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Ivan the Gorilla

Ivan the Gorilla Ivan the Gorilla lived with a human family in their home until he was too large and strong to remain there safely. Ivan taught them and the world a lot of lessons of endangered species and natural habitat preservation. The foundation was making a shift in goals from preserving Ivan’s memory to…

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Case Study: The Ivan Foundation

By Robert Nissenbaum, TSO Media My First Interaction With Ivan At the entrance of the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington is a sculpture of a Gorilla. I remember wondering why it was there. It seemed odd, out of place. Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium does not exhibit gorillas – and they have…

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Lind Pest Control

Modernizing the platform, upscaling the design, streamlining the content, and restructuring the site contents meant a major overhaul for the Lind Website. The following are screenshots of the website before the redesign. More images from the website redesign

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Case Study: Orphans of War Website Redesign

TSO Media was already working on plans for a website redesign for Orphans of War when their website was hacked. Plus, they didn’t have backup systems in place. It was all lost. The good news is that because they were already working on new content with TSO Media, they took advantage of the otherwise bad…

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WordCamp Seattle

WordCamp Seattle Website Redesign, badges, signage, and handouts Each year a new group of volunteers work throughout the year to prepare for the next annual WordCamp. It’s more restrictive than most design projects. The rules for site are that WordPress Core themes are the only themes allow. Only a small list of pre-approved plugins are…

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Evolution of a Logo: Mozak Design

In November I finally met Jocelyn Mozak in person after connecting with her on social media a few months earlier. We were both speaking at WordCamp Seattle. Little did I know when I first met her that we were speaking on the same topic. When I realized it, I was concerned. ‘Oh, no! People might…

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