Hand-crafted Websites
Portfolio
Diptyque
Diptyque is a Paris-based luxury candle company. Pod1 was responsible for developing the ecommerce presence and brand experience pages to sell products online and reinforce their strong brand image.
I was responsible for developing and coordinating the production of the ecommerce site, which included managing the development team, communicating with the client, developing a custom Magento theme and coordinating with the design team to make sure all project goals were met.
The result is a high-impact website that focuses on Diptyque’s strong historic brand with an ecommerce section that makes it as easy as possible for users to purchase.
Technologies Used
Magento, XHTML, CSS, PHP, Jquery, SVN
Highlights
elastic product zoom, elegant carousels & fades, custom Magento quickview (much props to Sankho)
Casey Templeton Photography
Casey Templeton is an award-winning photographer based in Richmond, VA. His high-impact photography has landed him clients like Apple, Walmart, The New York Times, National Geographic and more.
Casey needed a website and online footprint that matched the professionalism of his photography. The result was a high-impact fullscreen Flash website that focuses on Casey’s gorgeous photography, a regularly updated blog, and an active social media presence.
The site features fullscreen Flash images, scalable thumbnails, contact form and more. The blog features a full-width content column to embed high-quality photos from Flickr. A Flickr account, Twitter account and Facebook page were set up and used to create a consistent online presence and drive traffic to the site.
Casey’s passion for photography made the project a blast to work on. I am always looking forward to what he will do next.
Technologies Used
Flash, Wordpress, XHTML, CSS, PHP, Jquery
Highlights
Innovative 1-column blog layout, Intuitive fullscreen Flash portfolio (big ups to Mike Gallay), social media integration
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Complete Care Chiropractic
Dr. Ben Swacha is a passionate chiropractor in Owasso, OK. He just opened up a practice and wanted a strong brand identity and a usable website to help communicate to new and existing patients.
My wife and I were responsible for developing a brand identity that reinforced Ben’s passion for chiropractic, nutrition and natural healing. The strong organic logo and theme reflects Ben’s passion for health.
Digital strategy for a new business is always fun. Google Local would be an essential tool for maximizing exposure, so we optimized the listing with hours, photos, videos, reviews and more. Youtube was used as a repository for Ben’s glowing patient testimonials. A Facebook fan page was set up to post regularly updated information about health, events and more.
The Wordpress-powered site features an events calendar, newsletter tool, dynamic video gallery page, online appointment request form and doctor’s journal. These features make the site a great resource for new and existing patients.
Technologies Used
Wordpress, XHTML, CSS, Jquery
Highlights
Brand Identity, client testimonial videos, doctor’s blog, events calendar
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Kabiri
Kabiri is a jewellery boutique in the UK featuring jewellery (they spell it like that over there) from tons of famous jewellery designers from all over the world. Pod1 was responsible for establishing the brand identity online, setting up an online store and blog.
I was responsible for creating a custom Magento theme and configuring the store. I worked with an international team to complete the project. The design was quite complex with many custom pages but the effort was well worth it. The result is definitely a high-quality marketplace for some pretty wild jewelry.
Technologies Used
Magento, XHTML, CSS, PHP, Jquery
Highlights
product zoom, product reviews, custom press category
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Lord and Taylor
Pod1 is a partner with Lord and Taylor and provide them with site creative, emails, microsites and more. Over time, I’ve created many microsites, easily-updatable XML Flash banners, standards-complient accessible landing pages and more
Recently I’ve been consulting with the ecommerce team to work around a sometimes-inflexible CMS system to make the site more accessible, faster-loading, standards-complient and SEO-friendly. I’ve been working to help optimize site performance, setting up testing and more to help increase site performance and reduce maintenance time.
Technologies Used
XHTML, CSS, Flash, Jquery
Highlights
Site performance, consulting, microsites, updatable XML banners
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Adventure Gear
Adventure Gear Brand is a jacket company operating in the US. The versatile jacket layer system is perfect for the outdoorsman in any climate around the world.
I was responsible for the front-end development of the site, including video detail pages, jQuery-rich site templates, a Flash-based Journey section, blog development and more.
Technologies Used
XHTML, CSS, Jquery
Highlights
AJAX image loading, video product details
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Catherine Malandrino
Catherine Malandrino is a famous French fashion designer who has many celebrity fans and is well-loved in the fashion world. Pod1 was responsible for developing an ecommerce presence for the brand and handling the online marketing.
I was responsible for developing a custom Magento store, including all front-end development and store configuration. I was later responsible for leading a rebuild of the site to convert more sales and steamline the maintenance process.
