Alex Smoller - Web Design + Development - New York
Russell Design
Russell Design is an exceptionally talented design studio. They specialize in environmental and print, as well as web, design, and do some very tight and compelling work.
They wanted to redesign their website and needed a way to easily keep it up to date. They came to me to integrate my CMS and to build their website. We included some fun and interesting interactive elements, as well, without the use of Flash.
They were a pleasure to work with, both personally, and professionally.
Creative Director: Anthony Russell
Design Studio: Russell Design
Designers: Anthony Russell, Robert Barber, Adam Katz
Developer: Alex Smoller
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Russell Design is an exceptionally talented design studio. They specialize in environmental and print, as well as web, design, and do some very tight and compelling work.
They wanted to redesign their website and needed a way to easily keep it up to date. They came to me to integrate my CMS and to build their website. We included some fun and interesting interactive elements, as well, without the use of Flash.
They were a pleasure to work with, both personally, and professionally.
Creative Director: Anthony Russell
Design Studio: Russell Design
Designers: Anthony Russell, Robert Barber, Adam Katz
Developer: Alex Smoller
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UNIFEM
"UNIFEM is the women's fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies to foster women's empowerment and gender equality."
They brought me in to help them invigorate their online presence and bring it more up to date. I brought in Sam and Stuart from RED as designers, as I knew their experience in the world of non-profit, and their keen sense of layout and design, would help deliver just the right thing.
Design Studio: RED
Project Manager, Developer, Art Director: Alex Smoller
Designers: Stuart Rogers, Sam Eckersley
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"UNIFEM is the women's fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies to foster women's empowerment and gender equality."
They brought me in to help them invigorate their online presence and bring it more up to date. I brought in Sam and Stuart from RED as designers, as I knew their experience in the world of non-profit, and their keen sense of layout and design, would help deliver just the right thing.
Design Studio: RED
Project Manager, Developer, Art Director: Alex Smoller
Designers: Stuart Rogers, Sam Eckersley
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Michael Schrom and Company
Michael Schrom is an award-winning director and cinematographer who creates stunning and memorable commercials for some of the biggest brands in the food and beverage industry.
We created a paired-down website that allows the viewer to get directly to his work. We integrated our Content Management System into the website to allow them an easy way to update and manage the website.
Working on this project made me constantly hungry.
Designers: Doug Muise, Alex Smoller
Developer: Alex Smoller
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Michael Schrom is an award-winning director and cinematographer who creates stunning and memorable commercials for some of the biggest brands in the food and beverage industry.
We created a paired-down website that allows the viewer to get directly to his work. We integrated our Content Management System into the website to allow them an easy way to update and manage the website.
Working on this project made me constantly hungry.
Designers: Doug Muise, Alex Smoller
Developer: Alex Smoller
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Under the Radar Theater Festival
I was brought into this project by the very talented designer Jose Contreras, who had worked with the Public Theater, and Under the Radar, for a few years.
The Under the Radar festival is an international new-theater festival sponsored by The Public, and has grown to be an exceptional and well-received festival in the six years it's been in existence.
Working directly with associate producer Meiyin Wang, we produced a CMS-integrated website that allowed them to promote and organize their efforts online.
Project Manager: Meiyin Wang
Designer: Jose Contreras
Developer: Alex Smoller
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I was brought into this project by the very talented designer Jose Contreras, who had worked with the Public Theater, and Under the Radar, for a few years.
The Under the Radar festival is an international new-theater festival sponsored by The Public, and has grown to be an exceptional and well-received festival in the six years it's been in existence.
Working directly with associate producer Meiyin Wang, we produced a CMS-integrated website that allowed them to promote and organize their efforts online.
Project Manager: Meiyin Wang
Designer: Jose Contreras
Developer: Alex Smoller
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Brian Collins
Brian Collins, titan of design and branding, led the brand and innovation division at Ogilvy & Mather for almost a decade, working with such iconic businesses as Unilever, Kraft, Mattel, Motorola, AT&T, Coca-Cola and American Express. He's a big-shot.
