studiowhat

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Welcome to studiowhat.

What?

We'll explain why what in a minute. But first, here's what's what. We are artists turned designers turned teachers turned artists doing design and some teaching. Studiowhat is where we work, perched on a sometimes sunny hillside between Kingston and Indianola, Washington, across the Puget Sound from Seattle. What do we do? We work and play with our drawings, paintings, sculpture, jewelry, ceramics, graphic design, web design and whatnot.

Now, if you want to know why what? Scroll to the next panel »

whywhat?

There is a story, of course. It goes like this.

I am a painter, a painter of certain ambiguity. More precisely, rigorous ambiguity. This kind of painting leaves me at a loss for a tag-line and we all know we need tag-lines. How else would anyone know what we do? So Linn, my wife, helped me out coining the brilliantly open phrase painter of what. So...tag-line assigned, the studio could be nothing other than studiowhat.

And... design for the web from studiowhat is of course, whatwebdesign »

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whatwebdesign

Web where-with-all with what

Designers of some...mmm...maturity, we still have non-photo blue pencils, a few sheets of Zipatone and Letraset. We might have forgotten how to spec type and produce tidy mechanicals, but we remember Photoshop before layers. In other words, whatwebdesign from studiowhat is steeped in the basics. Tools and styles change, thus we have traded in our Rubylith for CSS, our Bestine for php. But we all know, it's not the tools, it's the what that matters and how it is delivered.

Example: After The Flush
Rolf Eriksen, a well known builder and designer on Orcas Island, built a small plant to turn raw septage into grade compost and pure water. He needed a fun, informative and easily maintained site.
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Example: Bainbridge Community Woodshop
We designed a WordPress site and logo for this community organization with a woodworker feel and easy updating by the members.
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Example: Grizzly Bear Outreach Project
GBOP needed a new site and identity to reflect their expanded mission of large carnivore protection through education and outreach.
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Example: Hyla Middle School
The existing Hyla site was well designed but dated. This new WordPress powered site is now alive and easily modified.
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Example: EarCandyArts
Ear Candy Arts. This is a redesign. This time it is powered by WordPress to include a blog and allow for easy management of content.
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Example: Wild Futures
WildFutures is a site designed and built for Sharon Negri. She offers consulting, books and DVDs to advance predator conservation and management.
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Example: Liminal Somatics
This site and logo was designed for Liminal Somatics using Joomla as a CMS (content management system) making it easy to update and add features. It needed to look inviting and professional.
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Example: The Trillium School
This is also a Joomla site designed and produced for The Trillium School. They wanted a site that was fun yet businesslike, easy to manage and navigate but very capable.
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Example: Sunrise Hill Farm
This site and logo are designed to mix a sense of quality with down-home family fun. It uses WordPress to allow for easy updating and blogging.
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Example: Art from the Woods
Art From The Woods. We used a photoblogging system called PixelPost.It allows the artists to easily add images when they have new work.
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Example: Garth Edwards
Another PixelPost site. This time for Garth Edwards, an artist specializing in public art. Garth can add or delete images with ease while maintaining the look of his site.
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