Experience tells us that by knowing and understanding our clients - making their goals our goals - it is possible to create solutions that surpass expectations.

The relationship between client and designer is built on collaboration and trust. Trust allows for exploration and inventiveness. Collaboration ensures the acuity of the final product.

As project manager and creative lead, I start by gaining a complete understanding of your communication needs and existing materials. Working in close collaboration, I help you define your objectives and develop a strategy. Together we arrive at visual solutions that establish values, communicate the message, and tell your story in a way that gets results.

The following services are based on ten years experience in print design, four years experience in web design, and over 20 years experience in business.

communication

• naming = word or words by which an entity is designated.
  examples: BluRyder: company name and tag line; VoxMail trademarked name and services

• logo/logotype = a company emblem or device.
  examples: BluRyder; WestSide Baby; VillageReach

• identities = the set of characteristics by which a thing is recognizable or known.
  examples: Ventana Productions; Brix Wine Cafe; Functional Fuel

• websites = a set of interconnected pages maintained as a collection of information.
  examples: United Reprographics; National CASA Association ; Knox Barrels

• illustration = visual matter used to clarify or decorate.
  examples: Jayne Dehaan, CRS; 2008 Greeting Cards:Self Promotion WS Junction Festival posters

• copy writing = written source material suitable for business purposes.
  examples: Functional Fuel web site; Art of Change web site; Power Credit web site

technologies

• XHTML and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) anchors standards compliant, ultra clean web products.

• Client and server side scripting produce highly maintainable code.

• PHP-MySQL/ASP-SQL delivers dynamic database driven content.

• Content management, multiple options.

• Flash and Animated GIF integration provide added dimension.

• E-Commence solutions including Shopping Cart and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to handle safe credit card processes online.