Social Work Jobs (SWJ) is an Australian website that promotes Social Work jobs for Social Workers and those in the Welfare field. Since it's inception, SWJ staff had been manually adding job listings to their outdated and unsecured website and wanted something that was completely automated, provided better search functionality and offered improved SEO.

To make things a lot easier for the SWJ staff, we focused on developing a completely automated platform with a fresh interface - creating a sophisticated Job Networking website that allows Job Seekers to register, subscribe to RSS and apply for jobs with ease. In turn, Employers now have the ability to add new job listings, edit existing jobs, be invoiced on the fly and even automatically tweet new jobs to Twitter.

Diverse Sign Studios, based in Knoxfield, VIC are a professional Sign Writing service provider offering a wide range of signage applications to help promote your business.

After moving to their new studio last year, Diverse Sign Studios wanted to dust off their dated website and ‘freshen up’ their online image. Focusing on high quality imagery, easy to use navigation and knowledgeable information, Koodoz Design assisted in developing a brand new website that has enhanced the perception of their business and will ultimately increase sales.

It’s official. We’re back from our summer break and after a couple of weeks in the tropical climates of Vanuatu, I’ve managed to come back with a few added shades of pink to my now shedding epidermis. Hard to believe how quickly it has gone, but it’s now time to get back into the groove.

To kick off the new year, I thought I’d spread the word about a documentary called Typeface. A quaint film about Hamilton Wood Type Museum, a museum in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, that tells the story of a bygone-era in Typography and the fading art of hand-making letterforms.

P.S. – A belated Happy New Year to you all.

Practising Estate Litigation across Australia with offices in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Johansson Solicitors are a boutique law firm who specialise in contesting, defending, disputing and challenging wills.

To assist with improving the image of their specialised field, Koodoz Design partnered with Terry and his staff to redesign and develop their previously dated website. Focusing on usability and style, we created a modern and sophisticated design that showcases their professional services, provides easy-to-find, detailed information and overall enhances the firm's online presence. In addition, we also coordinated the production of a series of professionally produced short videos and photography as well as developing a custom built Content Management System (CMS) to allow their staff to upload industry related documentation for the site's users to peruse.

Well, without further ado, it’s time to reveal my ‘Top 10 Albums of 2009′ (plus another ten or so worthy runners-up).

1. The Temper Trap – Conditions

Summary: ‘Conditions’ displays The Temper Trap’s ability to combine their influences into an original sound that bridges the gap between credible indie & mainstream hooks. (Source: Sputnik Music)

Track Listing:
1. Love Lost
2. Rest
3. Sweet Disposition
4. Down River
5. Soldier On
6. Fader
7. Fools
8. Resurrection
9. Science Of Fear
10. Drum Song

Label: Liberation Music
Genre: Rock

2. Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More

Summary: With banjo in hand, Mumford & Sons have created the debut album of the year. (Source: Sputnik Music)

Track Listing:
1. Sigh No More
2. The Cave
3. Winter Winds
4. Roll Away Your Stone
5. White Blank Page
6. I Gave You All
7. Little Lion Man
8. Timshel
9. Thistle & Weeds
10. Awake My Soul
11. Dust Bowl Dance
12. After The Storm

Label: Mumford & Sons/Dew
Genre: Folk-Rock

3. The Middle East – The Recordings of The Middle East

Summary: A highly pleasant mix of folk indie and all things nice. (Source: Sputnik Music)

Track Listing:
1. The Darkest Side
2. Beleriand
3. Lonely
4. Blood
5. Fools Gold
6. Pig Food
7. The Fall of Man
8. Tsietsi

Label: Spnnk!
Genre: Indie-Folk

4. Gregory Alan Isakov – This Empty Northern Hemisphere

Summary: With original lyrics which straddle longing, nostalgia, and heartache, Isakov delivers songs that defy categorization and speak to more universal truths. (Source: About.com: Folk Music)

Track Listing:
1. That Moon Song
2. Evelyn
3. Light Year
4. Dandelion Wine
5. Big Black Car
6. Virginia May
7. Master & A Hound
8. Idaho
9. One of Us Cannot Be Wrong
10. This Empty Northern Hemisphere
11. Fire Escape
12. Words
13. If I Go, I’m Goin
14. The Stable Song
15. All There Is

