I worked with my friend Bryan Ische, who designed the site, to give the Minnesota Sinfonia’s website a new look and feel and some more consistent branding. The Minnesota Sinfonia is a professional, non-profit chamber orchestra offering free-admission concerts and educational programs in and around the Twin Cities.Their site was static html when we stepped in, and they needed the layout updated and organized, along with content management tools to allow them to easily make updates. We started from scratch by creating a custom WordPress theme, and they were very happy with the results!

Before I started working there, Atomic Playpen asked me to get involved in the development of their 2010 holiday project. The ultimate goal was to show off emerging web technologies, in this case HTML5′s canvas and audio elements, to current and prospective clients, and I think we did a good job of it. The concept involved a site “take over”, where the visitor is able to control a toy car, and interact with images and text on the homepage. In reality, I placed a HTML canvas over the existing page and rendered all images as elements on the canvas, allowing complete control over their position. Everything turned out well, aside from some IE compatibility issues that couldn’t be avoided, and the experience acted as a way for me to get to know the team before I ultimately started working there a few months later.

Video of the project in action

Other Work

I’ve also worked on a number of client projects through my employers, including:

• Best Buy intranet portal
• Pentair intranet
• TCF Bank redesign
• Pork: Be Inspired rebranding (Including Facebook page)
• United Health Group Employee Referral Program