Melinda Swenson
 
User interface design
  • Firstgiving - Making online giving easy
  • Wheres Lulu - Find what is accessible near you
  • Nike Sparq Team Challenge
  • Firstgiving

    My role: User experience design, usability testing, prototyping, user flow diagrams, design, and front-end development. HTML, CSS, JQuery, YUI.

    Firstgiving provides nonprofits and individuals with an easy way to raise money online. In Sept 2008 I joined Firstgiving in Boston, MA as User Experience designer. In my time with Firstgiving I have worked on many areas of the site - nonprofits account area, end user account, sign up and registration processes, etc.

  • Where's Lulu

    My role: Project management, concepting and design, HTML, CSS
    Programmed by: Enact Development
    Header illustration by: Sol Identity

    Where's Lulu helps people with disabilities find what's accessible in their area. The founders of Where's Lulu approached me in 2007 and said 'We heard you do web stuff.' Together we concepted and created Where's Lulu.

  • Nike Sparq Team Challenge

    My role: Design

    Designed pages displaying high school athletes' challenge results. Participants can look up their scores and compare themselves against other athletes in the country.

 
Interactive, educational
  • Boise Water Education Center
  • Water Education Center

    My role: Design, Flash development, installation
    Produced by: New Media Magic in Portland, OR

    I designed and built multiple touch-screen interactives educating people about water in the area surrounding Boise, ID.

  • Water Cycle

    My role: Design, Flash development
    Produced by: New Media Magic in Portland, OR

    A touch-screen interactive where people explore how water touches our lives throughout the water cycle.

  • Voices of the Region

    My role: Design, Flash development
    Produced by: New Media Magic in Portland, OR

    Displayed in the Gippsland Water Factory in Australia, this interactive shows interviews with locals talking about how they use water.

 
Flash
Highflyer wines
Portalupi wines
Brian Lee Wedding Photography
  • High Flyer Wines

    My role: Flash, Actionscript

    I developed this site in Flash. Site designed by Plumbline Studios in Napa, CA.

  • Portalupi Wines

    My role: Flash, Actionscript

    I developed this site in Flash. Site designed by Plumbline Studios in Napa, CA.

  • Crestwood Health

    My role: Flash, Actionscript

    Built various areas of the site in Flash. Site designed by Plumbline Studios.

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