Portfolio - Web Design

Eye-candy is great when it works as part of the brand but most sites are presenting information that needs to take center stage. My philosophy with the web is to keep it simple, clean and functional with what appears like a dash of design.

storyhat
Company Type: Naming and Branding Design Group
Website Insights: I played Jr. Designer and Head programmer for this one of a kind portfolio site. Being the Art Director for storyhat made me want to spend less time designing and more time learning some cool Java FX to spice up our site. There are a lot of examples on this site that are of my doing, at least in part, so check it out.
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Intellecap
Company Type:Worldwide capital for development opportunities
Website Needs: They wanted clean and modern above all else. However, the need for a graphical tie-in to their messaging: "shaping outcomes for effective social enterprise" had to be solid. Thus the photography really had to be well picked. The "shaping part and the pottery seemed fantastic. We took the imagery in the internal pages to the finished pots, "outcome", and most photos have hands to bring in the human/"social" side. I also built the template which has some really nice rollovers on the home page. This project marked the first time that I did business with a company in India.
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Lee & Hayes
Company Type: IP Law Firm
Website Needs: A new clean, contemporary and field related look was asked for.
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Wellington Vineyards
Company Type: Winery
Project Notes:Wellington Vineyards is perhaps my oldest client that still taps me for web design needs. This is our third design with the first being done in 2001. I and the web have come a long way!
Website Needs: A fresh look with a soft yet rich experience was called for. The vast bulk of the branding is on the dry side so more imagery and human touch was required. A simple CMS solution was also required as well as integration to a third part cart. The final product hit the bullseye!
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Mobile Iron
Company Type: Smartphone
Website Needs: Must convey the business space and what MI is about at a glance. High contrast, clear hierarchy, rich color yet dark and moody.
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Mangia
Company Type: Cooking School
Website Needs: "Modern and bright yet easy on the eye." is what was asked for and it got delivered in one design attempt! It has a simple CMS solution, a simple calendar solution and other first class functions.
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Lowe's Santa Rosa
Website Type: Public interface to inform the local community of development plans.
Website Needs: The focus was to present a site with branding that is concise yet less corporate than Lowes.com. The website had to have a back-end CMS to edit/add pages, side bar links and control the forms.
This site came down on 9/10/09.

Nopolo News
Company Type: News and Guide Source
Website Needs: This was a laundry list for sure; A blog split into sections for podcasts, news and other categories - A semi static side with a simple CMS solution and a host other forms, original icons, training, writing and other tidbits were asked for.
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Kaz Vineyard & Winery
Company Type: Family Winery
Website Needs: My father needed a site to share information, sell wine and handle wine club members. But most importantly, the website needed to reflect the style we set forth with our zany labels and general off-the-wall attitude.
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Community Servers
Company Type: Custom Built Data Management Solutions. Beyond CMS!
Website Notes: After I revised their logo it was clear that a new website was needed too. It had to showcase that the company was capable of giving itself and its clients a look that goes beyond
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SolidCore
Company Type: Online Compliance Software
Website Needs: A new home page with a more captivating look. Flash was needed to accomplish the image and text flow of the home page header. The look had to match the rest of the website which remained the same.

Birst
Company Type: Online Analytics Software
Website Needs: After creating the logo and a pre-site I was asked to build out a prosumer facing website. Every image on this site that wasn't a screen shot needed to be created from scratch.

Kenwood Education Foundation
Company Type: Non-Profit Fundraising Foundation for a local school
Project Needs: This was a front end design and template that needed to be bright, K-6 theme and easily expandable.
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Efren Carrillo for Supervisor
Company Type: Election Campaign
Website Needs: Being a very young candidate with a drive for Green, community and ethnicity diversity Efren's team wanted the site to reflect these things. Thus a simple, clean and contemporary look was mixed with these points.
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Bill Dodd
Company Type: Re-election Campaign
Website Notes: I do a lot of political campaign sites through another client. Many races are near to but still outside my area. I've gotten a good reputation for doing these at a fast pace, on or under budget and for a good price.
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Alpine Remodeling
Company Type: Contractors and Craftsmen
Website Needs: A new company needing a site to start with.
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