Label: Alternative Folk
Genre: Folk

5. Karnivool – Sound Awake

Summary: Epic, in every sense of the word. ‘Sound Awake’ cements Karnivool at the top of the Australian rock pile. (Source: Sputnik Music)

Track Listing:
1. Simple Boy
2. Goliath
3. New Day
4. Set Fire To the Hive
5. Umbra
6. All I Know
7. The Medicine Wears Off
8. The Caudal Lure
9. Illumine
10. Deadman
11. Change

Label: Independent/Sony Music
Genre: Rock

6. OST – Twighlight Saga: New Moon

Summary: Features tracks from Death Cab For Cutie, Thom Yorke, Anya Marina, The Killers, Muse, Bon Iver & St. Vincent, Sea Wolf, Editors and many others. (Source: Rolling Stone)

Track Listing:
1. Death Cab For Cutie – Meet Me On The Equinox
2. Band Of Skulls – Friends
3. Thom Yorke – Hearing Damage
4. Lykke Li – Possibility
5. The Killers – A White Demon Love Song
6. Anya Marina – Satellite Heart
7. Muse – I Belong To You (New Moon)
8. Bon Iver and St. Vincent – Roslyn
9. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Done All Wrong
10. Hurricane Bells – Monsters
11. Sea Wolf – The Violet Hour
12. OK Go – Shooting The Moon
13. Grizzly Bear – Slow Life
14. Editors – No Sound But The Wind
15. Alexandre Desplat – New Moon (The Meadow)

Label: Chop Shop/Atlantic
Genre: Soundtrack

7. Florence and the Machine – Lungs

Summary: A fantastic debut from a very promising British talent. (Source: Sputnik Music)

Track Listing:
1. Dog Days Are Over
2. Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
3. I’m Not Calling You A Liar
4. Howl
5. Kiss With A Fist
6. Girl With One Eye
7. Drumming
8. Between Two Lungs
9. Cosmic Love
10. My Boy Builds Coffins
11. Hurricane Drunk
12. Blinding
13. “You’ve Got The Love” (Bonus Track)

Label: Universal Republic
Genre: Alt-Indie

8. Quantic & His Barbaro – Tradition in Transition

Summary: Tradition in Transition is an exciting, lively, genre-hopping treat from beginning to end. (Source: Amazon)

Track Listing:
1. The Dreaming Mind Part 1
2. Mas Pan
3. Linda Morena
4. Undelivered Letter
5. Un Canto A Ma Tierra
6. Mambo Los Qauntic
7. Albela
8. New Morning
9. I Just Fell In Love Again
10. Cancao Do Deserto
11. Arianita
12. The Dreaming Mind Part 2

Label: Tru-Thoughts
Genre: House/Jazz/Soul/Funk/World

9. Bat for Lashes – Two Suns

Summary: Right now, Two Suns just may be one of the defining musical moments of 2009. (Source: Sputnik Music)

Track Listing:
1. Glass
2. Sleep Alone
3. Moon and Moon
4. Daniel
5. Peace of Mind
6. Siren Song
7. Pearl’s Dream
8. Good Love
9. Two Planets
10. Traveling Woman
11. The Big Sleep (Feat. Scott Walker)

Label: Astralwerks
Genre: Alt-Pop

10. Silversun Pickups – Swoon

Summary: An impressive record from an impressive up and coming band. (Source: Sputnik Music)

Track Listing:
1. There’s No Secrets This Year
2. The Royal We
3. Growing Old Is Getting Old
4. It’s Nice to Know You Work Alone
5. Panic Switch
6. Draining
7. Sort Of
8. Substitution
9. Catch and Release
10. Surrounded (or Spiraling)

Label: Dangerbird
Genre: Indie-Rock

Here are a few more that I couldn’t squeeze into the list, but couldn’t ignore…

Outro

Looking forward to another amazing year of music. There are already dozens of rumored/scheduled albums I’m dying to hear. Can’t wait!!

Oh, by the way, this is our last Klog post for the year. Have a safe, but fun festive season. Catch you on the flipside.

