A huge thank you to our clients and staff.

In addition to reorganizing content and site architecture, we created a textured, typography-driven design that embodies their creative culture. We collaborated with a talented illustrator at Marie’s, whose illustrations bring the spirit of the restaurant to the site. Other features like large image banners and slideshows show off the restaurant and Marie’s tasty treats.

We also integrated a new ecommerce solution giving Marie’s a fantastic online store. Customers can easily browse the various assortment of goodies and search the store for specific items, from breads to gluten-free granola to cakes—even gift certificates. Marie’s is now much better equipped to manage and promote their online store.

The new site fits Marie Catrib’s perfectly; it’s fresh, fun, and friendly. Both the site and the store are built on a powerful content management system making updating content, changing photos, and adding and removing store products a piece of cake.

Check out the site (and the granola!): www.mariecatribs.com

Our goal was to create an architecture and design that provides a quality experience for all visitors. By streamlining product browsing and making detailed information available via a comprehensive search, we made the site easy and straight forward for individual customers yet deep enough for designers and dealers. We didn’t want to sacrifice depth of content for a clean design so we worked to reorganize and design a layout that accomplishes both, accommodating large product images, brochures, specification guides, assembly and care instructions, and 3D design files. Customers even have the option to buy a product online from the Steelcase Store, a site we developed with Steelcase in 2006.

The new site is a big improvement for Details, both functionally and aesthetically. Details now has a site that is inline with their business goals and that will last for years to come—and that’s something to be happy about.

Check out the new site: www.details-worktools.com

Our very own Karl Swedberg is a member of the jQuery Team (a group of developers contributing to the progress and growth of jQuery and its community). We’re supporting the event by sending Karl to Washington DC to join up with other members of the jQuery Team where they will be collaborating on event materials.

We’re happy to be a sponsor of the 14 Days of jQuery and are excited about jQuery 1.4. Find out more about The jQuery Project and the 14 Days of jQuery.

Last year’s coaster, Little Orange Star, was a whole lot of fun—even for those who earned a Naughty Badge. But this year we wanted to get back to creating a casual game to stretch our imaginations, have some fun, and put some of our not-so-traditional skills to good use. The game features an awkward little chicken with a fiery temper—the result of our apparent fascination with funny flying animals (check out our 2005 coaster, Swoop-to-Nuts, starring a cute flying squirrel).

What exactly does a chicken turned phoenix have to do with holidays, you say? Well, it’s just our way of saying thanks and sending you a little warmth this holiday season. So get ready to play with fire and burn up the competition. Come on, don’t be a chicken!

Happy Holidays from all of us here at Fusionary.

PS. If you didn’t get your very own box of strike-anywhere matches, stop by our office and pick one up!

We worked with Diplomat and the team at their hemophilia pharmacy to further define their idea and develop an intuitive structure and organization for their content. We also gave them an easy way to classify and publish news and events. The new calendar can display events that take place all over the country while providing users a simple way to filter only those items that interest them. This new site lays the foundation for more content and functionality that will allow Diplomat to provide an even higher level of care.

In short, we helped Diplomat and their hemophilia program take their idea and shape it into a reality. We launched the new site just a few weeks ago and it has been very well received. Diplomat is pleased and excited by both the site and the new possibilities that come with it—one more reason we love what we do.

Check out the site: hemophilianavigator.com

The new site is a big step forward and an integral part of Kendall’s new marketing direction. The site contains several innovative design features, offers an outstanding experience for visitors, and includes a comprehensive content management system that allows site administrators at Kendall to handle almost any update.

The site has already garnered some very positive recognition and is being compared to websites from other leading art and design schools across the country. More importantly, the site is a hit with Kendall students, staff, administrators, and prospective students—who are all using the site in large numbers and providing glowing commentary.

We’re extremely proud of our work and are especially gratified by the incredible feedback from Kendall and those visiting the site. Check it out for yourself: www.kcad.edu

We spent a lot of time with PDL helping them research current trends in library sites, organize and structure their information, and promote the library online. We did this all while making the process as smooth and uncomplicated for them as possible. The new design not only reflects their organization, but makes the site easier and more engaging for patrons. And while that’s all fine and dandy, it was the content management system that blew PDL away. They now have easy control over their entire site, which was something they didn’t have before.

We really enjoyed working with PDL to give them a great new site and a painless way to manage it. Needless to say, they are really happy and so are we. Check it out: www.portagelibrary.info

Both projects involve a redesign ensuring the new sites mirror current branding efforts and improve overall usefulness for customers. The sites will also be built on new content management systems, making updates much easier for them both.

We’re excited to get to work!

Brandon is a graduate of Kendall College of Art and Design’s graphic design program and has four years of experience in print branding and advertising. Looking to expand to web projects, Brandon joined Fusionary as a designer. Along with Rex Rainey, our senior designer, Brandon will be creating various designs and graphic solutions for our clients. He’s done some great work already and we’re happy to have him around.

We also welcome Nathan Bryan to Fusionary as a web developer. He has professional experience as a .NET developer and is looking to transition to Ruby on Rails development. He joins Jason Stewart, our lead Rails developer, to create custom solutions and develop web applications. We are looking forward to having him on board.

We are really proud of the work we did for Baker. The new site has more interesting, useful, and appealing content; an improved design; and a stellar content management system. Check it out: www.baker.edu

Thanks to our clients and colleagues who helped make it possible.

Casey graduated summa cum laude from Michigan State University with a BA in Professional Writing and lots of experience working on web projects. She will be putting her degree and emphasis in digital and technical writing to use as Communications & User Experience Specialist at Fusionary. We’re not sure how good she is at Super Chexx or Call of Duty, but she’s darn good at everything else.

Welcome back Casey.