Open source. Startup environment. Rapid prototyping. I got real dirty in the work process but I’m proud of the work I did with my fellow classmates. Introducing: Media Space , UW’s MCDM program’s answer for how businesses and communities can collaborate on social media, online and offline. The site is still in beta development, however, there is a blog and wiki documenting the process.

Conducted in a 10-week period,  our beta site saw me as the lead designer in conceptualizing and developing Media Space’s visual identity and website interface. From site maps, wire frames, logo concepts, website prototypes, utilizing cloud computing apps, to documenting the entire design/implementation process, this experience was a trip for a (traditional) print designer.

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[googlevideo]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=908674814285543652[/googlevideo]Pirate Babys Cabana Battle Street Fight 2006: This viral video is a masterpiece animation lovingly inspired by 1980s-era side-scroller video games. A crazy mashup of anime character cuteness meets zombie horror meets fighting game. Like one reviewer commented, “A kind of machinima recursion; where animations inspired by games have inspired animations.”