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Lifestyle
Transitions is
a small business devoted to sharing
information about pre-retirement
life planning and offering retirement
life planning seminars. It's
owner, Karen Vierneisel, wanted
more than a dry, informational
site. She wanted beauty, color,
movement and inspiration. Photos
and flash graphics are sprinkled
liberally throught the pages,
which all end in an inspirational
quote.
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has
very specific requirements for its
franchises' publicity and use of
its name and logo.
When Time+Plus
Chicago wanted a site, we worked
within the company's constraints
to create this clean, "corporate"
site.
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The
Cancer List is a simple site
created "to provide a site
that discusses cancer in more basic
terms than most of the websites
that are out there. We are designed
to be a starting point if you or
a friend or loved one have been
diagnosed with cancer and are looking
for information."
The client didn't want a lot
of fancy "bells and whistles,"
just easy navigation for visitors
looking for support and information.
A free blog on blogspot.com was
created and customized to match
the site.
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W.
Brothers Roofing wanted a
simple site that stylistically
followed their advertising flyers.
The header is their official
logo.
They also wanted to use the electronic
version of the materials that they
present to each potential client,
including a welcome letter about
the company and their services,
a list of local references, testimonials
and photos of their work.
The list of services offered at
the top was turned into links to
another page with more detailed
infomation. We are hoping that
these important keywords will help
them get found by search engines
in the near future.
At the bottom of the screen, they
wanted logos from their suppliers
and credit card companies, as well
as info about awards that they've
won.
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Wendy
Lalli, an extremely energetic,
creative woman and founder of
the Oak
Park Creative Network, wanted
a site that would showcase her
many talents and skills.
The
home page was designed to look
like a page in a sketch book, with
Wendy's original drawings and buttons
created to look like ideas that
had just been jotted down.
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The site is
very complex and was quite a challenge
to organize. It has six main pages, corresponding
to Wendy's skill-set, each with a clickable
collage of graphic samples of her work
in the center. By clicking on each image,
the visitor can visit individual pages
with a more detailed graphic and description
of each piece.
There are
also six additional pages with informationa
about Wendy's career coaching seminars,
networking events and more.
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Optic
Fuel Clean of Minnesota is
a partner of River Forest Environmental
(see below). It provides UST
and AST owners in Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Iowa, the Dakotas,
Montana and Nebraska with
the OpticSweep™ fuel-cleaning
system and needed a site
that defines and supports the
use of this new technology.
River
Forest Environmetal and Optic Fuel
Clean's sites share similarities
in color scheme and content, but
Optic Fuel Clean preferred a more
complex design, with additional
graphics and text, which we were
delighted to include.
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River
Forest Environmental is a
partner of Optic Fuel Clean of
Minnesota. It provides UST and
AST owners in Northern Illinois
and Northwest Indiana with the
OpticSweep™ fuel-cleaning system
and needed a site that defines
and supports the use of this
new technology.
The site was designed
by the client in excel and transferred
to the web by Lombard and Thomas.
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It's
home page is designed to look like
a newsletter and it's "Bad News" column
is updated regularly.
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Andrea
T Green's landscape design
site was almost too easy to create.
The talented designer came to
us with the pages already designed
in powerpoint.
We tweaked
the layout a bit, added links and
a background and the project went
online.
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Lombard
and Thomas takes no credit for
the gorgeous initial design of
the SoTish
Gallery site.We took it over
in February, 2005 because the client
wanted to add an on-line boutique
to her offerings.
Our
wonderful and talented programmer
was able to seamlessly adapt an
e-commerce package to meet the
client's needs.
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Pat
B Allen is an artist, author
and art therapist. She wanted
a site that would showcase her
work as well as be interactive.
Many pages on the site encourage
visitors to respond to Pat's
work with ideas or art of their
own.
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Massage
Therapy of Oak Park wanted
a warm, welcoming site to introduce
potential clients to their business
and services.
In addition,
this site offers newsletters and
reference articles about various
aspects of massage therapy.
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Sister
Wolf Books is located in
northern Minnesota in the small
town of Dorset. They are only
open during the summer, when
several groups of locals meet
weekly for book discussions.
The
store also hosts special events,
a storytime and coffee bar.
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The owner
hoped to encourage her community to use
the new website to keep track of events,
announcements and local activities over
the summer. A monthly discount coupon
is also offered. During the winter, we
created a customized
blog, linked to their site, for use
during the months that the store is closed.
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The Gallery already had the
beginnings of a site, but wanted
it expanded.
They
were looking for a combination
of whimsy and sophistication in
the site design.
The
artists represented, the specific
pieces available and schedule of
gallery shows are updated regularly.
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Gabriele
Pietsch was looking for a "simple
but elegant" site to display
her work.
As an
artist, she wanted direct input
during the design process. The
color choices, layout and
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feel for
the site were all a result of her active
decision-making.
Gabriele passed
away unexpectedly on August 14, 2005.
She will be missed. Her site will
continue to be maintained.
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Photographer James
P Rowan asked Lombard and
Thomas to take over the maintainence
of his site in 2003.
Since
then, we have redesigned the
pages and added several new galleries
of work, continuing to do so
as new collections are created.
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Keys
to Recovery is a drug and
alcohol rehab facility located
in a large community hospital.
They
wanted a site that would help publicize
their services, apart from the
hospital.
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The challenge
was to design a calm, welcoming site
for an organization with no logo or identifying
colors.
