A complete web site redesign for Seattle-based non-profit organization, Rural Development Institute.

The main feature includes a flash slideshow and a dynamic world map showing the regions that RDI has helped citizens gain land rights. This xml driven flash app is entirely managed through ExpressionEngine and is simple update without any technical knowledge.

tools: ExpressionEngine, jQuery, flash AS3, XML, XHTML/CSS

Talking Points Memo wanted a dynamic charting application that could read an xml file of poll results and display trend lines, averages, poll result data. They wanted to give the user the ability to filter candidates, poll types, and pollsters, as well as having a tactile ability to zoom in on date ranges. They also required that users were able to embed the charts in their blog with custom settings. This project was very challenging and really fun to work on. Al, the developer at TPM, learned ruby so that he could create the application that drives the TPM polltracker. Very impressive and you can learn more about his process here.

tools: flash as 3.0, xml

The Stranger wanted a fun and cute look for their ‘half off’ local business portal of their website.

logo, design, interface design

Alex was starting and ambitious project with his friend Michael where they would make one short film a month, every month, for one year.

He wanted a site that was simple and elegant, where the videos were the main focus of the experience. This site is essentially one page and provides a great immersive experience for watching short films on line.

tools: textpattern, jquery, xhtml, css

Working on a political campaign, especially one as important as the mayoral race, is a really exciting thing. But when you actually win (especially against all odds) WOW!

When Mike unexpectedly won the primary (seriously, there was not one news van at the primary party until after the returns), they asked me to redesign the site.

tools: wordpress, jquery, xhtml, css

The Stranger decided to step into the millenium and add a profile/social networking function to their site (actually, they were working on this for a realllly long time). As they were getting close to finishing the backend of this monster, they needed some help finessing the look and feel of myStrangerFace. You’ll need to create an account to get the full experience.

(note. Many features have yet to be deployed as of this post.)

The Stranger was launching their own ticketing service for local venues. It needed to be easy to use and cheap unlike those other guys in the business. I designed the logo, layout and user interface. Fun!

Paul Rucker is a Seattle based artist and musician. He finally wanted a proper site to display his large body of work. This site includes multiple slideshow galleries, video footages of past work, activism information, and the ability to listen to entire albums and download them in digital format for a donation amount of your choice.

tools: expressionengine, jquery, flash audio player, xhtml, css

I just completed the paper cut version of this sketch. This is a test for a larger multi-diamond idea I have.

dimensions: 13"x8”

Second Brawley Banks show, second poster. Designing the first one definitely made me more nauseous than this one. Maybe I’m just getting used to it. 

BTW, the first show was !awesome! and Cherry Canoe wrote a nice post about it.

Justin (aka my boyfriend) from Brawley Banks asked me if I could design a poster for his band’s first show.

I’ve recently taken up paper cutting. I’ve also been intrigued by geometry. So I’m starting a new series of paper cut dioramas that I call “Geometric Paper Cut Dioramas”. Or something like that.

I’ve been doing the preliminary sketching in Illustrator.

materials: colored pastel paper, balsa wood, glue
dimensions: 18” x 18”

Alex was finishing his MFA in filmmaking at UCLA and needed a website for his short film “Blue Boy”. His biggest concern was the quality and delivery of the movie trailer. To solve for this, I set up browser and device detection so the site would automatically deliver the best video format without the user having to install any plugins.

tools: textpattern, javascript, jquery, flash video, quicktime, windows media

Peter asked me if I could help him build a photography portfolio site that was built in flash but easy to update. I developed a simple system where he could upload photos to his web server and it would automatically update his site.

Tools: flash, xml, php