Project URL: http://www.pseudoroom.com/
While I’ve used the name pseudoroom for my collaborative/personal/freelance site since 1996, this is a selection of previous design iterations from the “modern era”, if you will. A little history on each piece is included.
2009
The second most recent iteration, integrated with a design blog section, generates folio and blog pages/posts dynamically via a single posting source and custom fields. At this point, I can make WordPress fetch me my slippers and fix me a sandwich.
The visual approach itself plays off of the ink on paper, “design sketchbook”-type concept of yore.
2007
With the 3 partners having gone back to full-time jobs for some time, the site transitioned back into my freelance folio, and again a fun experimental approach. Having implemented WordPress as my personal blog for the past year, I was getting more and more comfortable with the software as a potential CMS solution. As such, this was the first iteration to leverage WordPress as its engine.
2005
Teaming up at the time with partners Marc Clancy and Mike Lovett, we transitioned the site into a formalized outlet for our design/programming services (and called it “pseudoroom design” for the first time). As a result, this design iteration broke from the sequence of previous fun/experimental approaches, becoming the cleanest (e.g., most sterile) to come down the pipeline. The site engine was a custom CMS developed by Mike from the ground-up.
During a time on the web when table-based code was still the norm, the underlying code for pseudoroom design was completely standards-based, garnering it a Silver Star from the Web Standards Awards.
2002
Hitting the “site as a sketchbook” metaphor with the subtlety of a bulldozer, this design was presented in a single page format, with all content segmented into individual scrollable blocks.
2001
Created at the height of the pixel design era, at this point the site itself was already at design version #6 (hence the sizable “6″ to the right). Original pixel artwork integrated throughout, and also the first use of a Flash-based music controller and “news” region. This design was ultimately picked up by K10k, which was some nice exposure at the time.