He also has a soul. And with that soul he works to help make the world a better place. Through "Designism: Design for Social Change," an annual forum to inspire young creative people to take active roles in social causes, and other organizations, he puts his time and expertise in on big-ticket issues.
He wanted a website, a blog, to give himself a venue for discussion and exposure of issues. He tapped RED to fulfill that desire. RED in turn brought me in. I pointed them in the direction of a Wordpress blog. As it is open-source it was easily customizable to suit Brians needs.
Creative Director: Brian Collins
Design Studio: RED
Designers: Stuart Rogers, Sam Eckersley
Developer: Alex Smoller
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Brian Collins, titan of design and branding, led the brand and innovation division at Ogilvy & Mather for almost a decade, working with such iconic businesses as Unilever, Kraft, Mattel, Motorola, AT&T, Coca-Cola and American Express. He's a big-shot.
He also has a soul. And with that soul he works to help make the world a better place. Through "Designism: Design for Social Change," an annual forum to inspire young creative people to take active roles in social causes, and other organizations, he puts his time and expertise in on big-ticket issues.
He wanted a website, a blog, to give himself a venue for discussion and exposure of issues. He tapped RED to fulfill that desire. RED in turn brought me in. I pointed them in the direction of a Wordpress blog. As it is open-source it was easily customizable to suit Brians needs.
Creative Director: Brian Collins
Design Studio: RED
Designers: Stuart Rogers, Sam Eckersley
Developer: Alex Smoller
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Björn Wallander
Swedish-born and New York-based photographer Björn Wallander needed a clean and straight-forward online portfolio, that was easy to update. With a stripped-down look and the ease of use of our proprietary CMS, he got just what he was looking for.
Client: Björn Wallander
Designers: Alex Smoller and Björn Wallander
Developer: Alex Smoller
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Swedish-born and New York-based photographer Björn Wallander needed a clean and straight-forward online portfolio, that was easy to update. With a stripped-down look and the ease of use of our proprietary CMS, he got just what he was looking for.
Client: Björn Wallander
Designers: Alex Smoller and Björn Wallander
Developer: Alex Smoller
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Rogers Eckersley Design
When RED — one of my very talented design partners — needed their website built, they naturally came to me. They also needed a totally customized content management system built to allow for easy updates. I built it using a combination of PHP and MYSQL.
Project Manager: Stuart Rogers, RED
Desigers: RED
Developer: Alex Smoller
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When RED — one of my very talented design partners — needed their website built, they naturally came to me. They also needed a totally customized content management system built to allow for easy updates. I built it using a combination of PHP and MYSQL.
Project Manager: Stuart Rogers, RED
Desigers: RED
Developer: Alex Smoller
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Horgan Becket
Horgan Becket are architects, designers, builders... and very talented people. Their workmanship is top-notch and their eye for design unique. They were also a pleasure to work with.
We created a very straight-forward and clean website for them to showcase their work, and developed a customized content management system that allows them to update the website themselves.
Designers: Francesco Gianesini, Cayce Becket
Developer: Alex Smoller
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Horgan Becket are architects, designers, builders... and very talented people. Their workmanship is top-notch and their eye for design unique. They were also a pleasure to work with.
We created a very straight-forward and clean website for them to showcase their work, and developed a customized content management system that allows them to update the website themselves.
Designers: Francesco Gianesini, Cayce Becket
Developer: Alex Smoller
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Noah Hawley
Gershoni brought me in to produce this functionally-unusual website for author, screenwriter and producer Noah Hawley. Functionally unusual, you ask? Just check it out. It employs a unique method of navigation that I haven't seen used before in a content-based website. I also created a custom content management system to allow for easy updates.
Design Studio: Design by Gershoni
Project Manager: Adriana Skura
Designer: Gil Gershoni, Ryan Teuscher
Developer: Alex Smoller
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Gershoni brought me in to produce this functionally-unusual website for author, screenwriter and producer Noah Hawley. Functionally unusual, you ask? Just check it out. It employs a unique method of navigation that I haven't seen used before in a content-based website. I also created a custom content management system to allow for easy updates.
