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Kailia Postcard

marcus — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:50:05 +0000

My friend Nancy Dong was off to a trade-show for her new eco-friendly shoes – she needed a Postcard as quickly as she could. I was at SXSW, so my availability was narrow — but she already had some ideas and some usable photos that I threw into Photoshop and had my way with them.

This project turned out really nice considering the timeline, but it also helps to have a client who already knows what they like!

UserVoice.com

marcus — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:10:28 +0000

Official Announcement – I have accepted an invitation to assist in the formation of a Start-Up called UserVoice.com – a customer feedback utility built for facilitating ideas, suggestions and focus groups.

My old friend Richard White has a solid track-record of putting together great products – see kiko & SlimTimer and my new friend, Lance Ivy delivered a development solution for Ruby on Rails called Active Scaffold.

Rich & I are headed out to Austin for SXSW to pitch the product and make connections. Will report more when we get back.

See More Here >>

Clay Corner Studio

marcus — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:15:49 +0000

My friend Marti & her husband recently bought a business in town and wanted to freshen up the image of the logo. They had no images from the original logo from which to manipulate, so I ended up taking a photo of a wall with a vinyl sticker applied.

From there I sliced it up with Illustrator & then added the final touches with Photoshop. I think it came out rather well – see website >>

Renown Website

marcus — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:10:50 +0000

This is officially my first Church Website. It’s a different kind of church, which is interesting on it’s own – but it’s also the church where my brother works.

The needs of the site were fairly straight forward, clean yet modern design, community blog, and a podcast. We also built in a calendar system, product page (using cafepress.com) and a newsletter tool – so this should streamline some of their weekly use cases and help to build their local community!

<< Visit The Renown Huntsville Website

New Business Identity

marcus — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:26:32 +0000

A friend of mine recently introduced me to the world of eco-high fashion. I guess I had not been paying much attention before, but there’s an entire niche market out there for environmentally-friendly designer clothing.

In any case, I was asked to create business identity for a client who specializes in footwear – Business Cards, Brochure and she even had me write up her bio & marketing pieces. That’s probably some of the most tedious work, but also most rewarding. Keep an eye out for Kailia Footwear – I think you’re going to see her shoes on a lot of interesting people…

Wausau Montessori Charter School

marcus — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:38:18 +0000

As the proud parent of two Montessori students within the Wausau School District Charter School, I decided to attend a parent’s meeting or two – just to stay in touch with what my children were up.

Well, before you knew it – they needed a website to keep everyone informed. And just who do we know that could help us out with designing a website? Hmm… I had to think.

The site is a work in progress, and parent’s are making suggestion as to what they’d like to see, so don’t be surprised if you see a lot of different changes in the near future.

To be a kid again…

Happy to Launch – belowthewaist.org

marcus — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:52:23 +0000

This project has been in the works for some time. Family Planning Health Services of Wausau approached me with an idea to build a website. Their main goal was to network with like minded organizations and individuals in a way that would illicit dialogue and pass along information.

Additionally, the site would serve as a home to a brand new podcast aimed at informing their target audience.It’s all very new still, but having the opportunity to work with some of my favorite people while building it was a priceless opportunity – so thank you to Andy Laub, William Lawrence & Dino Corvino for collaborating to build a great Wausau web design. << visit the website

Attention Foreign Investors in U.S. Real Estate.

marcus — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 03:04:38 +0000

Over Thanksgiving vacation I was introduced to a gentleman from Pasadena. He needed design work for a website of his that specialized in Tax assistance to foreign investors.

In the course of consulting with the client, it seemed there was much more than just a redesign. We needed a quick design and in depth search engine optimization. This is stage one.

In a couple of months we’ll move to stage two, but for now, the design is in place, the SEO has been initiated – now it’s time to fill it with content. It’s always a pleasure helping clients take there business to the next level! << Visit Firpta.com

Citizen Wausau Posted On Photomatt.net – Nice!

marcus — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 00:42:11 +0000

This is so cool!

Matt Mullenweg – the guy who originally created WordPress.com, posted a short piece about CitizenWausau.com on his blog.

As a result, readers from New Jersey, Houston, Greenville, Dallas and even Santa Cruz have approached us about doing something similar in their backyard.

What a very pleasant surprise.

Very, very pleasant.

Granite Quarry – Conceptual Design

marcus — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:10:51 +0000

I’ve been invited to be a part of an amazing development project. It’s a huge endeavor, one that I’m honored to play a part. As we’re putting the pieces together, I’ve been designing reports and logos to help people wrap their minds around the idea.This is one of the report covers we came up with – though we’re not going to use it, I still like how it came out. Probably many more designs to come, we shall see.