Akaihane is a freelance web/graphic designer from Belfast, Northern Ireland. She loves to doodle with both pencils, watercolours and in Photoshop, and is currently working at getting back into her illustration and photography.
Away from the computer she: herds wild cats; reads books heavy enough to cause wrist strain; has a collection of 530+ manga and 300+ anime DVDS; and is attempting to master the Japanese language. 
If you are in the market for a new website or any printed promotional work (fliers, business cards, posters), don't hesitate to contact Akaihane for a free quote. You can also view her CV here.
Below are a choice selection of some of the web projects Akaihane has worked on over the past few years. Some have been done on her own entertainment, and others as a web/graphic designer, either at various companies or as a freelancer.
Red Sky Photography
Role: Designer; Coding
Website: RedSkyNI.com
Year: 2010
About: When Rick Trainor, a local photographer, had a new corporate identity designed, he needed a new website to go along with it. By using the Magazeen Wordpress theme as a base, I created for Rick and all-new online presence to fit in with this new era of his business.
Insupire-shon - Akaihane's Blog
Role: Designer; Blogger;
Website: Blog.Akaihane.co.uk
Year: 2009
About: This is Akaihane's primary blog. It is dedicated to her two passions: design and Japan. The blog focuses on
amazing design inspired by Japanese visual creativity, including web & graphic design, animation, fashion, illustration, product
design and much, much more.
This blog is a customisation of the Infinity WordPress theme, developed by Yichi.
Altruism // A Sumeragi Subaru Shrine
Role: Designer; CSS/XHTML Coder; Content Writer
Website: Akaihane.co.uk/Altruism
Year: 2005
About: A just-for-fun site Akaihane created around one of her favourite manga characters.
From scanning required material, designing and coding the site, and writing all of the articles, the site is 100% her baby, and was made during her last few months at university, as a way to get her head away from her major project work.
Life Was Beautiful
Role: Designer; Flash Developer
Website: LifeWasBeautiful.com
Year: 2009
About: A Flash portfolio site created for local photographer, Richard Watson. This site gave Akaihane a great chance to get back into refreshing her Flash skills after a while away from creating full Flash sites.
Donaghy's Shoes
Role: Designer; CSS/XHTML Coder
Website: Donaghys.co.uk
Year: 2009/2010
About: Donaghy's already had an e-commerce back-end built, but needed a complete re-design, pushing the new photography they had invested in, and front-end re-code of their new online store. In less than two weeks, Akaihane turned the site around into what it is today.
Planet Environmental Design
Role: Designer; CSS/XHTML Coder
Website: PlanetEnvironmentalDesign.com
Year: 2009
About: To promote their services, Planet Environmental Design required a small, easy to maintain site that would
still give enough impact to put their company above the rest.
NMNI
Role: Designer; CSS/XHTML Coder;
Website: NMNI.com
Year: 2009
About: The new extensive website for the National Museums, Northern Ireland, incorporating mini-sites for each of the
four museums and more.
Armagh GAA
Role: Designer; CSS/XHTML Coder;
Website: Armagh-GAA.com
Year: 2009
About: Armagh GAA required a website from where GAA fans and team members themselves would have an online
base, somewhere to find out about everything from news, events and about the players themselves.
Ford - NI Dealers
Role: Designer; CSS/XHTML Coder
Website: FordDealersNI.co.uk
Year: 2009
About: Ford's key site for sales in Northern Ireland, this site needed to be clean with a innovative way to browse the car listing.
County Sligo Golf Club
Role: Designer; CSS/XHTML Coder
Website: CountySligoGolfClub.ie
Year: 2008/2009
About: One of the top Irish golf clubs, Country Sligo needed a website that would allow their members to access
information regarding the history of the club, details on the courses, and much more.
eg. Information Consulting
Role: Designer; CSS/XHTML Coder; Flash Developer
Website: eg-Consulting.com
Year: 2007
About: The eg. Information Consulting website was developed as a way to convey to prospective clients the services
that the company provided, as well as illustrate, through case studies, the successes the company has had over its extensive history.
Alan Lewis Displays - Fitout
Role: Designer; CSS/XHTML Coder; JavaScript Coder
Website: AlanLewisDisplays.co.uk
Year: 2007
About: Alan Lewis Displays required a portfolio based site that would allow prospective clients to see their products
in an exciting way, as well as show the sites they have already fitted out.
Flipleaf
Role: Designer; CSS/XHTML Coder
Website: FlipLeaf.com
Year: 2007
About: Flipleaf provides clients with a quality and low cost means of displaying magazines, brochures, catalogues etc online in digital format.
Belfast City Airport
Role: Designer; CSS/XHTML Coder
Website: BCA.aero
Year: 2008
About: BCA required a site where visitors could not only check on the times of departures and arrivals, but also
find all of the information they required to make their journeys go as smoothly as possible.
Abacus - Professional Recruitment
Role: Designer; CSS/XHTML Coder; Flash Developer
Website: Abacus.jobs
Year: 2008
About: Abacus required an interactive site that would provide an innovative way - a live search system - by which employers and job seekers could streamlessly search for prospective employees and jobs.
CONGU - Council of National Golf Unions
Role: Designer; CSS/XHTML Coder
Website: Congu.com
Year: 2007
About: CONGU required a website to explain both their work and about the rules surrounding the handicap system in
golfing.
Mount Ober Golf Club
Role: Designer; CSS/XHTML Coder; Flash Developer
Website: MountOber.com
Year: 2007
About: Mount Ober Golf Club required a website to promote the facilities at their golf course, as well as information
as to how to become a member.
Golfing Union of Ireland
Role: Designer; CSS/XHTML Coder; Flash Developer
Website: GUI.ie
Year: 2007/2008
About: GUI required an in-depth site that not only promoted their organisation, but would also enable, using Google Maps, visitors to find clubs throughout Ireland, as well as hotel accommodation, news and more.
Irish Ladies Golf Union
Role: Designer; CSS/XHTML Coder
Website: ILGU.ie
Year: 2008
About: As a companion to the GUI website, the ILGU required a site with the same scope, but one that was designed
to fit a different primary audience.
Harland & Wolff
Role: Designer; CSS/XHTML Coder; Flash Developer
Website: Harland-Wolff.com
Year: 2007
About:
Provincia Professional Recruitment
Role: Designer; CSS/XHTML Coder; JavaScript Developer
Website: Provincia.co.uk
Year: 2008/2009
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North Down Borough Council
Role: Designer; CSS/XHTML Coder
Website: NorthDown.gov.uk
Year: 2007
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FM Planning
Role: Designer; CSS/XHTML Coder
Website: FMPlanning.co.uk
Year: 2007
About: FM Planning required a simple one-page website as a way to educate people as to the services they offered
and to give prospect clients a way to easily discover their contact information.