Selected Projects
Acumenium
Launched in January, 2012
Acumenium is a boutique interactive design studio in Malibu, California who came to Martin and I for the development of their new website. It is built on a CodeIgniter framework using some jQuery love for the gallery view and keyboard controls.
Site content is under an NDA
Swanson Studio
Launched in Feb, 2011
32round and I worked with the folks at Swanson Studio out of Portland, OR on their latest portfolio site. Everything is database driven, with a robust CMS to make updates to all content super easy. There's also a full iPad/Mobile version for the non-Flash users out there.
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Asche And Spencer Music Search
Launched in April 2012
A web app built on the CodeIgniter framework, this project brought the licensable music library of Asche & Spencer, online. You could be searching for something dark, gritty and rock'ish, and the results will be the most dark, gritty and rock'ish tracks that your heart ever desired. There's an admin area as well so they can add & edit entries and tailor the keywords and rankings on all of the tracks in the system.
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Eight Hour Day
Launched in January, 2010
Martin Olson and I built a new site for Nate and Katie at Eight Hour Day. Lots of jQuery and Wordpress goodness... and The CSS Awards Site of the Day from the look of it.
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Peterssen / Keller Architecture
Launched in January, 2010
I just launched a new site for Peterssen / Keller Architecture with the nice people at eighthourday. It features a easy content management system for future updates & some nice jQuery action, all tied together with some LAMP goodness. Voted as The CSS Awards Site of the Day.
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Gear Junkie
Ongoing - Launched in September of 2006
As the technical partner of GearJunkie.com I take on the design, development, server-side role in the company. Built as a large publishing framework, it caters to multiple-editors & writers, allowing for easy updates, quick page response and expandability.
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Jonathan Chapman
Launched in 2011
Martin and I rebuilt a site with eighthourday for our photographer friend, Jonathan Chapman. Along with building a custom CMS, we rebuilt his workflow for updating it, integrating video work and client work.
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Logic PD
Launched in October, 2011
Martin and I just put up a new site for the folks at Logic PD here in Minneapolis. It was a total re-think from the ground up that started with a re-architecture of their existing content, then bringing a fresh, new design into the mix, then built using the Expression Engine CMS.
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Murphy & Co. Design
Launched in November, 2008
Murphy & Co. design and build some really impressive homes, so VO2 Media and I thought it befit them to have a site that was up to their standards as well.
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Archived Projects
Taco John’s Potato Olé Maniacs
Staged launch from July - Nov 2009
Using the power of social media at it's core, this branch of TacoJohns.com encourages the viewer to upload their videos, give yourself a Frolé out of a Potato Olé & test your madlib skills, all in the name of the potato.
Site has been archived
Mrs. Meyers Video Player
Launched in December, 2008
This was a fun little project for the folks at mono that I built as a mini-campaign for Mrs. Meyers' cleaning products. The video player showed Thelma at her best, giving her highly needed perspective on all matters of house, home & life in general.
Module has been archived
PepsiCo
Produced throughout 2008/09
Various internal Flash projects produced for PepsiCo's intranet. Most were data-driven, such as this one which created a versatile map with the various company offices around the world, all ticked to their current viewers time zone along with visual elements like dynamic daylight/nighttime and daylight savings adjustment.
Archived
Larson Boats
Launched 2007/08 Season
I worked with Industrio/Gage on the relaunch of the Larson Boats 2007/08 site. It utilized an XML data structure for bringing in visual assets, allowing for tons of asset re-use. The main navigation, boat navigation and photo galleries were all integrated into the same file making for a super-efficient user experience.
Archived - View video of site
LS Black
Launched in November, 2005
Developed in tandem with Brian at Form and Logic, this was a revamp of LS Black Constructors' online presence, the main goal to provide consistency and class to their portfolio of work.
Site has been archived
Rossignol USA
Launched in 2003
One of my earlier Flash projects, I built this microsite for Rossignol's launch of their new line of ski's, the Zenith. It allowed for people to view various parts of the skis, check out the technical specs & keep that excitement with some download wallpapers.
Site has been archived
Sesame Street Workshop
40th Anniversary
Trafficked in October, 2009
Sesame Street's 40th anniversary is a big deal, so coinciding with a re-launch of their website, I helped mono push out a ton of online ads to help direct parents and their children to the new site.
Campaign has now ended
OAR - Of A Revolution
Lava Records / Inflatable3
Launched in November, 2007
The fine folks at Inflatable3 & I worked up a new data-driven site for the band OAR. Full-album media player, video players, dynamic contests & flyering was all driven by a crazy cool backend powered by Chime.
Archived
Capsule
Launched in early 2004
I worked with Brian Adducci & Dan Bagenstoss at Capsule to build them a new site in Flash 5 (!). Definitely a team exercise and I was glad to work amongst such talented folks.
Archived
Dispatch Music
Launched in January, 2006
Inflatable3 & I re-launched Dispatch's online presence. The band had broken up in 2002, but came together for a set of reunion concerts in 2007, for which this project was the official kick-off. The fully data-driven site was home to tons of their media from years past, with video, photos and full albums for downloading & streaming, all powered by Chime.
Archived
Zeiss Victory RF
Launched in July, 2008
This is one in a series of 3 micro-sites that I created for Zeiss through Pocket Hercules. One of the cool features was to show how their rangefinder binoculars would detect the range of things in your field-of-view. I built a method to detect the color saturation of a group of pixels and it would estimate the range of what you're looking at.
Video of it in action
Arctic Cat
Created in 2006
Developed Flash content for the 2006 Arctic Cat Winter relaunch for Periscope. I worked alongside the in-house development team to freshen up the online presence for the brand, with the other seasonal lines taking the same template as this Winter Launch.
Archived - View video of site
Primo / Pabst Brewing
Launched in November, 2007
Created with Play & Citizen for Pabst Brewing, this was the online re-launch of the immensely popular Hawaiian beer brand, Primo.
Archived
Pearl Izumi
Ban The Speed Shop
Launched in September, 2009
BanTheSpeedShop.com was launched with Pocket Hercules as an online guerilla-marketing campaign for the new line of Pearl Izumi P.R.O Edition cycling apparel.
Archived
Mrs K Client Gallery
Created for VO2 Media in 2007
MrsK is a motion graphics studio in the foothills outside Denver, Colorado. This gallery was created as a way to present specific projects to a client based on their pitch needs. It's a Flash-based video gallery that uses data from an XML structure that runs the whole thing.
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Who Pooped? / MN Zoo
2009
Preston Kelly and I launched a new campaign for the Minnesota Zoo to promote its new seasonal summer exhibit, Africa!. Meant for kids, the site brought out the best (or at least the funniest) in many adults and resulted in 45,000 visits to the site in the first two days.
Website has been archived
Preston Kelly / Physicians Mutual
July 2010
Working with Preston Kelly, I built a custom Flash video module for Physician's Mutual's new website.
Website has been archived