Directors of The Box Is Gone, Gurvinder Daheley and Alex Vald, first collaborated over 10 years ago on Getty Image’s industry-leading cataloguing systems and web feeds. They have since worked on diverse projects for a wide range of clients, with talented teams of developers, designers, photographers, animators, musicians, audio engineers and film-makers.
We create websites that work for you and systems for the way that you work that will help you run your business more efficiently. We take pride in good design and functionality that will streamline your workflow. We are interested in how your business works, whatever it may be, and the needs of your customers, clients or audience.
We understand the workings of SEO and e-commerce and can provide practical support in those areas.
Other services include:
Social media consultancy – No “magic bullets”, but straightforward honest advice based on experience and tailored for your needs.
Hosting – Good value packages available if required.
Gurvinder is a web developer with extensive expertise from requirements analysis, architecture design and implementation, through to maintenance, documentation and training.
He started his career at System Simulation, building database driven websites for clients that included the Royal Academy, BFI, V&A and Getty Images.
He claims to enjoy all different flavours of Unix, XHTML, HTML, DHTML, Javascript, Ajax, CSS, MySqL and PHP.
Other area of knowledge and experience include XML, XSLT, ASP, SQLServer, Oracle, C++, Java, Visual Basic... (you’ve probably fallen asleep now).
When not immersed in any of the above, Gurvinder can often be found running after, and sometimes even catching, the odd football.
Alex manages web projects and consults on cataloguing, social media, business workflow and online retail.
He worked at Getty Images for many years, overseeing taxonomony, managing keywording systems and strategy and integrating data from dozens of libraries including National Geographic, Bridgeman Art Library and Time Life.
At System Simulation, he ran arts & heritage, charity and commercial web projects for clients including the British Red Cross and the Geffrey Museum, as well as consulting on digital asset management.
Over the years, he has engaged in a variety of activities, including independent music promotions, the supervision of animatronic dinosaurs at London Zoo and making all sorts of musical noises from guitar to music beans.
Some of our recent projects:
Helen Steel Design
E-commerce store for designer of unique craft products
A&J Wealth Management
Financial Services and Wealth Management
Bugbear Bookings
Live music promotions - website & admin system
Alexandra Woods
Portraits of British farm animals
Idris Bach
Holiday Cottage
Spencer Park Music
Independent Record Label
Legasee
Armed Forces Video Archive
Helen Steel Design
E-commerce store for designer of unique craft products
A&J Wealth Management
Financial Services and Wealth Management
Bugbear Bookings
Live music promotions - website & admin system
Alexandra Woods
Portraits of British farm animals
Idris Bach
Holiday Cottage
Spencer Park Music
Independent Record Label
Legasee
Armed Forces Video Archive
We took the designs of Helen's previous site and built them on Wordpress to enable her to take complete control of her portfolio of products. She also required an online shop which we added to the new system.
The new site allows her access to easily update everything herself and incorporates her blog which was previously hosted elsewhere.
Payment through Paypal.
Shopping cart.
Galleries.
Blog.
"I am delighted with my new website. It is so much easier to use and will allow me much more freedom in the future. Thanks again for all your help, advice and problem solving – I am really happy with the end result."
Helen Steel, Helen Steel Design.
A&J required a simple, elegant web presence that didn't require huge amounts of content and that they could update easily as required.
They were unsure about many of their other requirements, so we spent time consulting with them so that we could design something suitable.
"The web design I thought was great – just what we were looking for."
Lucy Furnell, A&J Wealth Management Ltd
Bugbear Bookings are an independent music promotions company who put on shows at iconic venues in London.
www.bugbearbookings.com
We spent time looking carefully at how they worked and provided them with an integrated package that includes a brand new website, band database, online booking system and reporting. All parts of the new system communicate with each other to create a streamlined workflow.
We directed one of our favourite illustrators, Zora Mae, to create some great images to give the project a unique feel.
Our work with Bugbear also included assistance with their social media strategy, data migration from their legacy database, hands-on training for their new tools and a project plan for the launch of their new site.
"We are delighted with our new site. It has massively reduced the time we spend on admin so that we can get on with the job of promoting new music. We were very impressed with the enthusiasm with which The Box Is Gone tackled our project and the advice they gave us to get more engaged on Twitter."
Tony Gleed, Director, Bugbear Bookings.
Alexandra specialises in portraits of British farm animals capturing the essence of their spirit.
Working mostly in oils, Alexandra creates bold contemporary original pieces for exhibitions, galleries and commissions.
We rebuilt her site on Wordpress to enable her to be able to easily update all its aspects including fine art and illustration galleries and incorporated a blog for news.
We also added a complete shop to allow her to sell a range of products.
"I was very pleased with the way The Box Is Gone worked with me and would certainly recommend their services."
Alexandra Woods
Alexandra Woods
Idris Bach is a holiday cottage in Snowdonia, North Wales. The owners required a simple, elegant, easy-to-use site to promote their property.
We suggested individual slideshow galleries for each page, to best display the unique features of the cottage and its lovely views.
As part of the project, we also gave advice on social media strategy.
I had a basic idea of what I wanted, but The Box Is Gone came up with great suggestions to improve it, like rotating the images on each page to make sure visitors see them all. They provided the site for me to add my own content to, which means I have complete control and can change it whenever I want. Their social media ideas were brilliant and have already had a measurable impact on our bookings."
Amy Cufflin, Owner, Idris Bach Cottage.
Spencer Park Music required a site that would present a wide variety of content including music, video, listings and blogs, much of it pulled in from other sources.
We built an easy-to-update site that contains their entire ‘world’ and is linked up with all the essential social media platforms.
The site features customisable backgrounds for each page. This allows for its look to be refreshed quickly and easily on a regular basis.
"The Box Is Gone listened carefully to my requirements and created a site that looks great, caters for all my needs and, most importantly, is really easy to keep up-to-date.
Matt Stevens, Spencer Park Music.
Legasee is one of the first consolidated attempts to document the views of individuals who have served their country. It features a growing archive of video clips.
The website, built in Wordpress, includes:
Free and paid registration.
Embedded video using the Bits on the Run service.
Images and biographies of each veteran on an individual profile page.
Archive of hundreds of videos.
