New office space at Conduit Studios

March 22nd, 2010 |

new conduit studios office
Conduit Studios is finally in the new office space. Huge arching windows, lots of sun light, perfect brick, smooth wood floors and 4 bose speakers… this place is going to knock your socks off.

There are still a few finishing touches, but we are in and getting snug. It feels like home already.

My newest project goes live: Steelcase.com

March 18th, 2010 |

steelcase.com
The Basics
Steelcase.com is the largest website that I have built yet. It is built on Sharepoint which means that a lot of work went in to making it look the way it does. Any of you who don’t know what Sharepoint is, know that it is relatively frustrating to style. I used jQuery 1.4.2 and ended up writing a slider plugin to do the slide effect that you see on the homepage and on the product pages. I used a modified simple accordion plugin and a modified lightbox plugin. All in all, it was a challenge.

The History / Process
Steelcase tasked Conduit Studios with designing their new look and feel. Conduit hired me as a freelance developer, last summer, to help build the site and through the process decided I was good enough for their team. I now work full-time with Tim Carpenter and John O’Niell at Conduit Studios in Grand Rapids, MI. These guys are genius’ and it is a pleasure to work with them. We currently do work for a large array of clients including Hush Puppies and other Wolverine World Wide companies, a number of Steelcase brands including Coalesse and Nurture, apparel retail company A.K.Rikk’s, and many more.

Check it out
So check out Steelcase.com to see some of the work I have done recently. That slider thing on the home page, I built that!

I’ve got some catching up to do – Best Albums of 2008

March 2nd, 2010 |
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Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend

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Sigur Ros – með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust

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Coldplay – Viva la Vida

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TV on the Radio – Dear Science

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Secret Machines – Secret Machines

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Mountain Goats – Heretic Pride

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The Hold Steady – Stay Positive

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Death Cab for Cutie – Narrow Stairs

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Conor Oberst – Conor Oberst

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Cloud Cult – Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes)

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Kings of Leon – Only By The Night

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Wolf Parade – At Mount Zimmer

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Born Ruffians – Red, Yellow & Blue

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Fleet Foxes – Sun it Rises

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Horse Feathers – House With No Name

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Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago

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Ra Ra Riot – The Rhumb Line

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The Rural Alberta Advantage – Hometowns

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Plants & Animals – Parc Avenue

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Frightened Rabbit – Midnight Organ Fight

Losing a staring contest with my computer

February 3rd, 2010 |

I have been working lately… and have proof. Besides the indentation in my office chair [insert Steelcase shout-out here], I have some ‘artifacts’ worth sharing. Here are a few of the websites I’ve worked on that have recently gone live.


Whats Your Art?


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Sebago


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Bates Footwear


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