Websites
Nanotech Innovations - One product, one lab, and an upcoming trade show meant this company was on a tight schedule. Despite a logo and color scheme change mid-design, we got this to them on time and on budget. We're low on ego here, so if you turn around and say, 'actually, can you use this design for part of the header' we will, in fact, use that design for part of the header.
Infinite Monkey Comics and Games – When Matrix Games (see 48 hour creations, below) changed their name and their look in 2007, they came back to us for a complete site redesign and reorganization. We worked with them on updating and expanding the content, finding a design that incorporated the new sign for their physical store and reflected the new tone of their business, and even got them new web hosting to complete the makeover.
A Different Spin – A four-man circus arts troupe in the San Francisco area needed a revamp to their old website. The previous version had some dead-end pages, haphazard image placement, and didn't fully capture the energy and style that make the troupe unique. We reorganized the site, created a new, brighter wrapper, and moved all their content and some additions to the new version.
Do It For the Squirrels – Oberlin College decided to create a separate fundraising campaign for young alumni and agreed that a website would be the central case statement. We settled on a more tongue-in-cheek approach with an air of 'officialness' to it; the mix draws alums in and keeps them browsing long enough for Oberlin to impart its message.
Rebecca Cross Textiles – Rebecca contacted us saying 'everyone has a website these days, and I need one just to keep up.' We discussed options for several hours while reviewing her work. The abstracted nature of her pieces called for a more modern design to highlight each piece as the center of its gallery page. The clean lines and black background of the main gallery page emphasize the strong colors and textures Rebecca typically employs.
Gayle Pritchard Art/GAPDesigns – Gayle had a book going to press in a few months and needed a website for the book jacket and tour. She also needed gallery space for her own artwork, some of which is for sale. We created this design using some of her pieces, bringing in elements of the more natural fabrics she uses. We chose a warmer palette and design for the wrapper to reflect the 'homespun' heritage of quilting that permeates her work.
The Heart Project – A small but growing organization in Indiana needed a design that capitalized on their highly recognizable logo, and that they could quickly update themselves. The web design matches a suite of paper materials as well (letterhead, business cards, and bookmarks) – email us if you'd like to see samples. (Please note: content still being added to site by client.)
The Oberlin Fund Professor X Challenge – In 2005-6, Oberlin College needed to push a comprehensive case statement to a more narrow group of alums. We adapted existing brochure text and fit it into a navigation scheme designed to be less administrative and more conversational – like how the alums remember their relationships with professors.
48 hour creations
Women Aren't Funny – Redesign and minor reorganizing for a feminist sketch comedy troupe in New York City (they picked the name; we think it's clever).
obiegame.com – A semi-mysterious design for a semi-mysterious purpose...
Matrix Games Oberlin – site redesign for a small comic and game store that needed to highlight an upcoming event.
ARG: Government Office – quick design for use in a local alternate reality game. The emphasis here was on things like the logo, which added a sense of reality to the excursion.
ARG: Venture Capital Group – another design for another installment of the game. Here we sought a clean, professional look that merged idealist philanthropic motives (the logo in the top left) with a punchier, capitalist motif (the project descriptions and color palette).
Logos and graphic design
Coming soon.
