I don’t have a “sense” for design.
Instead, I depend on my extensive cross-media design experience. I rely on a solid strategy to build upon. I bank on my ability to work ahead of the trends. And I trust in my gift to question everything.
Honestly, I think the band, Boston, pretty much summed up my approach to design: “It’s more than a feeling.”
That's what I try to do every day. To create clean, inventive and usable designs, on the web and in print. I currently work at Manifest Digital in Chicago as an Interactive Creative Director, but I'm always game for a side project or two. Holla at me and we'll discuss.
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Holla at me. I'm always game for a new project. Let me know the details & we can get started today.
Wood and Rubber is a little project I help my pal, Clay Parker Jones, out with. It’s a simple design using social media to drive the content of the site and to inform his customers of his latest news.
So…if you like ping pong and want a sweet paddle…you need to order one of his handmade paddles. The craftsmanship is close to perfection.
Last week, I received a tweet from @brookeduckart, “Did you see your site is an example for ‘Personal Sites’ on Design Meltdown post today? Sweet action.” Agree, this is sweet action! Over the years, I have used Design Meltdown as a web design reference to keep up with the trends, help me with design problems and inspiration for design elements. So, when I found out my site was used as an example for the recent article, Personal Sites Part 2: Ego Surfing at its Best, I was overly thrilled. Patrick McNeil states, “The personal site can closely resemble a portfolio site, and often the line between them is rather fuzzy. All the same this collection of samples represents sites that serve to show more of a full view of a person as oppose to simply a huge display of work.” So thanks to Patrick and Design Meltdown for using my site as a sample for this article. If you have a moment, please check out all that Design Meltdown has to offer. It’s a wonderful resource!
Here is a glimpse into Manifest’s Winning Solution. The team consisting of Dan Thompson, Brian Henkel and myself had just about 2 weeks to complete this “doable” solution for Sustainable Living in Austin. Our solution, Carbon Nation, is a toolbox that help improve utility usage in the home, reduce travel and commuting, expose implications of shopping decision, layout home improvements with the likes of solar panels, and reveal community performance. More to come shortly…
Manifest Digital launches new brand and phase one of the web site. With all the change, manifest has also found a new home at 600 W. Chicago. All this great design work was done by Laureen Feeny, Christine Davis & Jim Jacoby. All the crazy flash was done by Danny Davis. The brand and web site are continuing to grow with a lot of great additions in the forecast. Check out some of the goodies below.
Today launched the MOUSTACHETTE site. Here is just a sneak peak of the new homepage for the short film, which was written, directed and stars Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy. The movie also stars Pete Wentz of FOB and Ryan Key of Yellowcard.
MOUSTACHETTE is a tale of love, art, and wading through all of life’s bulls*!t. “That which does not kill us, only makes us stronger”…yeah, right. Join Eugene as he searches for truth, integrity, and a blueberry milkshake.
Today is the launch of the MOUSTACHETTE Blog with updates to follow to each section of the site. The site will have a lot of fun, exciting flash animations, an image gallery of the cast and crew and a few fun marketing efforts (Moustach Me & Irritants) which will allow its fans to participate and show their support. Remember to keep checking in daily to see how the site develops and come alive.
A special thanks goes out to thirtysevenclick, hustlewood and treeline interactive for making this all happen. We all hope you enjoy the site and most importantly the movie.
Last night at the Chicago Microsoft Phizz Pop Challenge, the Manifest team walked away as both the overall champion and the people choice champion. It was an amazing night for Manifest and ourselves. Thank you for all the support, congrats and all the amazing comments about our solution.
Manifest Team:
Brain Henkel - User Experience Specialist
Kevin Panke - Sr. Interactive Designer
Dan Thompson - Developer
I am going to keep this post short. Below are some images taken throughout the night by Jason Ulaszek and Jeff Woelker. A video of the actual Manifest presentation taken by Jason can be seen on Manifest’s YouTube page. Visit Phizz Pop for all the details of the competition. Enjoy.
Welcome to Chicago PhizzPop Challenge - Chicago
PhizzPop Creative Challenge
Manifest/PhizzPop Splash Screen
Manifest - Five Star City
Manifest - Athlete Creator
Manifest Solution - Virtual Earth World Map
Manifest Wins!
Manifest Team with Jim Jacoby.
More lov’n’ on NOTCOT.ORG and it’s from NOTCOT himself herself (Sorry Jean! That’s my bad!). Thanks for the props. I love and follow all the sites by NOTCOT. Pretty stoked about showing up on the site. Thanks again!
Look mom, I am on the Internets! This morning my site design popped up on Pristina.org. Thanks for the support and recognizing my site design. Since the site isn’t in my native tongue, I wanted to share what I translated from the “Sobr O Blog” page on Pristina.org. It states, “My idea is to share with anyone what I am finding online. Because the more people have access to quality design, the better the design produce” (Felipe Tofani). Glad to see that other people share my passion for design and good design on top of that. Looking forward in seeing what else Pristina.org has to offer. Visit for some sweet design stuff.
Hustlewood is gett’n’ some lov’n’. H3 showed up on NOTCOT.ORG this morning. Pretty awesome to see that people are reacting well to the site design, h3’s ideas and h3’s work process. Really excited to see h3’s site is up, runn’n’ & work’n’.
Just this past week, another site I was involved in was launched. Uncle Vic is an e-commerce site that gives their customers impossible deals on PC’s and Electronics. Everyone has his or her own Uncle Vic. You know the Uncle, the one that has all the latest technology & can fix your computer in minutes. “Think of Uncle Vic as your gadget go-to guy, your hookup for impossible deals on PC’s and electronics. UncleVic.com is an online store that focuses on selling select big screen LCD and plasma TV’s, Monitors, PC’s and other cool consumer electronics and accessories at sick prices. We find the hottest products and offer them at impossibly low prices by leveraging decades-long relationships with major manufacturers.”
My responsabilities ranged from the logo design to art direction and support design for the site. Our goals was to create a personality for Uncle Vic without stereotyping him. We wanted everyone to be able to connect with the Uncle Vic brand in his or her own fashion. Being able to relate your own gaget-loving Uncle to Uncle Vic. The site has several unique features that seperate it from the competition. One is on the homepage, 6 Items priced at an impossible deals are showcased with tickers to countdown the remaining items.
Check it out at unlcevic.com. Enjoy!