As we mentioned a few weeks ago, we had made up our minds on the client gift for two-double-o-nine that was gonna smash last year’s donut idea outta the park.

Well, after about 2 weeks of brewin’ down at the local Barleycorn Brewers, a week worth of ‘post-production’ and 2 days worth of trekking around Melbourne, we have finally, finished hand-delivering some very cool (literally on ice), custom made and designed beer to all of our wonderful clients!

Now, to make sure we were able to satisfy most people’s discerning palates, we decided to brew two different types of beers. The first was a ’standard issue’ Carlton Draught stunt double, which we dubbed the Koodoz Draught Koldie – The cure for climate change. The other was a ‘pseudo premium’ Stella Artois, which we named Kräutbrau – Premium Belgian lager. made with liebe :)

These two beautiful amber ales were lovingly hand-brewed, bottled and capped by us. We also custom designed the branded labels, applying each one individually (288 in total), as well as embellishing the sides of each 6-pack holder with a hand-cut stencil. We then went one step further and bow-tied a red satin ribbon with the Koodoz Design logo, around each 6-pack.

All in all, it was a really fun side project for us and I’m certain all of our clients will enjoy their chilled beverages over the summer break and festive season.

The only downside to all of this, is now we have to start thinking of something even better for next years gift – we’re 100% open to suggestions :)

Cue beer montage in 3, 2, 1…

Plain 6-pack holders were bloody hard to find, so if you’re looking to get some, get in touch with the guys over at Colna Print & Pak

Ribbon printed by the kind folks over at Australian Printed Ribbon

Beautiful, brown, boutique beer bottles brought to you by Barleycorn Brewers

The other day, I managed to catch the last few moments of a wonderfully sampled piece of music that instantly conjured up childhood memories of a Disney favourite. At first I thought it might have been the work of DJ Dexter from The Avalanches or possibly even Japan’s Cornelius. Quick to discover what the song was, I rushed home and searched my little heart out, to discover the sublime audio delight I had just heard was an audio remix of the original Alice In Wonderland movie sampled and mixed by an Australian lad named Pogo.

Post the obligatory need to learn more about young DJ, I discovered that he’s actually more than just an audio sampler, but also a budding video/film editor. And to put a glazed cherry on top of that, he not only sampled the audio of Alice In Wonderland but he also created a synced video to go with it:

Alice

After a little more searching, I also found his YouTube page and discovered that Alice wasn’t Pogo’s first attempt at cutting up old Disney flicks. It turns out he’s had a crack at a few from their catalogue and they’re pretty bloody clever! Check out some of his other works:

Bangarang

Expialidocious

Scrumdiddlyumptious

He’s even made some of his tracks available to download for free from his unreleased Wonderland EP on last.fm:

Listen to Pogo – Alice.mp3

Listen to Pogo – Bread and Butterflies.mp3

Listen to Pogo – UnBirthday.mp3

Listen to Pogo – Lost.mp3

Massa Imports is a market leading supplier/wholesaler of fine ceramic and porcelain tiles, offering an exciting variety of quality products to both retail and commercial clients. Their innovative range includes ceramic wall and floor tiles, matching decorator tiles, glass, ceramic, porcelain & metal mosaics from some of the world’s most renowned tile manufacturers.

Originally contracted to help design the interface of their new website, we’ve now partnered with Massa Imports to help improve the aesthetics of their previous site and seamlessly merge them across to a more stable and easy to use CMS (Content Management System) – allowing them to have more flexibility and control on the content they publish.

Enlisted to help redevelop their existing website and assist in improving the overall aesthetics of their online presence - Rialto Adjudications is a body of adjudicators for the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 200 (Vic.).

Last year, for the festive season, we hand delivered dozens of fresh and tasty Koodoz themed donuts to all of our clients, as a way of saying thank you, for their continued business.

This year, we’ve thought long and hard about how we could raise the bar on 2008s well-received gift idea and after countless hours of brainstorming, internet searching and deliberation — we’ve finally decided and put the order through!

We’re pretty confident this idea will trump last year’s efforts and we’re sure our client’s will agree!

Stay tuned…