeston Music Festival team to put on a music festival, believe it or not, that takes over a town and raises money for Oxfam.

This year there were 53 different Oxjams including large cities such as Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle and Leicester. In Beeston we had a fantastic response from the venues are artists and we were able to put on 14 stages in 12 venues hosting over 80 acts. Those numbers alone are mind blowing but there is one that makes all the stress worth it.

Beeston raised a huge £13,000 for Oxfam which was the 3rd highest in the 53.

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Welcome to HeX.me

Posted by Horlix on May 2, 2014

Hi there everyone, I’m James and I’m a freelance web creative.

I’ve decided to create this separate site as a way to share my personal thoughts and activities on a blog which isn’t my day job or side project.

I hope you enjoy the things that come, can’t wait to have a chat with you all.

Speak soon

James