This project was a POC (proof of concept) for the Congressional Collaboration Center.  Design to be a collaboration space for employees of the congress of the United States, I created an appealing design that did not get in the way of SharePoint’s collaborative tools.  This project included logo, banner, master page, and design assets.  The end result was a very functional but visually stunning collaboration space.  During this project I suggested several changes to improve the usability of the space as well as promote increased user adoption of the tools. read more…

NRCC (National Republican Congressional Committee) was looking for a branding solution for their SharePoint 2007 (MOSS) environment.  Primarily a collaboration space for project teams, I created a style that would communicate the NRCC brand without disrupting their ability to use the collaboration tools.  The deliverables included both a master page and matching theme. read more…

This post was inspired by a discussion I got involved with on Craig Wright’s SharePointalism blog.  The subject of process and specifically wireframes came up and as designers I think we all agree that the “Design Process” is vitally important to protecting ourselves and our clients.  The conversation made me start to think about how I handle specific areas of the design process differently in SharePoint engagements than I might in a straight web design gig and it seemed worth blogging about. read more…