Cloud Islands

Ravens Rook is a guest cabin on Lopez Island owned and operated by Asha Lela. Asha contacted me about redesigning her site, and asked if I could do two things for her: one, create a design that reflected the ambiance of her hand-built island home; and two, set up her website so that she could update it herself. Read more »

Peter Gruenbaum, president of SDK Bridge, contacted me about redesigning his company's website. Peter wanted to increase the conversion rate from his online advertising campaign, with the goal of garnering more quote requests. Read more »

San Juan County, Washington has historical societies on each of the main islands: San Juan, Orcas, and Lopez. The three groups decided to have a single website created, called Historic San Juans, where visitors could go to find out about upcoming events and learn more about the Societies. Read more »

Camp Nor'wester, a San Juan Islands summer camp, is a northwest icon: several generations of kids have made Camp their summer home. Christa Campbell, co-director of Nor'wester, contacted me about helping her make the existing website more engaging to prospective families as well as make it easier for the staff to update. Read more »

Aimee Hirschel, director of the Upper Skagit Library Disctrict, contacted me about making the existing website more engaging to the library patrons as well as make it easier for the staff to update. I designed a clean layout with strong typography to make the site easy to read and navigate. We worked together to choose a lively color palette that echoed the forest and river hues of the landscape around Concrete, Washington. Read more »

Sue Noble, owner of FishBay Sunsets, initially hired us to design a simple website to showcase her weaving. Immediately it became apparent that she first needed to develop a strong brand identity to reflect the depth and complexity of her work. We created her logo to emphasize the fluidity and character of her woven pieces. Read more »

The Lopez Island Historical Society needed a site that is fast-loading and easy to navigate. The design needed to work harmoniously with the Society's existing newsletter and other printed materials. Within these basic requirements, we wanted to create a site that utilizes the most modern standards-compliant markup and coding techniques. Read more »

Blogging and podcasting is a great way to put forth your ideas and creative works. Unfortunately, most blog templates aren't very inspiring—not to mention that most people use the same few designs. Average Mortal Radio is hosted by Libsyn, who make it easy to apply fresh custom styling to their standard blog templates. Read more »