Intelligent Graphic Design
I recently finished the web site for Hopkins Design Group, a Durham based graphic design company. They tend to only do print design, and hence their site is very simple yet easy to navigate, and very clean. One of the things I like about the site, is the navigation. There are several ways to make your way through the site. We built a tour function, that allows straight forward movement, or clickable blocks for a freeform perusal.
So I just ran a search on my name, can you guess what the top result was…? NOT my web site, but a web site devoted to David Christie a survivor of EX-Gay experiences. I only read the first few lines, and I have no problem with the content, but I’m thinking wow a employer is going to google my name and find this site. The Number 1 google hit. This is not good. OH well, might as well make the best of it.
So I upgraded to Safari 4 a few days ago, and I’m loving it. It’s using cover flow for your top sites, which makes it easy to find the sites you look at most. It’s developer tools are much better, to the point where they are working almost as well as firebug on firefox. I haven’t run into any bugs yet, but I will say that with the multi-touch track pad on my macbook it expands too quickly.
Welcome to my blog, I’ve been building a lot of these themes lately, and spouting off about how useful blogs are, so I figured it was about time I bite the bullet. I’m not the most verbose person you will ever run into so don’t expect good grammar or too much witty banter, you wont find it. You also wont find me talking about philosophy or economics, I’m just not that smart.
I will probably spend a lot of time chronicling my experiences as a freelance graphic designer and web designer. You might even find that I’m posting illustrations or drawings (this would be a long shot), or even photos of my latest cooking endeavors.
I suspect that I’ll often have links to my latest completed projects. I recently finished redesigning Ken Gasch’s website, he is a local realtor, who is doing a great job revitalizing down town durham. I also finished building a blog for Dunrite Home Maintenance.
The big project that I’ve been working on with Right Brain Studio has been SoBe Sober. SoBe Sober is an anti-underage drinking initiative in South Beach Florida. We were responsible for all of the street banners, bus wraps, t-shirts, and poster for 2009. It was pretty exciting seeing my work on the back of a bus. I also put some finishing touches on the web site as well.
