http://nickbester.com Welcome to the personal portfolio and blog of Nick Bester. I am a new media designer and the co-owner of Kicksaints Studio. I love design especially interactive design and aspire to change the South African publics perception of what interactive experiences can be. Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:18:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://nickbester.com/portfolio/mobile-applications/2012/03/purina-ipad-application/ http://nickbester.com/portfolio/mobile-applications/2012/03/purina-ipad-application/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:18:32 +0000 KicksaintNick http://nickbester.com/?p=1542 http://nickbester.com/portfolio/mobile-applications/2012/03/purina-ipad-application/feed/ 0 The Purina iPad application captures user information using a competition as an incentive. This is the first application we've created which makes use of the built in SQLite database for storing user information. http://nickbester.com/portfolio/mobile-applications/2012/03/bernini-ipad-application/ http://nickbester.com/portfolio/mobile-applications/2012/03/bernini-ipad-application/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:11:30 +0000 KicksaintNick http://nickbester.com/?p=1536 http://nickbester.com/portfolio/mobile-applications/2012/03/bernini-ipad-application/feed/ 0 The Bernini application uses prize based incentives to capture user information as well as an interactive game which requires a user to pop a balloon which reveals a prize (or not). http://nickbester.com/portfolio/mobile-applications/2012/02/millers-genuine-draft-ipad-marketing-application/ http://nickbester.com/portfolio/mobile-applications/2012/02/millers-genuine-draft-ipad-marketing-application/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:00:32 +0000 KicksaintNick http://nickbester.com/?p=1518 http://nickbester.com/portfolio/mobile-applications/2012/02/millers-genuine-draft-ipad-marketing-application/feed/ 0 The Millers Genuine Draft iPad application is a marketing tool used at events and in clubs to capture user information made possible by prize based incentives. It uses a similar system as the Schweppes app and Hunters applications and makes use of a tried and tested method for capturing user information http://nickbester.com/portfolio/mobile-applications/2012/02/vitamin-water-ipad-application/ http://nickbester.com/portfolio/mobile-applications/2012/02/vitamin-water-ipad-application/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:43:52 +0000 KicksaintNick http://nickbester.com/?p=1524 http://nickbester.com/portfolio/mobile-applications/2012/02/vitamin-water-ipad-application/feed/ 0 We had to recreate an application made for Vitamin Water which determined which Vitamin Water suited your current mood. It was used at Vitamin water events, I’m not 100% sure of the practical application of the app but since we only had to recreate it from an International version we can’t claim credit for the [...] http://nickbester.com/portfolio/mobile-applications/2011/11/klipdrift-cola-ipad-marketing-application/ http://nickbester.com/portfolio/mobile-applications/2011/11/klipdrift-cola-ipad-marketing-application/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:00:30 +0000 KicksaintNick http://nickbester.com/?p=1497 http://nickbester.com/portfolio/mobile-applications/2011/11/klipdrift-cola-ipad-marketing-application/feed/ 0 The Klipdrift & Cola iPad application is a marketing tool used at events and in clubs to capture user information made possible by prize based incentives. http://nickbester.com/portfolio/mobile-applications/2011/11/hunters-ipad-marketing-application/ http://nickbester.com/portfolio/mobile-applications/2011/11/hunters-ipad-marketing-application/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:00:52 +0000 KicksaintNick http://nickbester.com/?p=1488 http://nickbester.com/portfolio/mobile-applications/2011/11/hunters-ipad-marketing-application/feed/ 0 The Hunters iPad application is a marketing tool used at events and in clubs to capture user information made possible by prize based incentives. http://nickbester.com/portfolio/mobile-applications/2011/11/schweppes-ipad-marketing-application/ http://nickbester.com/portfolio/mobile-applications/2011/11/schweppes-ipad-marketing-application/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:00:43 +0000 KicksaintNick http://nickbester.com/?p=1480 http://nickbester.com/portfolio/mobile-applications/2011/11/schweppes-ipad-marketing-application/feed/ 0 The Schweppes iPad application is a marketing tool used at events and in clubs to capture user information made possible by prize based incentives. The application comes complete with a management section to determine how many prizes remain and a help section indicating how the application works http://nickbester.com/portfolio/online-and-interactive/2011/08/the-flash-tab-facebook-template/ http://nickbester.com/portfolio/online-and-interactive/2011/08/the-flash-tab-facebook-template/#comments Sun, 28 Aug 2011 08:52:23 +0000 KicksaintNick http://nickbester.com/?p=1469 http://nickbester.com/portfolio/online-and-interactive/2011/08/the-flash-tab-facebook-template/feed/ 0 This Flash based template is useful for people wanting a personalized Facebook page for their business or for personal use. It can be customized to suit the needs of the individual or business in question. Its visual appealing style will make it stand out from the rest of the HTML driven content which is so [...] http://nickbester.com/portfolio/online-and-interactive/2011/06/cubique/ http://nickbester.com/portfolio/online-and-interactive/2011/06/cubique/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:31:06 +0000 KicksaintNick http://nickbester.com/?p=1449 http://nickbester.com/portfolio/online-and-interactive/2011/06/cubique/feed/ 0 Add another dimension to your portfolio with Cubique. An Actionscript 3.0 3D Image gallery built using the FIVe3D engine. It's dynamic enough to allow for different layouts which are further illustrated in the description on the ActiveDen website. http://nickbester.com/portfolio/online-and-interactive/2011/06/stock-temple/ http://nickbester.com/portfolio/online-and-interactive/2011/06/stock-temple/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:02:29 +0000 KicksaintNick http://nickbester.com/?p=1438 http://nickbester.com/portfolio/online-and-interactive/2011/06/stock-temple/feed/ 0 I put together a simple digital stock portal to make it easier to view all the files from the prominent Envato marketplaces in one location. While I'll be using this personally it also serves as a nice page for a lot of other people looking for the same information