5:1 Site Design Concepts

Client: Sisu Inc.
Status: Under Development
Role: Design
Notes: The first design here is the final design the client went with.

Inet Mortgage Site Design

Client: Realcove
Status: Live
Role: Design/UI

Sandy Geldhof Site Design

Client: Sandy Geldhof
Status: Live (View Site)
Role: Design/UI, Project Management
Notes: WordPress

Colleen Gillis Site

Client: Realcove
Status: Live (View Site)
Role: Design/UI

Softcup Packaging Redesign/Ad Design

Client: Sisu Inc.
Status: Complete, In-store Soon
Role: Design, Production

Goode Skis | 2012 Catalog

Client: Goode Skis
Status: Complete
Role: Design, Art Direction, Illustration, Imaging, Project Management

XelvaGen Packaging

Client: XelvaGen
Status: Complete
Role: Branding System, Logo Design (x5), Style Guide, Packaging/Label Design (x5)

Designing for a Cause

This year I had the opportunity to give a little back to the community I live in. In September 2009 I found myself in a meeting with Sarah Klingenstein, Community Outreach Coordinator at People’s Health Clinic and before I knew it I was volunteering to completely rework the clinic’s web presence and replace their antiquated site with a spankin’ new design and build. After thinking over what I had just gotten myself into, I decided to reach out for a little help in completing the undertaking so I contacted Bryan Hoffman of Spigot Design. Since I was thinking a WordPress site would be ideal for this project, and knowing Bryan’s own penchant for WordPress, I thought this might be a perfect collaboration for a good cause. I met with Bryan and although he barely knew me at the time, offered up his services willingly. We decided I would handle all the design and content for the site as well as the client side, and he would concentrate on building the WordPress theme and handling all the front-end development.

I set off to mapping out the site and designing the needed templates and styles and then handed it off to Bryan to create a fully functioning WordPress theme. Bryan turned around a nearly flawless execution of my original design with very few changes needed, and we were off to the races plugging in content and finalizing the final details. Finally in March the site officially went live and replaced the old PHC site and the staff at the clinic have been busily blogging and updating and getting to know their new toy. They are loving the WordPress backend and don’t for a second miss opening Dreamweaver to try to make simple changes and add content.

In the past I’ve had mixed feelings about pro-bono work, sometimes feeling a little taken advantage of or used by the time it is over – but not so in working with Sarah and the crew at People’s Health. They were an absolute joy to work with, respecting the boundaries, keeping comments and changes reasonable, and always extremely appreciative of our efforts. I only wish every project could run as smooth and be as enjoyable as this. While our lawmakers argue and squabble and call each other names, People’s Health Clinic actually does real health care work every day and offer a tremendous service to our community. And remember, the clinic runs entirely on private donations from people like you, so drop by the site and throw the clinics a few bones if you can. www.peopleshealthclinic.org/support-phc/

I’d especially like to publicly thank Bryan Hoffman for donating his spare time to get this project done right. He was a pleasure to work with and I look forward to future collaborations with Bryan. You can check out Bryan’s work at www.spigotdesign.com or his take on the project here.

I recently launched a new site for my freinds at Allen’s Masonry. These guys rock both on a personal level and as a client. Who doesn’t like creative freedom; rational, clear direction; and a couple of beers now and then to take the edge off. I was lucky enough to be able to handle every facet of this project from design and photography to copywriting and project management.

AMC been killing it for a number of years now and never got around to documenting any of their work to present to the world. This year, they decided to do both so not being afraid of a camera, I picked up mine and started in. Then I set out to showcase it all on the interwebs. The process keeps on going as we add more photos of their many projects and you can check it out first hand here. Below are a few images that made it into the site and a few that didn’t but I like anyway.

Screen Shot of allensmasonry.com home page + project gallery.

University of Utah Humanities Building

University of Utah Humanities Building

University of Utah Humanities Building

Stein Eriksen Lodge, Deer Valley Resort

Stag Lodge, Deer Valley Resort

PRI Parking Structure, Downtown Salt Lake City

Lowe's Hardware, Salt Lake City