Web site design is unique. Interactivity with the audience, sound, animation, video and immediate global distribution make this a communication medium of wonder. What would Gutenberg think? Da Vinci? Did I mention cost efficiency?

The fundamentals of style and content organization remain paramount but the evolving building blocks of web site coding are both more powerful and yet limiting than design for the printed page. The experience of getting information from a web browser is unique and evolving. My job of presenting that information is both an art and a science.

Below is a sampling of some web sites that I have designed. For client FAQs and more thoughts about my evolving web education, visit my blog. (03.16.09)

spacer The Sister Project is my most ambitious project. Built for Margaret Roach, it contains three separate blogs, Galleries and a Sisterpedia. I designed it. WebDevStudios coded it using WordPress Mu. Visit the site: www.thesisterproject.com

spacer A Way to Garden is a blog companion to Margaret Roach's gardening book. Launched in June 2008, we learned a fertilizer load about WordPress, then rebuilt it in March 2009.
Visit the site: www.awaytogarden.com

spacer Andrew Filippone asked me to make a home for his experimental video and film projects. It was my first site that included iPhone viewing standards.
Visit the site: www.steveisnothappy.com

spacer Kurt Andersen is an author, editor, broadcaster and media commentator. This site serves as an archive for his books, reviews, articles and schedule. He is even threatening to blog.
Visit the site: www.kurtandersen.com

spacer SWBW Law is a traditional law firm providing expertise on diverse civil law issues in St Petersburg, FL since 1919. Law sites bring special graphic challenges. The verdict? You decide.
Visit the site: www.swbwlaw.com

spacer Loomis Creek Nursery is a collaboration with Margaret Roach and WebDevStudios. You can read about our work together in my next blog entry.
Visit the site: www.loomiscreek.com

spacer Jane Black is a food writer at The Washington Post covering the politics and trends of food issues. She asked me to design a site that would give her identity (branding) in this topic.
Visit the site: www.janeblack.net

spacer Dr Mark Hyman addresses the root causes of chronic illness through a medicine approach called Functional Medicine. I collaborated with Margaret Roach and WebDevStudios.
Visit the site: www.drhyman.com

spacer The UltraWellness Center in Lenox, MA is the home for the physicians, nutritionists and nurses treating patients seeking the Functional Medicine approach.
Visit the site: www.ultrawellnesscenter.com

spacer Open Your Hands was the first WordPress site I did for Margaret. She is the cofounder of this charity. It raises funds for a school and village in Nepal. Get your your checkbook.
Visit the site: www.openyourhands.org

spacer Margaret Roach left Martha Stewart Living after fifteen years (the last ten as editorial director) to return to gardening and explore on-line publishing. This is just the beginning.
Visit the site: www.margaretroach.com

spacer Steve Brodner wanted his profession site to have a blog very different from his personal blog. I built this WordPress site to give him edit control over every page on his site.
Visit the site: www.stevebrodner.com

spacer SYSTEMarchitects asked me to redesign their web site when they learned they were to be included in a Summer 2008 MoMA exhibit on prefab architecture.
Visit the site: www.systemarchitects.net

spacer AB Wardrobe Works owner and image consultant Annie Brumbaugh contacted me to design her web image after an increase of media coverage about her success.
Visit the site: www.abwardrobeworks.com

spacer Anne Kreamer looked at a photo of herself with her daughter and had an epiphany about beauty, sex, work, motherhood and authenticity. She wrote a book about it. Then she called me.
Visit the site: www.annekreamer.com

spacer Joe Zeff's portfolio of 3D illustration, information graphics and design required an interface reflecting the high quality and sophistication his multifaceted talents.
Visit the site: www.joezeff.com
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spacer Jamie Malanowski wrote The Coup, a DC satire, that got terrific reviews. I can't take credit for that but I can for his site with blog and his Daily Show style video promotion.
Visit the site: www.jamiemalanowski.com

spacer Focus on Living Portraits of Americans Living with HIV and AIDS is a touring exhibit of photographs and text taken from the book of the same name by Roslyn Banish.
Visit the site: www.focusonliving.org

spacer Forristal Smith Interiors founder Susan Forristal asked for a site that presented her design philosophy using an abridged portfolio of her clients.
Visit the site: www.forristalsmith.com/

spacer McWitty Press has published novels, children's books and photographic essays (some of which I designed). This site serves as their online presence.
Visit the site: www.mcwittypress.com/

spacer New York University Professor Dalton Conley needed a site that organized his research, books and essays. I was asked to give him the presence of a "public intellectual".
Visit the site: home.nyu.edu/~dc66/
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spacer Tim O'Brien wanted a site for art directors and agencies to view his work on-line. The high quality of images and instant availability make a web portfolio invaluable for illustrators.
Visit site: www.obrienillustraion.com

spacer Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Donald Westlake wrote more than 100 novels under three pen names. He passed away in December 2008. This site is dedicated to his memory.
Visit site: www.donaldwestlake.com

spacer Jon Depreter creates sculpture and signs in Columbia County, NY. I first made a site for him in 2003. In 2009, we redesigned the site enabling him to edit the text and his portfolios.
Visit the site: www.deprederdesigns.com

spacer Painter Roberto Parada has an agent for his illustration work but wanted a site to sell his commissioned portraits and exhibit his personal paintings.
Visit site: www.robertoparada.com

spacer Victor Politis is a photographer trapped inside a CEO. This PHP photo gallery was built to share his work with colleagues and friends. email me for the gallery ID and PW.
Visit the site: www.victorphotos.com

spacer Witty and insightful Richard Stengel uses this site to promote his history of flattery: "You're Too Kind". Included are reviews, excerpts and links to Amazon.com.
Visit site: www.richardstengel.com
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spacer Milan Trenc has many illustration styles and art directors are not always aware of what they could achieve when hiring him. We made this site to advertise his many talents.
Visit site: www.trenc.com

spacer Steven Sorman is an artist and a printmaker whose work can be found on many gallery web sites and in the Museum of Modern Art. This is his official site.
Visit site: www.stevensorman.com

spacer Connecticut based Survivors of Homicide uses their site as a outreach resource for people who are dealing with a personal loss due to murder.
Visit site: www.survivorsofhomicide.com
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