Design Philosophy and Services
Jun 25, 2009 at 10:46 AMA background in fine art, illustration and animation has shaped my design philosophy into a basic rule: keep it simple. Visual elements can easily distract from the purpose and function of a page when they should only exist in the service of them.
I specialize in making efficient sites using php, Ruby on Rails, MySQL and css, with a focus on standards compliance. Whether you’re looking for an simple brochure site or a complex e-commerce site, dinocarl design can help you.
Clients
Below are a few clients I’ve had the pleasure of working with.
adhdlens.com
Launched in January 2009, this directory allows patients to locate ADHD specialists close to them. This required the sort of simple CMS that is so essential to a content-driven site.
The Humane Society of Greater Rochester at Lollypop Farm
When Lollypop Farm wanted to recognize their donors with a bit of 21st technology, they asked me to put together an interactive listing. They purchased and mounted the touchscreen and I set up a computer and created the software that honors the generous people who support this charity.
littlestork.com
Little Stork needed a quick and efficient site to sell its hospital delivery bags. A yahoo small business web site was the answer, which provided the technology I needed to make all the tools the site needs to conduct its business. A frontend makeover completed in December 2009 added some usability upgrades as well as a more contemporary appearance.
sittercity.com
I worked on two major rewrites of this largest of parent-babysitter matching sites. Both involved full frontend makeovers, which I worked on with the rest of the developers there. Pictured here is the profile page which was one of my personal projects.
shinygun.com
In 2004, it was time to transform this web site into a database-driven magazine. The owner and operator of the site, also an experienced designer, myself and one other designer turned it around in just three months.