:|: Dana Lachman :|:

DESIGN SAMPLES

I designed and built these sites from the ground up. Most are freelance projects.

MAMA MIA PIZZERIA

Brian Lurie at Mama Mia needed a full website redesign as well as ongoing site management. I designed, built and continue to maintain this site.
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Jenn Martin Official Site

JENN MARTIN

Jenn Martin is an alternative model who specializes in tasteful pin-up and burlesque performances. She needed a site that balanced the edginess and elegance of her art.
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Texas Senate Kids

TEXAS SENATE KIDS

This is a new look I created for the Texas Senate kids website. The old site can still be seen here. The Texas Senate webmaster plans to implement the design this winter.

CODING SAMPLES

These are examples of my web development handiwork. Most were photoshop composites I built out using HTML, CSS and Javascript.

AngelEyesGPS

ANGELEYESGPS

Nathan Dowd at AngelEyesGPS needed someone to combine a Photoshop composite with a pre-built website to create a unique site reflecting the AngelEyesGPS brand.
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Oak Sanderson

OAK SANDERSON

A few months after I began working for Oak Sanderson, the owner decided the company's own website needed an overhaul. Using Photoshop templates created by Oak's designers, I built the site exclusively using XHTML and CSS, with a tiny bit of Flash on the home page. I also assisted with some of the site design.
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Armor Designs

ARMOR DESIGNS

Armor Designs is an Oak Sanderson client. I was the primary developer on the project, and assisted with site organization.
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dck global

DCK GLOBAL

dck global is another Oak Sanderson client. I built several of the graphics on this site, assisted with copywriting, and served at the primary developer.
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AM Syndicate

AM SYNDICATE

This site is the first site I built professionally. I was still in the process of learning how to code, and it was a testing ground for me. AM Syndicate, an Austin band, asked me to build them a site after they had a change in lineup. Using the band's existing logo, I designed the layout and coded the whole site by hand.
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This is the cover of an annual visitors' guide to Bastrop County, published by a community newspaper in Bastrop, Texas. I designed the cover and layout for this publication and several of its previous versions.

In addition to coding Oak Sanderson's new website, I designed the contact page of the site, including drawing a map in Illustrator.

In late summer 2007 I volunteered to redesign the press kit of Austin non-profit Girlstart. Using the tone and feel of the organization's website, I built templates for all printed materials included in the press kit.

This is the centerfold for an annual "best of" publication produced by a community newspaper in Bastrop, Texas.

I worked with another artist to design this flyer for a community event in Austin, Texas.

A group of activists from the Texas Gulf Coast organized a series of lectures on health care reform, and basic design help. I created branding for newsletters, powerpoint presentations and a web log.

WRITING SAMPLES

The following articles are samples of my work as a journalist. Articles either link to an external Web site or a PDF document.

Reading, Writing and Rectitude

Lost in Translation

Food Stamp Crisis

Puppies for Christmas

61-Year Love Story

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ABOUT ME

I live in downtown Austin, Texas. I used to work for a newspaper doing just about everything, as evidenced by many of the samples on this site. Then I built websites for a small design agency. Now I want to work for you. I am left-handed.

This site was hand-coded with Notepad++ on a PC running Windows Vista. Updates made with TextWrangler on a Mac running Tiger OS. I like both platforms

It has been tested in the latest version of Firefox on both Windows and Mac OS; Safari, again on both Windows and Mac; Google Chrome beta; Internet Explorer 7; and for some odd reason even in IE6. It doesn't work well in Opera, because Opera hates Javascript.

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