Accounting Solutions, Ltd
Accounting Solutions, Ltd
Role: Design and Development
Challenge: To make a clean, clear design that inspires confidence and shows the firms expertise. More than anything, they just wanted users to call or email them. Every page on the site funnels users towards one of these options.

Compliant with Web Standards.

 
WHPK 88.5FM University of Chicago
WHPK 88.5FM University of Chicago
Role: Design and Development
Challenge: The design had to feel like it could belong to any of the station's genres, while still "taking a stand" and having an emotional, musical identity. I built an extensive administrative tool so the station could update the shows, schedule, djs, news stories, events, and archive old shows.

Compliant with Web Standards.

 
Illinois Divorce.com
Illinois Family Divorce
Role: Development only
Challenge: To build the site pixel-perfect based on the original design. To incorporate third-party search and forum packages.

Compliant with Web Standards.

 
The Red Lemon Store Promo
The Red Lemon Store & Capitol Records Promotion
Role: Design & Develop
Page Description: A page for contest winners of a special promotion between Capitol Records and The Redlemon Store.
Challenge: To capture the feel of the featured recording artist as well as the participating fashion clothes store.
 
Sketchpad
Sketchpad
Role: Develop Only
(Designed by Highland Group, Grand Rapids, MI)

Challenge: This site sells luxury home plans, so all home illustrations, floor plans, and detail images had to be converted and displayed perfectly from source images; the most challenging being complex vector CAD files. I worked closely with an excellent SEO company, the site designer, an dcreative director. I visually integrated the shopping cart third-party package.

Compliant with Web Standards.

 
Chris M. Miller's Portfolio
Chris Miller’s Artist Portfolio
Role: Collaborative Design & Develop
Challenge: Collaborated with the artist to create a design consistent with his artwork and to make the artwork be the focus while site design plays a subtle, supportive role.

Compliant with Web Standards.

 
ASG Software Solutions
ASG Software Solutions
Role: Develop Only
(Designed by Highland Group, Grand Rapids, MI)

Challenge: To take existing content for 700+ pages and integrate it with the new deign as efficiently as possible. This was a beast!
 
Activated Movement
Activated Movement
Role: Develop Only
(Designed by James Brophy, Chicago, IL)

Challenge: To develop the site pixel-perfect to the design. I used PHP to email form results to the site owner. The code is very lean.

Compliant with Web Standards.

 
House Confessions with Homie the House
House Confessions with Homie the House.
Touring Art Installation.

Role: Art Direct & Develop
Challenge: The purpose of this art installation is to create a dialog among students about college drinking. The site's purpose is to continue this dialog online, promote future installations, and document past installations; all to generate interest and funding to make this a permanent touring project.

I worked with a designer to make a design that solved the intended functions of the site. I built it to be easily updated by the project curator.

Compliant with Web Standards.

 
Sarah Sanford's Portfolio
Sarah Sanford’s Artist Portfolio
Role: Design & Develop
Challenge: To create a design consistent with Sarah’s artwork and to make the artwork be the focus while site design plays a subtle, supportive role.

Compliant with Web Standards.

 
Personal Trainer Network
Role: Design & Develop
Design Challenge: To feel motivated and inspiring, getting people excited about making positive changes in their lives.
Functional Challenge: Create intuitive features so that:
 
Reading Together 2004
Reading Together 2004
Role: Design & Develop
Site Description: A community reading program put on by the Kalamazoo Public Library.
Challenge: To create a design consistent with the feel of the book's content, cover, and other promotion material produced by the library. To make finding events quick and easy from any page.
 
Kalamazoo Public Library
Kalamazoo Public Library
Role: Design & Develop
Design Challenge: To create a design consistent with the bright, bold, and colorful use of refracting light in the architectural design of the library, created in collaborated by artist Michael Hayden.
Functional Challenge: To develop it simply so the library staff can easily edit their sections.
 
Kalamazoo Public Library -- Children's Site
Kalamazoo Public Library - Teen Site
Role: Design & Develop
Challenge: To give this section of the site it's own identity, attractive to teens, while feeling connected to the main Library's site. It also had to use the same navigation of the main site.
 
Kalamazoo Public Library -- Children's Site
Kalamazoo Public Library - Children’s Site
Role: Design & Develop
Challenge: To give this section of the site it's own identity, attractive to kids, while feeling connected to the main Library's site. It also had to use the same navigation of the main site.
 
Van Buren Youth Camp
Van Buren Youth Camp
Role: Design, Develop, & Architect
Design Challenge: To instill confidence in prospective parents and give a sense of what the experience at camp is like.
Functional Challenge:
Provide online registration, abundance of confidence-building information for parents, and lots of photos to give a sense of ownership campers and alumni.