Web & Interactive

BYU Dining Services Homepage

noreply@blogger.com (johnski) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:35:00 +0000

BYU's Dining Services homepage desperately needed an image overhaul. They were using the old academic template that didn't serve their purposes for promoting their brand(s) and corporate image. I provided a new design that focused on food images and enticing messages. The final product included rotating feature photos, featured restaurant locations, rotating ads, and a few extra bells and whistles.

BYU Housing Web Interface Design & Layout

noreply@blogger.com (johnski) — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:37:00 +0000

BYU Campus Accommodations needed a new design for their web sites and web applications that matched the color style of the new BYU homepage designs but added a little more simplicity and visual flair. I designed a tabbed interface that would work with scripted dropdowns and finished the sited design with additional graphics, color schemes, and Flash media.

Family Pulse Homepage Design

noreply@blogger.com (johnski) — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:50:00 +0000

This is a homepage design that I created for Family Pulse. They needed something that was simple, catchy, clean, professional, and a bit web 2.0 with gradients and tabs.

Entice Labs Interface Concept

noreply@blogger.com (johnski) — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 05:30:00 +0000

Entice Labs (a new Utah Valley startup) asked me for a new concept design for their logo and interface design. As a bit of a challenge, they wanted me to see what I could do with their logo and a couple of interface sketches to make them Web2.0 worthy in under 24 hours. I could only spend a few hours in the evening on it. But, I thought it would be a fun challenge, so I whipped out some pretty fun concepts on the fly with no direction. I really enjoyed creating these designs and had a lot of fun with the ideas and color schemes. I based the logo concept on the glowing appendage that an angler fish uses to entice its prey - notice the association. I was inspired by the idea and extended the theme into my interface designs by using dark neutrals and bright colors like you might expect to see on an exotic fish, which probably isn't much of a surprise because you all know how much I like fish.

Spring Valley Web Site Design

noreply@blogger.com (johnski) — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:00:00 +0000

This was a simple web site interface and layout for Spring Valley, which was a line of herbal supplements owned and operated by Twinlab. I emphasized the colors, shapes, and textures found in their original logo and the blending of science and nature. It was a simple design, but it was also clean and professional.

4Life Research CD-ROM Interface Design and Layout

noreply@blogger.com (johnski) — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:59:00 +0000

I designed this interface and layout for an interactive CD-ROM for 4Life Research. They needed something clean to present their identity and serve as an interface for people to browse to various video clips within the disc. The big buttons and rollovers left little doubt for the users who found it very easy to navigate.

Keystone Learning Systems

noreply@blogger.com (johnski) — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:09:00 +0000

Keystone Learning Systems needed a new interface and layout for an interactive CD-ROM that they were developing. This design was a concept that did not get selected for the final product. But, I liked the look of it.

Nextpage Networks

noreply@blogger.com (johnski) — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:36:00 +0000

This is another supplemental interactive Flash graphic that I created for some Nextpage corporate presentations.

Nextpage Interwoven Integration

noreply@blogger.com (johnski) — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:41:00 +0000

Nextpage was working on some corporate presentations and needed some help with some informational graphics. I was working for an interactive agency at the time, and I got the opportunity to work on their fun projects. This is one of the supplemental designs they selected for their project. It used a lot of isometric shapes, which I really enjoyed.

Ingeo Web Site Concept

noreply@blogger.com (johnski) — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:40:00 +0000

Ingeo needed a concept design for a new web site they were launching, and I offered these designs for a splash page and a content interface. They were very simple and minimalistic. I really wished they had selected them.

Veiled Voyage

noreply@blogger.com (johnski) — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:39:00 +0000

The Veiled Voyage was one of the most adventurous concepts I ever stumbled across. It was a service that a small travel agency offered in the late 90's to customers who wanted to travel without planning. The customer would give the company a budget and dates that they wanted to travel. Then, the agency would book them a package for the dates they chose. And, the customer would not discover where he/she was going until the day of the trip. I designed their first web site and the logo you see pictured in the screen shot. It was lots of fun!

Marketing Authorities Web Site

noreply@blogger.com (johnski) — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 00:35:00 +0000

I designed a simple and clean web site for The Marketing Authorities. The objective was to create a site that relied very little on large images but maintained a bright, friendly feel by using vibrant blues. The site contains many resources for marketing small businesses including templates and useful information for creating logos, brochures, web sites, e-commerce solutions, etc.

Minute Maid Juice Site

noreply@blogger.com (johnski) — Wed, 17 May 2006 01:33:00 +0000

BYU Dining services was doing promotions for Minute Maid Juice on campus. I was recruited by the director to design this web site for the campaign. I used a lot of stock photography of fruit and juice from the SASCM library to create a juicy image. Emphasis was also placed on bright, saturated colors in the simple interface.