Design Studio: Design by Gershoni
Project Manager: Adriana Skura
Designer: Gil Gershoni, Ryan Teuscher
Developer: Alex Smoller
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Brigitte Lacombe
We were approached by Brigitte Lacombe — an internationally renowned photographer — to design and produce her website. She wanted a clean and modern design to showcase her work, which is what we do best. We also programmed the website in such a way that her assistants can easily update the portfolios themselves. We then gave them a tutorial to make sure they got it.
Client: Brigitte Lacombe
Project Manager: Alex Smoller
Designer: Alex Smoller
Developer: Dan Hewins
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We were approached by Brigitte Lacombe — an internationally renowned photographer — to design and produce her website. She wanted a clean and modern design to showcase her work, which is what we do best. We also programmed the website in such a way that her assistants can easily update the portfolios themselves. We then gave them a tutorial to make sure they got it.
Client: Brigitte Lacombe
Project Manager: Alex Smoller
Designer: Alex Smoller
Developer: Dan Hewins
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Janko Rasic Architects
Janko Rasic Architects is an award-winning architecture firm in New York City. Rogers Eckersley Design brought me in to help produce their engaging new website. I also developed a customized content management system that allows them to keep things current themselves.
Design Studio: RED
Designers: Stuart Rogers, Sam Eckersley
Developer: Alex Smoller
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Janko Rasic Architects is an award-winning architecture firm in New York City. Rogers Eckersley Design brought me in to help produce their engaging new website. I also developed a customized content management system that allows them to keep things current themselves.
Design Studio: RED
Designers: Stuart Rogers, Sam Eckersley
Developer: Alex Smoller
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Balthazar Bakery Wholesale
This is the wholesale division of Balthazar Bakery, and they put some amazing breads on the tables of many New York-area restaurants. Working again with the delightful folks at Mucca Design.
Design Studio: Mucca Design
Project Manager: Nadja Tata
Designer: Matteo Bologna, Christine Celic-Strohl
Developer: Alex Smoller
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This is the wholesale division of Balthazar Bakery, and they put some amazing breads on the tables of many New York-area restaurants. Working again with the delightful folks at Mucca Design.
Design Studio: Mucca Design
Project Manager: Nadja Tata
Designer: Matteo Bologna, Christine Celic-Strohl
Developer: Alex Smoller
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Martin Ahlgren
Martin Ahlgren is an accomplished and successful director of photography, creating stunning visuals for clients such as Absolut, the Rolling Stones, Budweiser, Toyota... and the list goes on and on. He came to me needing a website he could maintain himself. A completely customized, PHP-based content management system was made that allows him to easily update and manage his portfolio.
Desigers: Martin Ahlgren, Alex Smoller
Developer: Alex Smoller
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Martin Ahlgren is an accomplished and successful director of photography, creating stunning visuals for clients such as Absolut, the Rolling Stones, Budweiser, Toyota... and the list goes on and on. He came to me needing a website he could maintain himself. A completely customized, PHP-based content management system was made that allows him to easily update and manage his portfolio.
Desigers: Martin Ahlgren, Alex Smoller
Developer: Alex Smoller
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SPG Architects
SPG Architects needed their website redesigned to better display their fine work. We created a website that is easily navigated and a breeze for them to update themselves.
Project Manager: Alex Smoller
Desiger: Francesco Gianesini
Developer: Alex Smoller
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SPG Architects needed their website redesigned to better display their fine work. We created a website that is easily navigated and a breeze for them to update themselves.
Project Manager: Alex Smoller
Desiger: Francesco Gianesini
Developer: Alex Smoller
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Schiller's Liquor Bar
Working with award-winning design studio Mucca Design, we produced these (Balthazar, Schiller's Liquor Bar, Lucky Strike, Morandi) client-updatable websites for renowned New York City restaurateur Keith McNally.
