Author Archives: Cara McKinley

Life is Art, for Studio Mathewes

By Cara McKinley | Published: December 18, 2011
And work is art. No client is more fun for a designer/developer than one whose work nearly speaks for itself in creativity and talent. Studio Mathewes has been a wonderful client for me over the last few years, and in 2011 requested an updated site design from a site I originally built and designed a [...]
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Badass Duvet Cover (and I’m done with sewing for a while)

By Cara McKinley | Published: February 21, 2011
A couple years ago I got super ambitious about d.i.y interior decorating, during a period of frustration with the limited personality of mass market stuff available at everyone’s favorite chain stores (also, I got a subscription to Ready Made, which I’m sure had something to do with it). As a part of this, I tried [...]
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Seasonal/Promotional Posters

By Cara McKinley | Published: February 20, 2011
The Composing Room approached Big Wheel with a request for a promotional mail piece to send to their priority clients – something that would grab their attention, but also be a collectible that wouldn’t automatically be tossed into the recycling bin. We decided on a poster series, 1 poster to represent each of the four [...]
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JS1k Xmas Demo Snowflake

By Cara McKinley | Published: January 2, 2011
Disclaimer: this post may be something that only a serious internets/javascript/web dev nerd can appreciate. Starting in the early days of software development, the ‘demo’ has been a way for a developer to show of his/her skills within a limited file size. In the summer of 2010, a javascript 1kb demo challenge was held to [...]
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