Discovery Investment Group Web Site

noreply@blogger.com (johnski) — Tue, 16 May 2006 22:48:00 +0000

D.I.G. needed a web site in a hurry to promote their business for a convention. I designed the site in under a week and got them a flyer and tradeshow booth design in time for their first convention.

Where's Cosmo?

noreply@blogger.com (johnski) — Tue, 16 May 2006 22:38:00 +0000

This web site was designed for a BYU Dining Services contest in 2004. Animated images of Cosmo (BYU's Mascot) were hidden in the existing images of Dining Services web sites. Students would see Cosmo hiding behind food or other images, and mouse over him as he revealed himself and a sign that said "You got me!". They would then click on Cosmo and jump to a page on the Where's Cosmo site where they could enter a sweepstakes to win prizes. The contest got canceled out of sensitivity to the year's events, but the design seemed successful.

Media Fast Mini CD-ROM

noreply@blogger.com (johnski) — Tue, 16 May 2006 22:29:00 +0000

The director of sales and marketing for Media Fast needed a Mini CD-ROM for the 2005 NAB show in Las Vegas. A simple interactive presentation was needed to establish the Media Fast identity, promote Media Fast's products and services, and provide a springboard to the corporate web site.

Media Fast Web Site

noreply@blogger.com (johnski) — Tue, 16 May 2006 22:17:00 +0000

Media Fast provides CD & DVD replication and a variety of additional services. They needed a new corporate web site to promote their products and services to the world, and this was the answer - a very formal blue design with a lot of clean line drawings for products and supporting graphics with photos of business people who seem friendly and professional interacting with optical media and digital devices. To make it easier to browse the site on mobile devices, scripted navigation was avoided. To see the outcome, visit the site here: http://mediafast.biz

MormonRingtones.net

noreply@blogger.com (johnski) — Tue, 16 May 2006 22:06:00 +0000

My brother wanted to make a web site to sell LDS themed ringtones, and I needed to figure out what to give him for Christmas (2005). The two objectives seemed to fit together perfectly. So, I gave my bro a business in a box (including the name, logo, domain, site design, icons, promotional images and a first draft of the content) and helped him launch the site in early 2006. The design was simple and clean so people wouldn't be afraid to browse a bit. It's become a popular attraction since, and the inventory has expanded to include a larger library of music for the LDS community. Check it out at: mormonringtones.net

Legends Grille Web Site

noreply@blogger.com (johnski) — Tue, 16 May 2006 21:59:00 +0000

Legends Grille was a new sports restaurant at the Student Athlete Building on BYU Campus. A new web site was needed to promote its location and menu. An interactive Flash header helped to indicate the location of the restaurant and expose its interior to online visitors. A short and entertaining video was created for the plasma screen graphic by editing public domain footage.

Virtual Showroom Web Site

noreply@blogger.com (johnski) — Tue, 16 May 2006 21:55:00 +0000

The Virtual Showroom web site was designed with a corporate appeal and an electric blue color scheme with contrasting orange accents.

2005 BYU Meal Plans CD-ROM

noreply@blogger.com (johnski) — Tue, 16 May 2006 21:41:00 +0000

The BYU Meal Plans identity established in 2004 by Brad Dowdle was inspired by a classic 1950's retro style. In 2005, I created a new CD-ROM in Director that could run on a Mac and a PC. I enhanced the existing identity a bit with some supportive photography and animations. Then, I added some more video and an interactive map that helped students find locations on campus where their meal plans would be accepted.

The Skyroom

noreply@blogger.com (johnski) — Tue, 16 May 2006 21:35:00 +0000

The Skyroom Restaurant at BYU needed a new face for its web presence. The objective was to focus on its personality as a restaurant or bistro and create an identity separate from BYU's. Vibrant food photography which enticed people to visit the restaurant was the focus of the site.

Live Life CD-ROM

noreply@blogger.com (johnski) — Tue, 16 May 2006 21:26:00 +0000

The Live Life multimedia presentation was designed for BYU On-Campus Housing to help them publicize information about living on BYU's campus. The design needed to have a more formal feeling because it was going to be mailed out to parents of incoming freshmen. The navigation was expandable and collapsible to make the CD-ROM easier to navigate.

BYU Catering

noreply@blogger.com (johnski) — Tue, 16 May 2006 21:13:00 +0000

This redesign of the BYU Catering web site was created with a fire & ice color scheme that emphasized the vibrance of food photography presented on the site while reinforcing the BYU identity. Repeated impressions of the BYU logo in the interface design also serve as an added layer of identity support.

BYU Games Center

noreply@blogger.com (johnski) — Tue, 16 May 2006 21:06:00 +0000

The BYU Games Center didn't have much information to publish on their web site, so they wanted to make up for it with images and interactive Flash content. I had some fun building the site with easter eggs hidden in page headers and a bowling themed version of Space Invaders, the classic Atari game.