Analogue Friday update. More progress in the studio today with the help of my oldest daughter. Tw...Analogue Friday update. More progress in the studio today with the help of my oldest daughter. Tw...
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There's something great about building your own studio furniture instead of buying it off the shelf, and having your daughter in on it makes it even better. What's going on the second desk, is that going to be a dedicated client meeting spot or more workstation space?
Both desks together are three working spaces. It’ll have 2 Mac Studio m4 Max’s under desk mounted attached to two Mac Studio Displays. Third spot is floating space for when one of our freelance designers visit.
Desk up back is an analogue desk for making collages, doing wood...
CineRent & Studio is a high-end web application built for creative professionals to seamlessly rent photography/videography gear and book production studio spaces. The app completely eliminates manual back-and-forth coordinator communication through smart automation and interactive scheduling.
Key Features & Functional Architecture:
Smart AI Shooting Assistant: Allows users to type their project type (e.g., "music video"), dynamically recommending and bundling a tailored set of gear and a matching studio room in one click.
Dynamic Rental Catalog & Pricing: Features live date-range selectors with automatic long-hire discounts applied directly in the cart interface.
Hourly Studio Slot Booking: High-fidelity scheduling layout that handles visual time-slot allocation for studio spaces with live calendar states.
Unified Checkout & Operations Summary: Advanced checkout system calculating real-time subtotals, VAT, and generation of a detailed reservation summary.
Customer Operations Dashboard: Displays live stats of active gear rentals, upcoming studio blocks, total spend metrics, and automated booking lifecycle statuses (e.g., Confirmed, Out with you).
Here is a quick breakdown of my recent homepage redesign for Contra, focused on optimizing screen real estate and reducing visual noise:
Decluttered Visual Hierarchy: Removed the oversized right-hand challenge panel and countdown banners to allow user posts to occupy primary screen real estate.
Streamlined Navigation: Relocated and grouped secondary menu items down to the left sidebar, creating a unified workspace layout.
Eliminated Redundancies: Resolved overlapping UI elements—such as duplicate chat buttons—to create a cleaner, more intuitive user journey.