Design Studio: Mucca Design
Project Manager: Roberta Ronsivalle
Designers: Matteo Bologna, Christine Celic Strohl
Developers: Alex Smoller, Dan Hewins
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Working with award-winning design studio Mucca Design, we produced these (Balthazar, Schiller's Liquor Bar, Lucky Strike, Morandi) client-updatable websites for renowned New York City restaurateur Keith McNally.
Design Studio: Mucca Design
Project Manager: Roberta Ronsivalle
Designers: Matteo Bologna, Christine Celic Strohl
Developers: Alex Smoller, Dan Hewins
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Sarah Ball Photography
Sarah came to us with a tight budget. That could have meant an ugly website. Not with us. We kept things simple and elegant, and delivered a website she is proud to publicize.
Client: Sarah Ball
Project Manager: Alex Smoller
Designer: Alex Smoller
Developer: Dan Hewins
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Sarah came to us with a tight budget. That could have meant an ugly website. Not with us. We kept things simple and elegant, and delivered a website she is proud to publicize.
Client: Sarah Ball
Project Manager: Alex Smoller
Designer: Alex Smoller
Developer: Dan Hewins
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One Atlantic
This Flash website, designed by Mucca Design is the web presence for an exciting event space located at the end of the Pier at Caesars in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The homepage features a time-lapse sequence of the sunset as seen from the pier.
Design Studio: Mucca Design
Project Manager: Nadja Tata
Designers: Matteo Bologna, Steve Jockisch
Flash Developer: Alex Smoller
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This Flash website, designed by Mucca Design is the web presence for an exciting event space located at the end of the Pier at Caesars in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The homepage features a time-lapse sequence of the sunset as seen from the pier.
Design Studio: Mucca Design
Project Manager: Nadja Tata
Designers: Matteo Bologna, Steve Jockisch
Flash Developer: Alex Smoller
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Betsy Ehlen Hall
Doug Muise, of Doug Muise Design fame, brought this website to me to produce and code for Betsy Ehlen Hall, a Bay Area print designer with very exacting standards and exceptional abilities.
Design Studio: Doug Muise Design
Project Manager: Doug Muise
Designer: Doug Muise
Developer: Alex Smoller
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Doug Muise, of Doug Muise Design fame, brought this website to me to produce and code for Betsy Ehlen Hall, a Bay Area print designer with very exacting standards and exceptional abilities.
Design Studio: Doug Muise Design
Project Manager: Doug Muise
Designer: Doug Muise
Developer: Alex Smoller
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Pastis
Working with Mucca Design, this is the website for Keith McNally's restaurant Pastis, a great French bistro in the Meat Packing District. Mmm... moules frites!
Design Studio: Mucca Design
Project Manager: Nadja Tata
Designer: Matteo Bologna, Andrea Brown
Developer: Alex Smoller
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Working with Mucca Design, this is the website for Keith McNally's restaurant Pastis, a great French bistro in the Meat Packing District. Mmm... moules frites!
Design Studio: Mucca Design
Project Manager: Nadja Tata
Designer: Matteo Bologna, Andrea Brown
Developer: Alex Smoller
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In The Heights
Working with up-and-coming design studio RED, we produced the website for this off-Broadway musical by 27-year-old Dominican/Cuban composer Lin-Manuel Miranda.
The client has taken over production and made some updates that don't look so hot, so what you see when clicking the links is what the website looked like before hand-off.
Design Studio: RED
Designers: Stuart Rogers, Sam Eckersley
Developer + Flash: Alex Smoller
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Working with up-and-coming design studio RED, we produced the website for this off-Broadway musical by 27-year-old Dominican/Cuban composer Lin-Manuel Miranda.
The client has taken over production and made some updates that don't look so hot, so what you see when clicking the links is what the website looked like before hand-off.
Design Studio: RED
Designers: Stuart Rogers, Sam Eckersley
Developer + Flash: Alex Smoller
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Balthazar Restaurant
Continuing our relationship with award-winning studio Mucca Design, we produced these (Balthazar, Schiller's Liquor Bar, Lucky Strike, Morandi) client-updatable websites for renowned New York City restaurateur Keith McNally.
