portfoliodesign by nathan barilka

Rowster.org is an online social/networking site designed to connect college coaches and high school rowers for recruiting purposes. The site is 100% original content, broken up into functional HTML pages with the assistance of HTML Blender. A Facebook application was developed and integrated into the site to pull member profile pictures from their profile and display them directly on Rowster.org. All Facebook artwork and images are also original content. Below are screen captures of the Facebook app, as well as copies of the shirts, stickers and banners designed for the company.

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Static Pulse is a Hip-Roc (Hip Hop and Rock) band located in Los Angeles, CA. Both the web page and Myspace page (Myspace Design section) were created in unison to establish branding for the group. The webpage uses a multifunctional Javascript thumbnail viewing program (MultiBox) to allow for both picture viewing and the ability to sample audio tracks of the bands music. Simple HTML was used opposed to flash content to make updates to the site and upcoming shows easier to maintain.

PDO Studios is a website designed for an artist living in Los Angeles. With the focus of the site to be directed to the artist work, a simplistic but stylish design was used with minimal colors and a comprehensive layout. Lightwindow was implemented into the site to give the end user the ability to freely move between the galleries within the site, and select the desired pieces of work within them.

The Grin Gala website was created for this non-profit company based out of Washington DC, benefiting Operation Smile (Link below.) The site up currently is the second installment of the website, as the annual fundraiser just completed their second year. Plans are in the works for the third year of the Grin Gala fund raiser. The site was a simple design with only a few pages. The Event Page was equipped with an embedded interactive map by Google.

Click on image above to visit Operation Smile.

The TOCHA website was originally developed completely in Flash. The only pages that I was responsible for were the ARCHIVES and PROJECTS page. The CeeBox overlay was installed when the Archives section was expanded with images (as opposed to text) and needed to display the various printed publications. Videos were also added to the site with the use of CeeBox.

The Project page was also reworked to allow for more display room. A less cluttered format and the separation of project areas were used to make the implementation of CeeBox easier.

The Electric River website is a simple, one page website designed for promotional purposes only. Along with the logo design, the single page was the only other aspect of the project.