Communications Director, Emily Hiestand, and I worked closely to come up with a approach that reflects an entirely new branding for the School.

The home page features a revolving series of Research Spotlights by faculty.

Click to Fields of Study to take a tour of the departments and programs that make up MIT's most diverse school.

We started with the big, bright and beautiful logo that Drumcircle had already obtained. We used it as the centerpiece of a truly engaging Flash animation, programmed by Michael Knapp.

In a previous life Bill Mount was a professional drummer. Roll over the color stripes on the home page and experience Bill's drumming under control of your mouse.

You have to try this.

The site is intended to be simple and clean, but welcoming. We created a collage for the home page that combines elements from Edith's stories along with the covers of her short story collections. Readers familiar with her stories may recognize images that spark memories. Other images may intrigue readers to try a new book.

There are links to buy her books at Brookline Booksmith, Edith's local bookstore and a renowned in dependant bookstore. There are also links to buy from Amazon.

This complete new design for Chapman replaces my previous 6 year-old design. Chapman has grown and priorities changed, so a new design and new content management system was in order.

One interesting feature of the design is the different header images that are used for each section of the site. We photographed groups of Chapman staffers in order to integrate them into a series of stylized collages.

The site is powered by Drupal content management, engineered by Redfin Solutions.

TeenSafe is a teaching website for parents created for Children's Hospital's Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research Program (CeASAR).

The program was created by Dr. John Knight in response to the tragic alchohol-related death of a young teenager from John's home town of Milton.

www.teensafe.org

The site is based on the teaching work done by Dr. Knight and Sion Harris, PhD. It gives parents essential information on how to handle the difficult issues of substance abuse among teens.

The site consists of two parts: a series of teaching pages, each with audio narration and graphics; and a series of video interviews where parents ask tough questions and Dr. Knight answers them. (One of those parents does look an awful lot like me...)

The videos were done by Sue Rothfberg Productions, and the site was implemented by Redfin Solutions using Drupal content management and custom scripting.

The design uses the classic colonial reds of the Inn itself, with warm grays and tans. In order to allow the site to be updated as often as needed - it was designed to be built using a Content Management System. This will allow Wayside to add and edit pages as needed.

Major areas of interest are listed along the top right, with certain special items given their own icons above.

The site was implemented by DaVinci Group using Drupal content management and custom scripting.

Lives in the Balance is the new non-profit founded by Dr. Ross Greene, author of The Explosive Child, Lost at School (see below) and many important papers about dealing with so-called explosive children.

The site contains extensive text, audio and video content all about Dr. Greene's revolutionary ways for parents and teachers to work with children.

www.livesinthebalance.org

The home page design is based on the metaphor of paddling a canoe - something that two people can NOT do with out collaboration.

Design is clean, white background, with occasional illustrations by that genius Manfred Klein.

The site is run by Drupal content management, programmed and hosting by Redfin Solutions.

The challenge was to find a look that reflects POAH's unique outlook as a mission-driven non-profit but with a completely businesslike way of working.

The site could neither be too slick, nor too "touchy feely", as audience groups include everyone from tenants to political powers to hard-driven property owners.

The site also does a color-shift when the visitor clicks to the property management side of the business, known as Preservation Housing Management.

Our goal in reworking the Project Bread site was to re-introduce the organization to all audiences - donors, partners, even to the internal staff. People, and in particular children, are at the heart of the work. With terrific photography available we decided to make a large photograph the central focus of the design.

The general info was put in a quiet navigation area to allow the bright red mission-critical navigation buttons to stand out. The red buttons allow have drop-down images that invite exploration. The site is powered by a content management system provided by Convio.

The site was designed to be simple and direct – letting the food take center stage. The design uses the color scheme and logo developed for the new café and mixes a grid of clickable thumbnails in with just a bit of a free-form whimsy.

I handled the food photography and the truth is that photographing food by Vicki Lee and her executive chef Nora Martin Buchanan is a heckuva tasty photo assignment.

Strategy talks revealed that it was important to let the public know the wide array of services that Rosie's Place provides, so the home page was based around a visual tour of the programs and facilities.

The site includes a complete online store for The Women's Craft Cooperative (WCC), another innovative program.

I photographed the people and places for the tour and the product images for the WCC.