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Jeanne Leffingwell, Artist

Image of Jeanne Leffingwell's web siteCreator of the Million Bead Project, Jeanne Leffingwell, needed a new web site that would showcase her role as a teaching artist, display her own artwork and provide a way for her to post her own news and photos whenever she so desired (we added a blog!).

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Moscow Forestry Sciences Laboratory Web Site
USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station

Image of the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Moscow, Idaho web siteI was recently asked to come up with a very simple redesign for the Moscow Lab's web site. I drew from the colors and styles used in the greater USDA Forest Service's publications. In addition, I had the opportunity to code new pages using Javascript and PHP that dynamically display the latest climate data and predictions calculated by USDA Forest Service scientists.

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WHISKYhost.com

Image of WHISKYhost web siteJason Johnstone-Yellin and Joe Pergola hired me in the winter of 2008-2009 to design a web site detailing their new product, WHISKYhost. Part of the job entailed setting up and customizing a “Blogger” blog and a “phpBB” forum to go with the rest of the site design.

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International Jazz Collections Web Site
University of Idaho Library

International Jazz Collections web siteI along with two other people were hired to move the IJC web site into the University's new template as well as design graphical images and a new logo for the collections.

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Latah County, Idaho Web Site

Image of Latah County's web siteLatah County's web site was in need of a redesign. I worked with the county's Director of IT Services in the fall of 2007 to come up with a simple design that would meet their needs.

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College of Engineering Web Site
University of Idaho

University of Idaho College of Engineering web siteTogether, the College's webmaster and I took the University's desired layout for this web site and translated it into XHTML and CSS (Summer 2007).

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Dan Bukvich, Composer - Web Site

Image of Daniel Bukvich's web siteComposer, Dan Bukvich needed a web site that would house downloadable recordings of his many pieces for wind bands, orchestras and choirs. The site was originally programmed using CSS positioning, Flash and ASP - it is currently (Summer 2009) being recoded using PHP.

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SoLo: Long-Term Soil Productivity Library
USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station

Image of SoLo web siteSoLo is a massive library of documents concerning soil quality monitoring and long-term ecosystem sustainability. I was asked to clean up the design, organize the existing contents and add new information to the library.

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Hymn of St. Francis Animations

Scene from animation, A Murmuration of StarlingsHymn of St. Francis is a Jr. High band piece composed by Dan Bukvich. I have animated two of the nine movements in Flash.

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The Glittering Hill
Flash Pilot for Interactive CD Project

Main navigation page for The Glittering Hill Interactive CD ProjectThis demo was created with Flash as a pilot for an interactive CD in 2002. I was one of four students working on the project in an information design class at the University of Idaho. A 12-movement musical compositon by Daniel Bukvich about Butte, Montana was combined with historical and sociological information about it's rich past collected and written by John Mihelich.

Completion of this pilot happened as a part of the Information Design Group at the University of Idaho. For more information about the Information Design Group, please contact the University of Idaho Art Department. Team members included Ludmilla Saskova (team lead), Jeff Gray, Ashley Horrall, and Susan Weaver.

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Percussion Department Web Site
University of Idaho Lionel Hampton School of Music

Image of percussion web siteThis site was designed in the late 1990s to attract new students. I wanted to illustrate rhythm and sticking patterns visually in a way that wouldn't be cliché and that would keep file sizes small.

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