Pixel-based.com '04
After I graduated from college I felt it was time to do some growing up. So I tore down pixel-based.com '03 and created '04.'04 ended up running circles around '03 not only was the color scheme much more appealing but over al the site felt fresh and new. With small touches like changing banners, rollover buttons, JavaScript menus, and a better uses of CSS, '04 was a huge step in the right direction.
art.Pixel-based.com 1.0
Out of the ashes of art.pixel-ased.com 0.01 came 1.0. My underlining goal was to find a easy way to showcase my work but with a catch. But this time around I wanted to only use CSS to present it.Besides the scrolling banner the only other image I uses was the gradient background. The site mostly was comprised of test and many different type of CSS styling’s.
art.Pixel-based.com 0.01
I knew I need to be able to show my work to the world but I had so much that I didn't think I could do it all on pixel-based.com. So I came up with art.pixel-based.com. It would be huge repository of all my work throughout the years.0.01 was the beginning of this project. I wanted it to feel like a news design site but that would showcase my work. What you see here is what I came up with in the beginning. Though it never came to light I still feel the design is worthy of showcasing here.
Crop Studios
At one point in my life I and four others where going to start a startup called Crop Studios. I brought it upon myself to create a website for us to get some exposure.Unfortunately due to creative differences Crop Studios never got off the ground and way buried alive.
Crop Studios eXtranet
To go along with the main Crop Studios website a mock of an extranet site was also made. This site was to be password protected and become a hub for our small start up.Because Crop Studios was scraps this website was also doomed.
search.Pixel-based.com
These days everyone uses Google. It's become a house hold name. But why does Google have to be so plain and ugly? Yes, it loads very quickly but still can'y you have your cake and eat it too? I think so.So I made my own seach engine, powered by Google of course. WIth a hand full of optmized graphics and CSS on my side search.pixel-based was born.
Life-Invasion.com
At one point I did have a podcast. It was called "Life Invasion" and it was about me and my friends fooling around and interviewing each other. It was fun and I thought I was going to stick to it so I created Life-Invasion.com.I used Word Press for the back end and hosted my podcast off another site. I took this as a chance to learn more about Word Presses theming system. A couple of weeks later Life Invasion was one in a million with its own original look and feel.
iCandy Jewels
A co-workers wife aproched to create a website a small business she runs selling jewely. Her business was called iCandy Jewels and see would be selling her product online using Yahoo Merchant.I created a variety of logos and a mock website.
MediaLab "The Medium"
The Medium was created as a template to be used as an internal company newletter to convay new events and important information.I knew that I wanted it to look and feel like it was a publication so I decided on a very grid like layout. I also used quite a few imagees so that it would better illustrate the topics being discussed in the newsletter.
Unbranded "Start 2.0 "
With the same concept of "Start 1.0" this was an unbranded version that could be used by anyone. It was made due to the demand of Medialab employees that wanted to use Start 1.0 at home but for strictly personal use.
All Medialab branding was removed and replaced the gray tone of the site with a fresh white which gave it a more inviting feeling. Also the Google search was moved to the top of the page since that was the most commonly used feature.
MediaLab Print Order System
A concept interface for MediaLabs Print Order system. This interface was a sample of what the system could look like with implementation of CSS Styles.
MediaLab "Start 1.0 "
Start 1.0 is a simple home page for MediaLab Employees that would load when you opened up your browser.It consists of commonly used links to internal company site, a built in Google search box and was customizable to add personal links.
MediaLab Employee Resource Center
The Employee Resource Center was made for Human Resources to have a central place to distribute commonly need employee benefit information, links, and forms.Since there was a lot of information to organize a slide down menu was created to be sure information was able to be found quickly. Documents where displayed in Flash Paper and could be downloaded in Adobe Acrobat format. Flash Paper allowed for the flexibility to display documents with out the need of external programs.
Verizon HSO Open
Verizon HSO was hosting a charity golfing event. I was asked to make a simple HTML email that they could send out to perspective donors.It consisted of a simple one page site with basic information about the event and its sponsors. Most of it was styled with CSS and a couple of images.
life.Mike
A good friend of mine wanted to have his own blog site where he could also host his pictures of his travels.Using Wordpress I made a template for the site. Because his photos where so great I decided to integrate them into the design of the site, each section header had a different photo from his travels which created a great base for his journals and other photos