With a flexible fluid product listings page to get more products above the fold, proper image size optimization and ecommerce best-practices the site is performing better than ever.
Technologies Used
Magento, XHTML, CSS, PHP, Jquery, SVN
Highlights
Fluid product listings page, Redesigned site for higher conversion rates, Blog post/ecommerce integration (props to Sankho)
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John Varvatos
John Varvatos is a world-famous fashion designer known for his rock and roll edge (including buying the old CBGBs). Pod1 was responsible for designing and developing the brand identity pages and blog for the website.
I was responsible for leading a skilled development team that developed full-screen Flash pages, many unique brand pages, a blog and a CMS all powered by Wordpress. In addition, I was responsible for coordinating with other agencies to integrate Pod1’s work and create a consistent brand experience across the board.
Technologies Used
Wordpress, XHTML, CSS, PHP, Jquery
Highlights
streaming site-wide mp3 player, Wordpress CMS, Plenty of fullscreen Flash (ups to Mike Gallay)
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Pod1 Blog
Pod1’s own blog contains a wealth of information about current web trends, SEO, design-related news and much more.
I was responsible for the front-end development of the blog. I focused on readability, light page load and integrating Pod1’s other networks (Twitter and Flickr) into the mix.
The result is a fun-themed legible blog that contains a ton of valuable industry news and advice.
Technologies Used
Wordpress, XHTML, CSS, Jquery
Highlights
custom author page, elegent use of Jquery
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Enve Me
“Do you envy me?” asks the startup fashion and music company Enve Me. Pod1 created a website for the fashion/music/lifestyle brand that included an ecommerce site, blog and more.
I was responsible for leading the development team in the production of the site, which featured downloadable MP3 products, video detail pages, an integrated blog and streaming sitewide MP3 player.
The result was a cohesive and immersive experience into the brand, which wanted you to envy them and their fashion prowess.
Technologies Used
Magento, Wordpress, XHTML, CSS, PHP, Jquery
Highlights
streaming site-wide mp3 player, video detail page, blog post integration, downloadable products
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Brad Frost’s Blog
Brad Frost’s Blog was my first blog theme, which featured a unique design of a large mouth. The header and footer’s position was fixed with the content scrolling inside the mouth.
The blog was featured in Smashing Magazine’s Now More Than Ever: 50 More Excellent Blog Designs. It was even used as the post thumbnail for the article.
In addition to Smashing Magazine, the blog was featured on many CSS and design galleries.
Technologies Used
Wordpress, XHTML, CSS, Jquery
Highlights
Unique fixed position theme, Jquery accordion
Brad Frost Web
Brad Frost Web was my quickly-built website used to find a job when looking to move to New York City. And as always, life happens and that quick little website I had no intention of keeping became my web presence for close to 2 years.
While never happy with it, it wasn’t all that terrible. Simple and clean it featured large typography long before big typography was the best thing since sliced bread on the internet. As a result it got some attention across the internet.
Technologies Used
XHTML, CSS, Jquery
Highlights
Big Typography, unique navigation, jquery project portfolio
Services
I specialize in hand-crafting web presences. I help brands establish and grow professional online footprints in order to connect with existing and new audiences.
In these modern times, web design is so much more than throwing up a quick website and hoping people will stumble on to it. I work with brands to develop cohesive online strategies utilizing all appropriate channels the modern web has to offer. I provide a expertise in the following areas:
Digital Strategy
I create online strategies for brands, which includes building an effective website, establishing properly branded presences on relevant social networks, communicating with target audiences through modern channels, and unifying all of the above to grow the business.
Visual Design
I work with brands to create a strong professional visual identity online. I create unique designs to set businesses apart from the competition and focus on designs that clearly communicate the right message to the right audience
Standards-based Development
Clean code. Progressive enhancement. Open source. I eat, drink and breathe modern web development. Standards-based development makes great business sense providing feature-rich, scalable, maintainable solutions. Customizing open source platforms Wordpress and Magento is my bread and butter.
Social media Strategy
I help businesses tap into the enormous power of social media. Twitter, Facebook and industry-specific social networks to effectively communicate with audiences. I teach social media best practices to avoid common mistakes and convert clients’ social efforts into tangible results.
Blogging
Blogging is a fantastic way to establish yourself as an industry expert, drive traffic to your website and facilitate discussion with your audience. I specialize in building and customizing Wordpress blogs and help businesses strategize their blog for the maximum effect.
Ecommerce
Using Magento, the most popular ecommerce platform, I provide custom ecommerce stores for companies looking to take their products to the global marketplace. I develop custom Magento themes and help companies set up fully-operational stores.
If any of this sounds good, get in touch and we’ll talk.