Shaping the Page
Portfolio Samples
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Bookmarking for the 21st century.
Thumbtack
An online bookmarking service for the 21st century, Thumbtack makes bookmarking your favorite sites a beautiful experience. Browser-based, platform independent, and designed for the SproutCore framework, Thumbtack gives you access to your bookmarks from any computer. Thumbtack presents a visual display of your favorite sites, complete with resizable thumbnails, tagging, and notes. Perfect for people who'd like to SEE their bookmarks, not just read them. So the next time you visit a site worth remembering, simply thumbtack it!
Our Responsibilties
Visual identity & user interface design.
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Online nirvana for cereal junkies.
Cereal Survival
There's a subculture out there of people who are obsessed with cereal. That's right, they're called "cereal junkies." And if they had their druthers they'd eat cereal for every meal of the day. Cereal Survival is a site dedicated to cereal junkies from around the globe. Visitors can rate and review their favorite cereals, and an integrated blog keeps everyone up to date on the latest cereal products. Don't laugh—this is serious business. The site will be launching soon, but until then, please pass the milk!
Our Responsibilties
Logo & web site design; XHTML & CSS Development; ExpressionEngine implementation.
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Critiques from around the globe.
Student Design Depot
Bridging the gap between schools, and tying together students from around the world, the Student Design Depot gives up and coming designers a place to hone their skills and contribute their ideas. Students can upload various categories of their own designs, and receive feedback from other student designers. This opens up the critiquing process far beyond the walls of their local classroom, providing them the insight and opinions of a global student body. The Student Design Depot will be launching later this year.
Our Responsibilties
Logo & web site design; XHTML & CSS Development; ExpressionEngine implementation.
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Project scheduling with style.
Am I Bizzy?
Am I Bizzy is an online application for designers, developers, freelancers, and anyone who needs an easy and elegant way to schedule multiple projects. The application displays every phase of every project on a single page, and how they chronologically stack up on each other. When a new project comes in it's easy to see at a glance where it can fit into the overall workflow. Each project also has a brandable client view, allowing clients to follow along and make comments about their project's schedule. Working on various aspects of this application's development is certainly keeping us bizzy!
Our Responsibilties
Visual identity & user interface design.
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Minimalist personal identity.
Michael Craig
Many times a simple execution is all that's needed. Technical director Michael Craig needed a custom-designed, online location to point potential clients and employers to. We repurposed his paper resumé to work on the web with a clean, single page layout. A large button makes it easy to download a portable print version of his resumé. The site implements a content management system that makes it easy for Michael to update his online resumé from any computer. The end result is a professional site that helps Michael stand out from the crowd!
Our Responsibilties
Web site design, XHTML & CSS Development, CMS implementation.
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King of Flatland
King of Flatland is a series of online competitions for BMX freestyle riders. A participant signs up for the competition and uploads a video demonstrating their best tricks. Their video is then put head to head with another rider, and the community votes on who threw down the best routine. The best video moves on to the next round. At the end of the competition the winning rider is crowned the King of Flatland! A fresh design combined with the power of ExpressionEngine makes it all happen. Series 1 is starting soon!
Our Responsibilties
Logo & web site design; XHTML & CSS Development; ExpressionEngine implementation.
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Award-winning automotive restoration services.
Sterling Coach Restorations
Providing award-winning automotive restoration services for over 30 years Sterling Coach Restorations has attracted clients strictly by word of mouth, but felt it was time to showcase some of their work online as an avenue of attracting a new generation of car enthusiasts. In the process of designing the site we were also able to give their logo a refresh. It was a privilege to partner with a company that does such beautiful work!
Our Responsibilties
Web site design, XHTML & CSS Development, ExpressionEngine implementation.
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Online social network for BMX freestylers.
Elephant Glide
Elephant Glide is an online social network for BMX freestylers. Serving as a type of "Facebook" for BMXers, the site is designed to connect riders from around the globe and reunite long, lost friends. Each rider can register to be a member, which gives them the privilege to participate in forums, form groups, post events, publish their own blogs, and upload multimedia. It's a happy place!
Our Responsibilties
Visual identity & web site design, CMS implementation.
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Refreshing perspectives on everyday scenes.
Lizzie Shaw Photography
From weddings to still lifes, Lizzie Shaw's photos not only capture the moment, but cause the viewer to see the everyday scene from a refreshing perspective. We designed her site as a traditional photographic lightbox, with the ability to enlarge multiple photos at the same time, move them around the screen, compare, and purchase prints. We integrated a shopping cart system into her site that allows easy management of credit card transactions. Stay tuned for the grand opening of her site!
Our Responsibilties
Logo & web site design, XHTML & CSS Development, ExpressionEngine & e-commerce implementation.
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Together Magazine
Together Magazine is a joint venture with a community of writers who share their observations and experiences regarding family and friends in a modern world. Shaping the Page had the privilege of developing the visual identity for this project, including logo design, magazine design, and web site design. Visit the site and perhaps contribute your own articles!
