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Cyclocross Magazine
2011
Print Design, Entrepreneurship
This is work I did as a co-founder of a magazine about the niche cycling sport of Cyclocross. The magazine is still up and running by my co-founder, I stepped away to continue to work on digital projects.
  • I co-founded the first print magazine based on the niche cycling sport Cyclocross. My co-founder and I started from the ground up. We wrote articles, worked with a local printing press, created a complimentary website, and executed on our business plan. 
  • An recurring article in our magazine was the bike geek review where we reviewed a new cyclocross focused product in detail revealing it's true strengths and weaknesses. Below is an example of one of the first versions. Note the black & white color, our inside pages were originally B&W to save on start up costs.
  • In the beginning I worked on everything from cold calling potential advertisers to actually creating the ads for them. Below is example of an ad I created for the inside magazine cover for a small custom steel frame manufacturer. The ad focused on showing the complex details Mike Zanconato builds into each frame. 
  • To accompany the magazine we of course needed an online presence. There were plenty of Cyclocross blogs and online magazines out there so we didn't want this to be our focus but we were both in the internet space for our day jobs and thus tried to leverage the site when it made sense. Below is the wordpress based blog that I designed a custom skin for and continued to edit so that it could grow with our needs. Overtime, more and more content was available in the magazine and online.
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  • Zvents Nameplates
    Mocks from the zvents event and venue nameplate redesign.
    Interaction Design, Visual Design
    2011
  • Zvents Search
    Mocks from the Zvents search results page redesign.
    Interaction Design, Visual Design
    2011
  • Zvents Hot Tickets
    Analysis and redesign of the Zvents event detail page right rail.
    Interaction Design, Design Research, Visual Design
    2011
  • Zvents Top40
    Mock up of the Zvents Top40 site.
    Product Management, Interaction Design, Visual Design
    2011
  • Zvents for Facebook
    This is a set of designs for the Zvents Facebook App.
    Product Management, Interaction Design, Visual Design
    2011
  • Knack.Me
    This is the concept work for my startup called Knack.Me
    Entrepreneurship, Design
    2011
  • Xobni for BlackBerry
    This is a sample of the design work I did for the Xobni Mobile for BlackBerry.
    Product Management, Interaction Design, Visual Design
    2011
  • Xobni Enterprise
    This is a sample of the product and design work I did for Xobni Enterprise.
    Product Management, Interaction Design, Visual Design
    2011
  • Xobni Extensions
    These are the designs for a couple of Xobni Enterprise Extensions
    Product Management, Interaction Design, Visual Design
    2011
  • hi5 IM
    This is the design for web based on IM on hi5.com
    Interaction Design, Visual Design, Product Management
    2011
  • hi5 Gifts
    This is the design for hi5's virtual gifts
    Interaction Design, Visual Design, Design Management
    2011
  • hi5 Mobile
    This is the design for the mobile hi5 site.
    Interaction Design, Visual Design, Design Management
    2011
  • hi5 Homepage
    This the design and iteration examples for the hi5 homepage redesign.
    Interaction Design, Visual Design, User Research
    2011
  • hi5 Design Patterns
    Examples from the hi5 design pattern library.
    Interaction Design, Visual Design, Design Management
    2011
  • Yahoo! Pingbox
    Yahoo! Messenger Pingbox allows users to chat anonymously with their website visitors using the Yahoo! Messenger service.
    Interaction Design, Design Management
    2011
  • Yahoo! MyM
    Yahoo! MyM blended IM and Social Networking.
    Interaction Design, Design Management, Visual Design
    2011
  • Yahoo! Messenger SMS
    Integration of SMS into the Yahoo! Web Messenger Product.
    Interaction Design, visual design, design management
    2011
  • My Yahoo! IM Widget
    This is the design for the My Yahoo! Messenger Widget.
    Interaction Design
    2011
  • Yahoo! Mac Messenger
    Yahoo! Messenger for Mac
    Interaction Design, visual design, User Research
    2011
  • Yahoo! Messenger Plug-ins
    This is the design for the first version of the Yahoo! Messenger Plug-ins.
    Interaction Design
    2011
  • Yahoo! IM Archive
    Yahoo! IM message archive project.
    Interaction Design, design management, User Research
    2011
  • Opsware
    Opsware Desktop Application Design Specification
    Interaction Design, Usability, User Research
    2011
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