deep gray sea
design
My design work ranges from code and user interface design to graphics and icons. Here are a few samples, including examples of the client-side code that makes deepgraysea.com work.
2007
Twisted Pair Solutions design annual 2007
December 30, 2007 I'm an "innie" (in-house) designer in the crazy spin-cycle world of Twisted Pair. This past year I've split my time between visual design and interaction design work. My visual design projects were mainly application skins with a generous splash of control symbols. My interaction design work touches the underlying application interfaces — how the software works as contrasted with what it looks like. Here's a sneak peek at the good stuff. learn more...
2006
Twisted Pair Solutions design annual 2006
December 23, 2006 I'm the user experience designer in the product group at Twisted Pair Solutions. They keep me busy doing interaction design, writing user interface specs, doing usability testing with paper prototypes, creating production graphics, and other odds and ends. I think I've got the best job in the company. Here are peeks at some of the more interesting design projects I've been asked to do this year. learn more...
2005
twisted pair brochures
October 13, 2005 I've been writing and designing lots of marketing flyers for Twisted Pair. We give them out at trade shows and when we visit customers, and you can download them from our website. Here's the collection in case you're curious. learn more...
left coast wallpaper
January 15, 2005 If you'd like to sit at your computer and pretend you're out on the beach gazing westward into the sunset, you've come to the right place. Paste one of these photos on your screen, zip up your rain gear, and you're set. learn more...
2004
photo gallery at stock.xchng
November 7, 2004 I'm more a consumer than a producer of photography really, but every so often I take a good picture. Here are a few photos you can see in my gallery at stock.xchng. learn more...
Amazon.com product switcher
October 23, 2004 Get rich quick selling egg beaters and other useful items from Amazon.com on your own website. Here's how the product display code on this site works. Earned me almost $3.00 so far - only another year or two and I can take my wife out for coffee. learn more...
personality switcher
October 17, 2004 Confuse your friends! Drive visitors away scratching their heads! Change personalities and font sizes on your website for fun and, well, fun. Here's how we do it here at deep gray sea. learn more...
security level indicator
July 16, 2004 The security level indicator helps to illustrate the importance of remaining calm, but vigilant. Protect your precious rear, um, laugh muscles using this simple color-coded security advisory you can install on your web site. learn more...
ride the honu
July 6, 2004 Honu is the Hawaiian word for the green sea turtle. You'll see honu drawings from old stone carvings all over Kauai, on aloha shirts, menus, boogie boards, you name it. Popular little guys. This one swims all over the web. learn more...
Bahá'í prayer of the day
June 2, 2004 This page describes how to put a simple little panel on your site that changes every day. It displays the Bahá'í date, a small thumbnail photograph, the first few lines of a prayer and a link to it on the bahaiprayers.org website. Code and instructions provided - you can do it. learn more...
SVC Seattle
May 8, 2004 When I have a bit of spare time, I like to take graphic design classes at the School of Visual Concepts in Seattle. The instructors are all working designers and artists, and they seem to throw interesting problems my way. Here are a handful of pieces you might enjoy. take a look...