Wine Explorer

Wine Explorer is an iPhone app for finding wines at Trader Joe's. The user can search for a wine based on their specific criteria and view a wine's profile which includes background information, reviews, food pairing, and similar wines. Scanning a wine label and viewing most popular wines are also features.

Wine Explorer is my graduate thesis project for the Academy of Art's Web Design & New Media Program. All students must come up with a product idea and take it through all the necessary steps (planning, user experience and testing, design, development). My project planning began in the Fall of 2011 and is expected to be completed during the Summer of 2013.

My current plan is to develop the application using HTML/CSS and Jquery mobile and possibly bundling it using PhoneGap.

A blog is maintained to keep track of the project's current status.

Mission Apartments

The assignment for this school project was to create an innovative website for a fictional apartment complex. We were to focus on appealing to the target audience in an original way.
I chose to create a modular responsive website that randomly loads photos of the complex. My target audience was young, hip, and tech saavy. The website is never the same for two people and the information given is minimal; instead focusing on visuals. Images come to full opacity when rolled over offering a fun interaction.

Where's the Farmers' Market?

Where's the Farmers' Market is a website for finding open farmers' markets in San Francisco as well as markets in different neighborhoods. The website was a personal challenge to myself to come up with an idea and execute it as quickly as possible. I also wanted to learn Wordpress and the basics of responsive design.

Favrite

Favrite is an application for sending coupons for favors or experiences to your significant other, friends, family or coworkers. Stock coupons are provided as well as templates for custom creations. The coupons can be sent in-app, via email, posted to Facebook, or by text message.

This application was designed after seeing the many "coupon books for lovers" at a bookstore and expanding on the idea. A strong user experience with simple visuals was also the goal.

Spencer for Hire

I created this website to promote myself when applying for internships as well as work on responsive design fundamentals. The name for the site came from 'Spenser for Hire', an old TV show that (older) people like referencing to me.