e.b.Studios Interactive Design Portfolio: Gallery 2

(last updated 2/10/05)
Gallery 2 features seven custom interactive/web designs created for the following clients: Alliance Partnership Services, Marino Inc., Serrahna, The Paul Dresher Ensemble, Ekomi Music Software, Le Théâtre Restaurant, and The Riley Center.

To navigate, scroll and click a thumbnail on left to load its description into this space.

For more information about each project, visit the live or local link at the end of a project description. Email inquiries to Erika Bauer. You may also call the studio at 510-528-1929.

Alliance Partnership Services

visit: www.alliancetradingdesk.com

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Logo and website design created with sailing theme so this financial services website could elegantly integrate images of client's sailboat. Development involved using custom Dreamweaver templates for easy updating of text by Client using Macromedia Contribute.

Marino Inc.

visit: www.marino.com

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Custom site redesign and development for San Francisco PR and Marketing firm using color palette from client's identity system and playing off the client's logo to create a consistent, fun user interface.

Client testimonials on almost every page of the new site and the overall design have helped increase interest in the company and helped secure new contracts.

(Redesign of the client's original site that was created by ebStudios in 1999.)

Serrahna

visit: www.serrahna.com

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A complete website was created for Serrahna, a global fashion and jewelry boutique in an upscale area of Oakland.

The website includes custom interface designs reusing the colors and a star pattern that adorns the actual walls of the store and using brocade "edging" to create a site border. Rich content includes a yearly fashion collection online with zoomable Flash images. Completing the site is an online store with a customized shopping experience.

A dream project completed for the inspiring and talented proprietor/designer: Andrea Serrahn.

Team: Art Director and Designer Erika Bauer; Web Engineer Alan Early.

The Paul Dresher Ensemble

visit: www.dresherensemble.org

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Complete site redesign and development for internationally recognized new music ensemble. Inital relaunch November 2001. Site update completed August 2003 included launching an online store for selling indie label new music and music theater cds, videos and scores.

The website includes an original navigation design, based on elements and reimagination of the Dresher Ensemble logo, which was also refreshed for use on the top of the site's home page. Website colors were pulled from the Ensemble's existing identity system and optimized for web use.

ekomi music software

visit: www.ekomi.com

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Logo,Software graphical interface, and web site banner design completed Fall 2004 for new, easy-to-use music recording and practicing software. The package is geared toward students and educators. The interface acts like a "skin" as the software works with Windows Media Player.

Design included creating CD-Jacket-like interface with custom iconic buttons and tiled backgrounds of rune-like illustrations to help create a "Pacific fusion" feel that will work well in overseas and local markets.

Le Théâtre Restaurant

visit: www.letheatrerestaurant.com

visit: www.ebstudios.com/letheatredev/ (animation & original version)

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Working together with James Beard award winning print designer Noreen Fukumori, Erika Bauer of e.b.Studios designed, developed and launched the restaurant's site July 2003, creating a site that mimics the restaurant menus and uses many elements from the identity system.

Timed to coincide with the restaurant opening, the debut of the site included a splash animation of curtains opening onto a stage - completing the metaphor of the designs.

The Riley Center

visit: www.rileycenter.org

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Accessibilty Web Design Award winning site! (e.b. was part of Award Winning Design and Development Team)

This site was relaunched Fall 2002 for a women's shelter in San Francisco. The site was developed during the AIR CALIFORNIA rally. Erika Bauer was the primary interface designer on a team of 4 brilliant women made up of fellow SFWowsers Melanie Archer, Lise LaTorre, Amy Rogers, who worked together on this project and won an accessibility design award. Site includes multi-lingual versions (Chinese and Spanish).