Our Responsibilties
Concept designs for logo, magazine, and web site; XHTML & CSS Development; ExpressionEngine implementation.
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Writing, editing, and proofreading services.
Write Away Editing
Write Away Editing approached us with the need for a web site that would match their already sterling reputation. They offer writing, editing, and proofreading services for the personal, academic, and business communities. We designed a site that is easy for new visitors to navigate, including blog functionality, giving Write Away Editing an outlet to publish their latest news to the world.
Our Responsibilties
Web site design, XHTML & CSS Development, ExpressionEngine implementation.
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Helping people get from stuck to strong.
HeadStrong Life Coaching
Fresh start-up HeadStrong Life Coaching approached us with the need for a visual identity, including a new web site. We worked closely together on logo developement and site design. The site needed to be clean and inviting for new clients, as well as provide a way to keep current clients posted with recent news. We integrated an ExpressionEngine content management system to give the client complete control over updating their site.
Our Responsibilties
Visual identity & web site design, XHTML & CSS Development, ExpressionEngine implementation.
About Us
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Welcome to Shaping the Page! We’re a small graphic design studio providing a full range of design services for the Web and print. We’re based in the great state of Ohio, and we enjoy helping developers, businesses, start-ups, and organizations establish consistent, clear, visual identities, and outstanding user experiences. We have a passion for taking potentially complex ideas, and organizing them into visually pleasing and simple presentations.
Our services include web site and interface design, XHTML/CSS development, ExpressionEngine development, logo and visual identity development, and an extensive range of print design services. We have over 15 years of professional graphic design experience. We’re typography-loving, detail-obsessed, fun and friendly designers with roots in the traditional values of graphic design, cutting-edge in our execution, yet refreshingly simple in the solutions we arrive at.
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Andy started designing back in the late 1980s while in high school. It was then that he and friend Tim Brown started a small clothing company called Drab Designs. During that time Andy also published an underground, quarterly magazine called Green Bean Zine. Both of these projects were aimed at the BMX extreme sports culture, and made just enough money to cover travel expenses and bike parts, all the while fueling his love for design. After graduating college with his degree in graphic design, Andy worked as a designer at several companies before the call to independence was too loud to ignore. In 1997 he went solo as Sans Serif Design. Then in 2002 he married Emily and together they started Glide Design Studio as a part-time venture, while he also worked as an in-house art director for a large Christian organization. After seven years they knew it was time to try something new, and in 2009 Shaping the Page was formed as a full-time effort.
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Emily’s background is as a fine artist. She brings an “organic” eye to the table, and provides the softer design side of Shaping the Page. After graduating with her English degree, Emily worked as a professional copy writer and copy editor in the publishing department of a large organization. For several years she worked on the publishing team for a bimonthly Christian magazine. Now she helps design, critique, and proofread every project for Shaping the Page, all the while keeping two active toddlers safe and happy!
Testimonials
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Working with Andy and Emily was a great experience. Because I’m a photographer more than a designer, I relied totally on their expertise and design finesse to get my business looking the professional way I wanted. I was WOW’d! My company logo, business cards, marketing materials, and website were well-crafted from start to finish. I would tell anyone whether you are just starting a business or have been in business for years and need a design makeover, look no further than Shaping the Page."
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I've had the unique pleasure of first being a colleague of both Andy and Emily and second having used their website and logo design services. About working alongside them, I can only say that if more people were like them, my job would have been a lot easier. And about their website design, I am completely thrilled to have a functioning, professional website. Andy's expertise helped immensely in making design-related decisions for the site to be contemporary and up to industry standards, and his turnaround time was always very quick. He has the very desirable qualities of being able to offer appropriate input and also taking feedback well."
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Upon finishing our first album, our band was left searching for someone who could put together our CD sleeve artwork in a short period of time. We went with Andy and Emily and were more than satisfied. Not only was the artwork done in a timely fashion, but it was masterfully creative. Before people even listen to the CD, I’m always hit with the now familiar question, 'Who did your sleeve?' We were so impressed with the job they did, we asked them to do our band’s website as well!"
Send Me A Message
How to Hire Us
If you’re interested in working with us we’d be happy to send you an estimate for your project. Simply download and fill out our Design Brief which contains questions that will help both you and us get clear on your needs. The Design Brief can be filled out using your favorite word processor. Save and email it back to us and we’ll send you a price estimate as soon as available.
To give you a ballpark figure, our project budgets usually start at around $2,000. We typically like to have at least one initial phone conversation at the start of the project, just to get to know one another, but it’s not absolutely necessary. Some people prefer to do all their communication in writing, and that’s fine by us. But if you’d like to call, give us a ring: +1 419 830 0677. Thanks for your interest in Shaping the Page, and we look forward to working with you!
