Client: Steve Shaffer

Media: Web site/Twitter theme

Steve was starting a community-powered current affairs and culture website. The idea was to provide a place for an outspoken voice to balance and address the skewed stereotypes of the black male, and stand as a voice of reason among a generation of educated black men.

Since the site is news- and update-driven, I felt it should reflect this through the familiar use of narrow columns on the home page and elements such as typography and color that suggest thoughfulness.

Site: www.educatedblackman.com
Twitter: twitter.com/educatedbrotha

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Client: Byron Bowerman

Media: Web site

Byron came to me looking for a design for his personal blog. He really likes gaming — board, card, video — so I created a “legend” theme. The visual language of the site includes rounded corners, reminiscent of card games; dark colors reminiscent of middle earth; icons for categories, like icons that represent characters’ abilities or places; and a sidebar that acts as a guide through the site.

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Client: April Holle, Made Better Studio

Media: Web site

http://designmadebetter.com/

The primary focus of Design Made Better is to teach designers how to design for the web through online resources, in-person seminars, articles and worksheets. The goal with the design is to spark creativity through a sketch/notebook visual language.

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Client: AIGA, the professional association for design

Media: Interactive E-Newsletter and Email Invitations

AIGA, the professional association for design, is the place design professionals turn to first to exchange ideas and information, participate in critical analysis and research and advance education and ethical practice. AIGA Arizona is one of 59 nationwide chapters.

This e-newsletter was designed to fill the need for clear, consistent communications with members. In addition to the e-newsletter, email invitations were designed with coordinating branding.

Newsletter link

Invite link

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Client: International Interior Design Association (IIDA) Southwest Chapter

Media: Web Site Design

IIDA is a professional networking and educational association of 12,000 Members in nine specialty Forums in 30 Chapters around the world.

The Southwest Chapter, which includes Arizona, Las Vegas and New Mexico, wanted me to redesign their web site, building off of the existing design concept for their newsletter cover. They can easily update the home page to feature upcoming events.

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Client: Gigi Connolly, Digging AZ

Media: WordPress Blog

Gigi Connolly writes about the desert garden, Arizona, creativity, spirituality, and a little storytelling on her blog. She is a recent graduate of the Desert Botanical Garden’s Desert Landscaping School and wishes to pass on her knowledge to desert gardeners.

Digging AZ is a WordPress site based on Vista by AZ Money Web Design, which I customized to include a "magazine" style homepage and category-based navigation bar.

diggingaz.com

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Client: International Furnishings and Design Association (IFDA)

Media: Logo Design, Printed invitations, Advertising, Web Site

IFDA holds an annual fundraising event at which interior designers create a tablescape, guests dine at the creative tables, and then play Monte Carlo-style games. In 2008 the proceeds support Ryan House.

As a sponsor for the event, I created the event logo, invitations, web site, advertising and other various support materials.

ifdatableau.com