The Black Mantis Design Team
The Black Mantis designers came together through mutual friends and a shared interest in web design. This site began through increasing frustration in the number of old-fashioned, slow sites still to be found online. We created some small sites for friends, sticking to the original gameplan of simple, quick-loading sites that display the necessary information in a colourful, visual format. Several of our clients commented that we should market our skills, leading to the creation of Black Mantis Design. Please visit some of the sites mentioned on the Portfolio page for a better idea of what we do, or contact us for any further information you require, or a quote.
Oli Pinchbeck
"I first became interested in web design through my study of languages. The way I see it code is just another way of communicating, albeit with a computer instead of with humans! I got into server-side scripting after an internship with the IT solutions department of a Duabi-based company, and since then have dabbled in Photoshop and Flash among others."
Alex Magee
"I enjoy web design as a way to express my creative side on a computer. I come from a technical support background; I was tired of the very linear 'problem A is fixed by solution A type work' and thought it a logical progression to start building websites. My main area of expertise lies in the Adobe Creative Suite, but I also enjoy coding in HTML and PHP."