Dan Fone Web Development
Bridging code and creativity
Vue/Nuxt · Sanity · Sass · Animation · Accessibility
I’m a front end developer with a background in art. I’m not massively attached to particular technologies as much as finding the best thing to use in a given situation then keeping it simple enough that someone else, or indeed myself in a year, can pick it up. Lately that’s been Nuxt, Vue, Sanity, TypeScript and Tailwind after years of WordPress, Veeva (with certifications), Jekyll and others. The art matters because the making is what I enjoy most. The tools are a means to an end.
Recently I’ve taken sites from discovery through design, build and deployment, often as the only person on the project. I’m currently building a WCAG AA multilingual museum site with offline kiosk support. Before web development I worked in television as a researcher, alongside camera crews and editors, which left me with an empathy for project managers and designers and the pressures they’re under. I’m happy in a team, wherever I sit in it.
Much of my work now is done with Claude Code. It sometimes feels like I’m a code reviewer more than a developer. That’s where judgement counts. Having opinions about the code, the architecture and the design. Fundamentally, I’m still building something. The means are changing rapidly, the ends not so much. Having a view of those ends and what they need to look like inside and out is still a beautiful job.
Previous clients
Here are some of the brands I've had the opportunity to work with.
I built these
TokyoDex
Nuxt/Sanity site for Tokyo art visionaries TokyoDex. TokyoDex put their network of artists from the Japanese scene in to blue chip corporate office spaces with incredible results.
TokyoDex's requirements were:
- Clean design that lets the images do the talking
- Flexibility for future more interactive or animated content
- Updating new projects.
- Adding newsletters
- Bilingual in English and Japanese
Adventuremice
Nuxt/Sanity site for children's book series Adventuremice by illustrator Sarah McIntyre and author Philip Reeve.
Sarah's requirements were:
- Updatable for new book releases
- Quirky quiz for readers to find out which character they are
- Lots of downloadable content for teachers and parents
Kilo Architects
WordPress site for Kilo Architects. Kilo are based in South East London. They are committed to working collaboratively with community organisations to develop innovative solutions to the problems raised by their existing premises.
Kilo's requirements were:
- Being able to add projects when they were completed and update copy as required.
- Prior to any build or design happening they wanted help in identifying how they could best communicate their process. This led to creating a separate section on the site called Our Approach
Troy Elliott Music
Single page site for Singer Songwriter Troy Elliott. I did the design and took the photographs as well as building the site. Troy wanted to be able to edit the site so it is built in WordPress
Troy's requirements were:
- Single page site with modern, minimal feel
- Easy to update
Hammerhead Rabbits
Nuxt site for my own art and photography work
My requirements were:
- Built in Nuxt
- Animated elements
- Easy to add new sections of photographs
- Flexible enough to incorporate new artistic projects when I do them
About me
- Yes, this photo is newer than the drawings on this site.
- I have a Masters in Digital Arts (distinction).
- I love taking photographs. My Instagram handle is @danfonephoto if you want to see some pictures.
- I also make art. Take a look on my other website.
- I’ve cycled (very slowly) through the Alps. It would have been a lot easier without the 20kg of luggage. Maybe next time I’ll just take my toothbrush and a pair of pants.
- I love both high and low culture. I’m generally not that bothered about the three for two table in Waterstones though.
- I think the journalists are right when they say Middlemarch is the greatest novel written in English.
- You can download a copy of my CV.