Portfolio.web
Ministry of Energy. My day job. Lots of database driven
content using Cold Fusion on the back end, and a nice clean interface. One
hundred per cent CSS for layout, no tables, no browser-sniffing, no Netscape
hacks. Built on Fusebox principles, it's unique in the Ontario Public Service.
This lovely note was posted on a local web forum by a complete stranger, who happened to know a friend of mine, who also used this forum. Six degrees indeed.
Wow - check out the Ontario Ministry of Energy's site:
The first thing I'll point out is that they're apparently using the coldfusion version of Fusebox (www.fusebox.org) as their framework, as you can tell from their querystring.
The second thing is accessibility-related.
On their site, every navigation link has an 'access key'.
By pressing alt and that key, you effectively 'click' that link.
It is *so* useable. I love it, and I intend to start using these in all
my sites.
It is an addictive way to navigate.
Thanks to Derek Martin for the enthusiastic comments!
Note: the site was re-launched with a major facelift & some new treats on Feb 28, 2005.
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Five chiropractic students are cycling across Canada in the summer of 2005. This site was designed to help them raise the funds necessary to pull it off successfully. A sharp-looking site can mean the difference between being taken seriously and being dismissed as amateurs.
Aside from looking quite sleek, this site is designed to allow non-technical support personnel to post updates from the road without wrestling with any o' that fancy html code. Well, not much of it anyway.
Pure CSS for layout once again, which means it's accessible to all users, PDAs, Blackberrys, whatever.
Critical Illness Learning. This site was completely re-designed in October 2002, replacing something originally built by someone else (no names). A custom-built Cold Fusion® based security system was installed to password protect the members area, the site maintenance tools were upgraded, a new logo was designed and the structure of the site was simplified to enhance the user experience.
"I want to compliment you on your great ideas and design work"
- email from Sean Long, owner and founder of criticalillnesslearning.com
Canadian Masters Athletic Association (CMAA) Continuing in the trend of clean and crisp design, this site was launched in May of 2001. The CMAA is a nationwide organization of athletes over the age of 40 (35 for women) many of whom have kicked my sorry butt at various cross country events around Toronto. And still I built them this lovely site. Go figure.
"Great job with this new website!!!!!......lookin good!!!!!"
- email from A.D., Toronto
SR Consulting was originally built by another designer but is currently being maintained and updated by spacedog design. This is a sprawling 'B2B' site devoted to sales professionals in the radio and tv industries in Canada and the US.
Portfolio.print
This is the Spacedog Design business card. Clean lines, simple colours, eye-catching graphics. Everything an effective business card should be. Contact info is on the reverse.
Logo
for Critical Illness Learning.
Logo for Best Accounting & Tax Services. This client did not have a real logo prior to this. I designed a new business card and letterhead to go with the new logo.
The nine circles are meant to suggest a numeric keypad, and the circular forms are repeated in the font. The nine circles also appear as a watermark on the letterhead.
This
is the desktop image for the Ministry of Energy. Nice and open, with lots
of room for those important desktop icons.
It's meant to suggest blue sky, with a subtext of solar (ie. clean, futuristic) energy. Contact information for the tech support team is included as well as the URLs of both ministry websites.
Trade
show display booth for the Ministry of Energy. Picture this 10 feet wide
and 8 feet high.
more samples coming soon...