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West
Suburban Temple Har Zion has
been online for years, thanks
to the excellent work of their
webmaster emeritus.
In 2004,
the board felt that it was time
to update and modernize the site.
Several
excellent photographers associated
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with the synagogue will
regularly provide new photos, allowing
us to show the warmth and excitment that
this organization brings to the western
suburbs.
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Carolyn
Ash sells Yon-Ka skin
care products and her book, Timeless
Skin. She also offers advice
for many common skin conditions
and problems.
Her site was five
years old and needed updating and
redesigning.
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Yon-Ka agreed
to let us use their beautiful graphics
of herbs, flowers and skin care products,
which made the site a delight to design
and build. The products pages use code
from cart32.com so
that visitors can purchase skincare items
online. New advice is added monthly.
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Prairie-Oak
Communications specializes
in public relations, corporate
communications and marketing
communications.
They
wanted a business-like site that
echoed their community's love of
all things Prairie Style.
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The
Natural Garden Inc is a nursery
specializing in native and ornamental
plants and grasses. In addition
to selling plants, the nursery
holds gardening classes, workshops
and seminars.
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Schedules
of events as well as helpful information
about growing plants can be found on
this site, which was designed to match
the nursery's catalogue and logo. New
photos of plants in bloom are rotated
each week throughout the summer.
(The Natural
Garden's home page was redesigned in
February, 2005 to match the new look
of their catalog, stationary and business
cards)
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Magic
Tree Bookstore is a beloved,
full-service children's bookstore
in Oak Park, IL. A million different
things are going on all the time
and the owners want them all
publicized:
Authors come for
readings and sell signed copies
of their books; special displays
are created for holidays and seasonal
changes; there are story times
and book clubs; musical events
and contests.
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The site was
created using graphics by the store's
designer, Lynn Zurowski and is updated
constantly. We also send out a monthly
e-mail newsletter that uses the same
beautiful graphics.
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MJ
Connolly is a company that
provides glass and windows to
architects and contractors, so
they wanted a site with a style
resembling blue prints and other
working documents.
Special
effect: as visitors mouse over
the menu, the large picture in
the center will change to an example
of work that the company has created
for that category.
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Art
and Linda's Wildflowers - Art
Gara and Linda Schwab raise and
sell native plants. They also consult
on design and installation of wildflower
gardens and have produced a slide
show about their first love: Wolf
Road Prairie. The two wanted their
site to be "beautiful" and
reflect their interest; to be more
philosophical than economical and
to
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(Art
and Linda's home page was redesigned in
Jan, 2004, then again in Oct,
2006)
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encourage
visitors to see the beauty and value
of our native wildflowers.
The site features
the pair's original photographs, quotes
by Art and others who inspired him, as
well as practical information about their
business.The site is updated regularly
as new garden projects get photographed
or farmers' market and slide show schedules
become available.
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Habonim Camp Tavor
already had a new site, designed
by a talented programmer, but
they needed someone to create
lighter and livelier pages for
the summer.
The flash door,
used as a link to the summer
pages, added whimsy and fun.
Campers and staff
sent photos and captions all
summer. New pages and updated
links were added regularly. (Was
responsible for this site only
until 1/05)
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Ward
Mosaic is a site created
for glass artist Dr. David Ward,
who creates large, surreal pieces
from small chips of glass. He
preferred a site that was more
straightforward: allowing potential
clients and galleries a chance
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to view
his work, find out where the work had
been shown and to learn a bit about
the artist.
Dr.
Ward requested a simple site that reflectes
his taste and subject-matter. It is
updated occasionally as new work is
added.
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Nystrom
Business Systems, a supplier
of filing systems and office
supplies, wanted a straight-forward
site that would act as an on-line
business card and catalogue.
The
original navigational graphics,
created in Illustrator, used the
shape and colors of one of the
client's premier filing systems.
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Note:
The Nystrom Business System home page
was redesigned in November, 2004, when
the business was changed to NBSI and
the client no longer carried the tabs
used to create the original navigational
graphics.
larryzgodastudio.com -
is a site originally created
for stained glass artist Larry
Zgoda by Jon Zgoda. We later
expanded the design and added
features.
Larry has been
working in his field for almost
thirty years.
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His style
and the scope of his work have evolved
considerably over time, but it was important
to the artist to show the full range
of his skills. The site is complex, with
many categories and subcategories of
beautiful art glass.
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Ridge Supply,
a wholesale hardware
supplier, wanted a simple site
to give their business a web presence
in several specialty catagories.
They
were especially concerned with
their positioning in search engines,
so research
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into
the popularity of important keywords
and their placement on the site and
in the code was emphasized.
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The
folks at Vermillion River
Tender Treats wanted a simple
site that would give their small,
family-owned business a web presence.
They
wanted a site that was amusing
as well as informative, which led
to the corn roll-overs and animated
squirrels.
(They
decided that the "flash" squirrels
were a bit over the top, but
you can see them by visiting
my flash
page)
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(Note:
Vermillion River decided to
take their site off line in
Oct, 2004)
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Lombard
and Thomas will consider doing
volunteer or reduced-rate work
for non-profits or charities.
At left
is the home page for the Oak
Park River Forest (IL) High School's
PTO. The site is updated monthly
as new meetings and events are
scheduled.
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Lombard
and Thomas had a partnership with
Woven Web Development of Redwood
City, California so we designed
the home page graphics in exchange
for programming services.
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by calling 708-386-3298 or e-mail us
at AKINGreen@earthlink.net
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