Design Studio: Mucca Design
Project Manager: Roberta Ronsivalle
Designers: Matteo Bologna, Christine Celic Strohl
Developers: Alex Smoller, Dan Hewins
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Continuing our relationship with award-winning studio Mucca Design, we produced these (Balthazar, Schiller's Liquor Bar, Lucky Strike, Morandi) client-updatable websites for renowned New York City restaurateur Keith McNally.
Design Studio: Mucca Design
Project Manager: Roberta Ronsivalle
Designers: Matteo Bologna, Christine Celic Strohl
Developers: Alex Smoller, Dan Hewins
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Balthazar Bakery
The bakery arm of Balthazar restaurant has a retail space right next door to the restaurant on Prince Street, in SoHo. This is its website.
Design Studio: Mucca Design
Project Manager: Nadja Tata
Designer: Matteo Bologna, Christine Celic-Strohl
Developer: Alex Smoller
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The bakery arm of Balthazar restaurant has a retail space right next door to the restaurant on Prince Street, in SoHo. This is its website.
Design Studio: Mucca Design
Project Manager: Nadja Tata
Designer: Matteo Bologna, Christine Celic-Strohl
Developer: Alex Smoller
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Lucky Strike
Again, working with award-winning design studio Mucca Design, we produced these (Balthazar, Schiller's Liquor Bar, Lucky Strike, Morandi) client-updatable websites for renowned New York City restaurateur Keith McNally.
Design Studio: Mucca Design
Project Manager: Roberta Ronsivalle
Designers: Matteo Bologna, Christine Celic Strohl
Developers: Alex Smoller, Dan Hewins
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Again, working with award-winning design studio Mucca Design, we produced these (Balthazar, Schiller's Liquor Bar, Lucky Strike, Morandi) client-updatable websites for renowned New York City restaurateur Keith McNally.
Design Studio: Mucca Design
Project Manager: Roberta Ronsivalle
Designers: Matteo Bologna, Christine Celic Strohl
Developers: Alex Smoller, Dan Hewins
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Morandi
Another restaurant by renowned restaurateur Keith McNally. How does he do it? Working again with award-winning design studio Mucca Design.
Design Studio: Mucca Design
Project Manager: Nadja Tata
Designers: Matteo Bologna, Andrea Brown
Developers: Alex Smoller, Dan Hewins
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Another restaurant by renowned restaurateur Keith McNally. How does he do it? Working again with award-winning design studio Mucca Design.
Design Studio: Mucca Design
Project Manager: Nadja Tata
Designers: Matteo Bologna, Andrea Brown
Developers: Alex Smoller, Dan Hewins
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Don't Quit Your Night Job
Continuing my relationship with an up-and-coming design studio , we produced the website for this off-Broadway comedy review.
Check out the videos on their myspace page. Hilarious!
Developer + Flash: Alex Smoller
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Continuing my relationship with an up-and-coming design studio , we produced the website for this off-Broadway comedy review.
Check out the videos on their myspace page. Hilarious!
Developer + Flash: Alex Smoller
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Golner Precision, Inc.
Creating a compelling design for a versitile manufacturing plant in the Milwaukee area of Wisconsin was a challenge... A welcome challenge. In a competitive industry, they really needed to stand out. We went with clear messages, and heavy photography, to get the point across.
Client: Golner Precision, Inc.
Developer: Alex Smoller
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Creating a compelling design for a versitile manufacturing plant in the Milwaukee area of Wisconsin was a challenge... A welcome challenge. In a competitive industry, they really needed to stand out. We went with clear messages, and heavy photography, to get the point across.
Client: Golner Precision, Inc.
Developer: Alex Smoller
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Offermatica
Together with Doug Muise Design, we created a successful website for Offermatica, a testing and optimization service that assists businesses in optimizing their online effectiveness, and provides proven expertise in online marketing and merchandising.
They have recently been acquired by Omniture.
