Count Binface

Count Binface is a satirical political candidate created by the British comedy writer, director, and producer Jon Harvey. He’s a space warrior from the planet Sigma 9 and the Leader of the Recyclons. Count Binface stood in elections against Prime Ministers Boris Johnson, Theresa May, Rishi Sunak, and twice for Mayor of London.

In June 2024, my post about “Imagining what I’d make if Count Binface came calling” caught The Count’s attention and he demanded I design and develop a new website for his 2024 General Election campaign against Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

Who was I to argue? After all, no one wants to be vaporised by a rubbish receptacle-headed space warrior. People find Count Binface’s antics funny, but I was completely serious when I approached his website redesign. I reorganised his content, improved the user experience, and filled the website with his personality.

I designed a colour palette, created graphics, a logo mark, and a new graphic Count Binface portrait. Software popular on planet Sigma 9 isn’t available on Earth, so Count Binface had already chosen the Squarespace platform. As we had only three days to turn my designs into a website, I chose to stick with Squarespace. I added custom CSS to achieve design elements not possible out of the box from Squarespace.