There are sites that are easy to use, sites that have really good illustration, and sites that have really fun content. The home of Los Campesinos on the Interwebs is all three.
Los Campesinos are a band from Cardiff, U.K. that will completely change your mind about pop music. They say, everywhere they have a chance, […]
Well, it’s officially now time for all designers that cannot deal without a grid to run screaming into their earthtone studios, praying for Paul Rand to be reborn and deliver the Rapture. MySpace may be repeating a trend that to some of you, who remember MTV when it first started, will feel familiar. Purposely bad […]
Why must Canada consistently show us that they know what they are doing with the Web much more than we do here in the States? There are far too many examples of Web designers and technologists who are far more talented and intelligent than I could ever hope to be, but the hidden context of […]
In the world of entertainment Web sites, there are not nearly enough sites that blend good, simple design (with readable type) and a high level of usability. The Clentele have a new Web site and the magic elves that made it apparently do great work without the need for recognition. But oh boy, do they […]
From the guy who gets all the jobs you wish you could get, we take a look at grinderman.com. Graeme Swinton doesn’t just deserve respect for pioneering digital CD booklets - a medium that I hope will have legs - he also made an appropriate and thoughtful Web site for a re-branded rock icon and […]
The blog section: reviews of music artist Web sites and forthcoming tutorials for bands in need of cheap DIY Web sites.
[UPDATE: Steven Levy wrote an editorial in this week’s Newsweek about a tangential issue, namely how the pricing of music affects buying habits. He quotes an experiment that showed how to increase sales six-fold. Fascinating, counter-intuitive way to make more money and please the consumers.]
Consumers drive every industry, I think it’s safe to say. Therefore […]
My portfolio of work, clients include Warner Brothers Records, NBA, NHL, NFL, Visa, Nestlé and more.
Warner Brothers Music needed a Web site to promote the motion picture soundtrack to Beowulf, but the catch was that it needed to be launched soon after they contacted me. How soon? Three days. I don’t like backing down from challenges, and the opportunity to create a design for the property was an interesting proposal, […]
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My route from musician to graphic designer to interactive and new media designer reflects my desire to constantly learn new things. I hold a Master of Arts degree from the School of Visual Communication Design at Kent State University (studying under AIGA Fellow, J. Charles Walker), where I focused on interactive design and motion graphics.
Not being the type of person to follow traditional paths, I started my own design service after graduating. My first task was to update the identity system, print and online collateral for Nosco Pharmaceutical Packaging, a national company whose clients include Alcon and Abbott Laboratories. I also began adding music artists to my client roster by contacting people in my network from my five-year stint in my touring band.
In my current role at DigiKnow, Inc. in Cleveland, Ohio, I walk the fine line between designer and programmer by switching between art director, designer, animator, Web developer, and JavaScript/XHTML/CSS/ActionScript programmer.
Need front-end Web design or development work? Need to see proof? Click the link below to download a PDF of my CV with links to my recent work, personal info, contact information, and really self-congratulatory biography.