web designer is the best
description I know for what I do.
I am not a decorator. I’ve been an information architect, interface designer, usability analyst, interaction designer, or front-end coder. Many of these roles overlap, but the core competency is design, and the medium is the web. If you’d like the specifics on my skill-set, please download my resume. If you’d like to talk about your next project, then please .
This is my portfolio where you’ll find samples of work I’ve done over the years. If you’d like to see what I personally find to be good examples of art, design, writing, video and such, please visit everything else. Thank you for your interest in my work.
web designer
Centre for Stroke Recovery
summer 2009 www.hsfcsr.ca
A longtime client, the Centre for Stroke Recovery needed to convert their existing site, branded to match the Heart and Stroke Foundation, to a more easily updateable platform.
Wordpress was chosen, allowing the staff to make instant updates to their site with no technical knowledge required. The system comes with advanced features such as WYSIWYG editing, version control and the ability embed images and video easily.
While the site was finished last year, a new extranet (password-protected part of the site, available to staff and invited guests) is now being created to allow for research staff in different cities to more closely collaborate with one another.
Brothers Dressler
spring 2008 www.brothersdressler.com
This site was done in collaboration for one of Toronto's hottest new furniture design shops. The site was a real pleasure to build, and I'm proud of the result.
The site had to feel clean and modern, but not completely divorced from the natural world. A catalogue section was built to make browsing furniture easy, and a blog was set-up to handle news, events and the occasional peek at what's going on in the shop.
Deadline - project management app
Fall 2008 In development
Launching in the fall, Deadline has been one of the more interesting and demanding pieces of work I've done.
My task was to design and build an application to co-ordinate all the projects worked on by the communications department of Teranet Inc.
The application had to allow users to assign work, notify team members of overdue tasks, track time and expenses and generate reports on it all. There were two main goals beyond the required functionality; the application had to be simple enough to use without any training, and flexible enough to adjust to different work-flows. A tight production timeline added to the challenge. I'm satisfied that the design meets the criteria, and am looking forward seeing it in action.
Daily Bread Food Bank
winter 2005 www.dailybread.ca
Worked on in conjunction with Pivot Design, this site was a major change in the way the Daily Bread Food Bank presented itself.
My main role was to help deliver a simplified site structure and design that emphasized the seriousness of their work, without turning off users.
Shore Tilbe Irwin & Partners
summer 2005 www.stipartners.com
A relatively straight-forward redesign. The main component was the Content Management System, an invaluable tool allowing the architects to upload new projects and images, making their website an always up-to-date portfolio of the firm’s work.
CBCF - Up)(Front
summer 2006 www.upfrontproject.ca
This site was produce for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation - Ontario Chapter. The Up Front Project was a large initiative that required its own identity and website.
My focus was the navigation, which was designed to accentuate the grass-roots approach of the project. By promoting user interaction with the project, the site drew users in and transformed them from passive onlookers into evangelists.