Zodal specializes in the design of visually compelling digital content across devices through the use of innovative technologies and sound usability.

Zodal was established on the shores of New Brighton Beach, Christchurch, in New Zealand in April 2003 under the direction of Chris Blair and Ghada Vanderpool. The team is comprised of thinkers, developers and visionaries. Each member of the Zodal team has studied in a field related to new media – from Design, Multimedia, Education, Architecture and Computer Science. Our team has solid technical experience and beyond that our clients appreciate our creativity, people skills and general passion towards our work.

We are a truly dynamic company, with key Zodal team members hailing from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Korea, China and oh of course New Zealand. If you are lucky enough to visit us by the beach (go on then, give us a call!), you’ll instantly feel the buzz of creative juices. You may be amazed at the many different lilts on the Kiwi accent, and you’ll definitely know that we are the right company with the right attitude to help you market your brand increasing your global reach.

Our process, like our people, is professional and flexible, with the success and satisfaction of our clients being of the highest importance. Our expertise has been focused on mobile and other devices, such as web applications, kiosks, IPTV, PlayStation Portable (PSP) and mp3 players. Our team has gained invaluable knowledge and experience within the internet and mobile and devices industries, this has been applied into our customizable technologies.

We have a history of applying innovative technology to design to help our clients progress into new markets and disrupt the market in existing ones.

“ZoDAL is New Zealand's leading Flash Lite developer for mobile applications”
- Dr. Mark Billinghurst, Director of HIT Lab New Zealand and 2006 World Class New Zealand Awards Winner, ICT.


Core Design Expertise
- Interaction Design across devices
- Interface Design across devices
- Business Mobility Interaction Design and Programming Logic
- Game Concept, Game Design, Game Interface Design, Game Programming Logic
- Character Development
- Cross platform Animation & Illustration for publishing across devices


Core Technology Expertise
Mobile and Devices Client-Side:
Flash Lite 1.1, 2.0, 2.1 & 3, iMode, Brew, Actionscript 1, 2 & 3, Flash, Flex, Ajax, Mojax, PHP, XHTML

Sever-Side:
Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Java, Rhino, Web Service + XML-RPC

Networking/Database:
PostgreSQL, MySQL, Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, Apache, Lighttpd, Mongrel

The Zodal team is passionate about new media and how it can be implemented for greatest return on investment. We partner with our clients to create the best digital outcome.

Our Studio environment is conducive to great work! At Zodal we:

• Value stimulating user experiences
• Passionate about our creative ideas & creative processes
• Celebrate the advantages and opportunities of emerging technologies
• Believe in achieving world-class standards

The Zodal colors are inspired from our stunning surroundings in the Southern Hemisphere. The warm sand, the clear blue skies and the sparkling blue water stretching off into the horizon.

It was a key decision to setup the Zodal premises in a place where our team would be engaged and inspired by the backdrop of their surroundings. Being just another office, in just another city block in the centre of a concrete jungle was not an option. To encourage innovation and creativity, we established the studio next to the strikingly wild east coast beach of New Brighton, just 10 minutes from the city center of Christchurch. With a population closing in on 400 000 people, Christchurch is New Zealand's second largest city and the gateway to the South Island.

Zodal's brand colors embody the creative environment that inspires each and every one of us in our work. The soft sand of New Brighton Beach with the morning sun rising in the East, creating a mellow orange glow on the sand as the restless waves lap into shore. The clear blue sky with its long puffy white clouds is characteristically representative of a landscape unique to New Zealand (indigenous Maori name Aotearoa, meaning land of the long white cloud).

These colors are Zodal, this place is what drives the creative and technological energy behind the Zodal team. It is New Zealand, it is the beach, it is the inspired people, it is the easy access to a vibrant city center, it is a lifestyle that is Zodal.

Thank you
Kia Ora

The Zodal Team