Unified Studies - Portland Social Media, Web Design, and Web development

OHSU march wellness Center

Unified Studies, in partnership with Metropolitan Group has just launched the new march wellness center website for OHSU.

Unified Studies did both design and development.

business week- myspace

More evidence that organizations and their marketing and communciation directors need to be aware of the burgeoning "social ecosystems" coming into play on the web.

"NEXT-GENERATION PORTAL Now, MySpace is beginning to create its own ecosystem of third-party companies that are developing features and applications for the giant digital community. The idea is to encourage other companies to use their creativity and expertise to come up with things for MySpace users that MySpace itself hasn't. That could be anything from letting people add to their MySpace home pages from a mobile phone or creating a slide show of their favorite MySpace photos." http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2006/tc20060721_833338.htm?chan=top+news_top+news

MySpace Design and Designer

Yes...for all those that have asked following my last design post...we do MySpace design! Email us at info@unifiedstudies.com, if you need an expert MySpace designer...

Emily Chang - Strategic Designer: Design 2.0: Minimalism, Transparency, and You

Emily Chang - Strategic Designer: Design 2.0: Minimalism, Transparency, and You.

Emily Chang, who I wrote about previously re: her eHub web 2.0 blog, has an interesting post on the less is more design philosophy meme...this also resonates with what I think is a prevailing business trend...the small is the new big that Jeff Jarvis, among others, has blogged about...and happens to be the subject of a cover story in the new Inc. magazine.

Workshops for Women launch

Unified Studies today launched the new site for Workshops for Women...we were fortunate to be working with a design by Steve Sandstrom of Sandstrom Design...needless to say, we hope that opportunity comes our way again!

Kelly of Workshops for Women also has begun a blog to coincide with the launch...at workshopsforwomen.typepad.com

We did a custom template for her blog...and also integrated a turnkey ticketing solution from TicketTurtle.

web (chaos) design -It's Jerry Time

To my previous posts about design chaos, and the interesting visual ideas that come about when design conventions are ignored, I now add It's Jerry Time and their brilliant "about us" page.

Workshops for Women and Unified Studies

We're excited to announce that we are working with Kelly Sandstrom and Workshops for Women to develop their web site and online communication strategy...(blog coming soon!).

Kelly says: "Workshops for Women was created to train and educate women in the art of owning their personal power and beauty. Our purpose is to bring awareness to choices made and results created. By looking at new ways of being in the world and new action steps, we open new possibilities. Our stand is that each individual is whole, complete and working perfectly."

Real Estate Transfer Fee - Unified Studies

Unified Studies has just designed, built and launched a new site for a coalition of organizations dedicated to supporting affordable housing in Oregon, including the Real Estate Professionals Building Community (REPBC), which is a group that actively supports affordable housing and home-ownership initiatives by working toward the enactment of a real estate transfer fee in the state of Oregon. Here is how a transfer fee works: When someone sells a house, they are assessed a one-time small fee. The money collected can then be used to address the housing needs of working families that rely on low wage jobs, seniors, and people with disabilities that rely on fixed incomes, and potential first time home buyers that need a little help to make ownership a reality.

The site is called Increasing Housing Opportunity in Oregon.

Be sure to check out the nice little flash slideshow explaining the RETF (Real Estate Transfer Fee).

The Neighborhood Partnership Fund

Today, we (Unified Studies) launched the new website for The Neighborhood Partnership Fund.

NPF's mission:
NPF’s innovative leadership and resources support the creation of affordable homes, healthy communities, and economic opportunities for low-income Oregonians.

Presentation Zen: Gates, Jobs, & the Zen aesthetic

Presentation Zen: Gates, Jobs, & the Zen aesthetic.

Wonderfully articulated article discussing presentation design and styles, contrasting Jobs v. Gates, and by obvious extension Apple v. Microsoft.

simplicity (described here as zen) is without question becoming the dominant meme in the blogosphere right now.

37 signals posted a simplicity manifesto (of sorts) a little while ago....entitled Less as a competitive advantage.