Design Studio: Doug Muise Design
Project Manager: Doug Muise
Designer: Doug Muise
Developers: Alex Smoller, Dan Hewins
Flash Development: Alex Smoller
Together with Doug Muise Design, we created a successful website for Offermatica, a testing and optimization service that assists businesses in optimizing their online effectiveness, and provides proven expertise in online marketing and merchandising.
They have recently been acquired by Omniture.
Design Studio: Doug Muise Design
Project Manager: Doug Muise
Designer: Doug Muise
Developers: Alex Smoller, Dan Hewins
Flash Development: Alex Smoller
The Balance Company
Working with San Francisco design firm Design by Gershoni again, we helped put in place a redesign for this holistic supplement company.
Design Studio: Design by Gershoni
Project Manager: Tamara Smart
Designer: Gil Gershoni
Developer: Alex Smoller
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Working with San Francisco design firm Design by Gershoni again, we helped put in place a redesign for this holistic supplement company.
Design Studio: Design by Gershoni
Project Manager: Tamara Smart
Designer: Gil Gershoni
Developer: Alex Smoller
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Empowering Media
Empowering Media is a web development company, and hosting service provider, in the New York area. We worked with them to create a forward-looking design to match their approach to technology.
Project Manager: Alex Smoller
Designer: Alex Smoller
Developer: Larry Ludwig, Empowering Media
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Empowering Media is a web development company, and hosting service provider, in the New York area. We worked with them to create a forward-looking design to match their approach to technology.
Project Manager: Alex Smoller
Designer: Alex Smoller
Developer: Larry Ludwig, Empowering Media
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Joel Smoller
Joel Smoller received his PhD from Purdue University in 1963, and has been a faculty member at the University of Michigan ever since. He has held visiting appointments at a wide variety of places, including the Courant Institute, the University of Wisconsin, Harvard University, and the University of Paris. Recently he held the Rothschild Professorship at Cambridge University. He has been a Guggenheim Fellow and was awarded the Margaret and Herman Sokol Award (University of Michigan) for his research, as well as a Humboldt Fellowship to conduct research in Germany.
In January, 2009 he was awarded the George David Birkhoff Prize in Applied Mathematics "for his leadership, originality, depth, and breadth of work in dynamical systems, differential equations, mathematical biology, shock wave theory, and general relativity... Overall, his powerful intuition for innovative new directions and his forcefulness in cementing powerful collaborations have been emblematic of a career worthy of emulation."
He has worked on a diverse group of problems, including shock wave theory, symmetry breaking bifurcations, Yang-Mills equations, Dirac equations, and general relativity. His current interests focus mainly on shock wave cosmology in general relativity, and decay of solutions to the Dirac equation and wave equation in curved spacetime.
He's also my father, and I was happy to make a website for him.
Designer: Wordpress
Developer: Alex Smoller
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Joel Smoller received his PhD from Purdue University in 1963, and has been a faculty member at the University of Michigan ever since. He has held visiting appointments at a wide variety of places, including the Courant Institute, the University of Wisconsin, Harvard University, and the University of Paris. Recently he held the Rothschild Professorship at Cambridge University. He has been a Guggenheim Fellow and was awarded the Margaret and Herman Sokol Award (University of Michigan) for his research, as well as a Humboldt Fellowship to conduct research in Germany.
In January, 2009 he was awarded the George David Birkhoff Prize in Applied Mathematics "for his leadership, originality, depth, and breadth of work in dynamical systems, differential equations, mathematical biology, shock wave theory, and general relativity... Overall, his powerful intuition for innovative new directions and his forcefulness in cementing powerful collaborations have been emblematic of a career worthy of emulation."
He has worked on a diverse group of problems, including shock wave theory, symmetry breaking bifurcations, Yang-Mills equations, Dirac equations, and general relativity. His current interests focus mainly on shock wave cosmology in general relativity, and decay of solutions to the Dirac equation and wave equation in curved spacetime.
He's also my father, and I was happy to make a website for him.
Designer: Wordpress
Developer: Alex Smoller
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