Spider Silk Design: Web Design Portfolio

Here's a small assortment of sites we've created or contributed to over the past nine years (in the case of collaborative projects, our role will be indicated in the description). It's by no means a complete list — we've launched over 90 sites since we began — just a representative sampling:

Absynthetika: An e-commerce site for a pair of gothic fashion designers, based on ZenCart, with the addition of a ZenPhoto photo gallery. The visual look is decidedly gothic, with the green accents reflecting the absinthe reference in the company name. Note: as of this update, the client is still working on adding products and photos, but the site is live and can be viewed.
Aestus Rogers Photography: A portfolio site for a portrait and fine art photographer, based around the Gallery2 image gallery. The visual design was based around the photo the artist chose as a signature image.
Allemby Management Group Inc. (AMGI) (Recently redesigned): The newly redesigned site of a longtime client of ours, an executive search firm. The site now uses the Drupal CMS, as an increasing number of our sites do. In this case, the CMS allows the client to easily post new job openings, and visitors to the site to apply for them online. The look is clean, fresh and airy, using a customized version of the Austin Zen theme for Drupal.
Angela Park: A site for a classical pianist, with simple but elegant design, downloadable music samples, and a PDF press kit.
Awesomewood: A site for a custom woodworking company, with a warm, organic feel and a classic look. The site was created in Drupal, and also includes a photo gallery using Gallery2 embedded in Drupal.
Breath Song (New!): Created for a counsellor and psychotherapist who uses sound, breath and music techniques, this site accordingly has a more artistic feel than many therapists' sites. It was created in Drupal, using a heavily modified version of the Agregado theme.
Carolyn Dallman Downes (New!): Another Drupal site for a psychotherapist, with a custom theme based around stained glass imagery for an elegant, contemplative feel.
Condo Information Centre (New!): An independent information resource for present and future condo owners, in the format of an online book. It makes extensive use of the Drupal Book module, and has a clean and uncluttered design based on the Zen Classic theme.
Dance Our Way Home: A site for a women's dance/meditation practice, also in Drupal. We created a modified version of the Skyroots Drupal theme, for a look that was both spiritual d distinctly feminine.
Exotic Destinations: A small site for a travel agency, with the visual look adapted from their existing print literature. One of our oldest clients.
Earthtones Painters: A site for a painting company, using fresh, natural colours, and imagery taken from the founder's nature photography, to reflect the inspiration behind their work.
Falling For Caroline: A promotional site for a short film, craeted in Drupal, using the Tapestry theme with a custom colour set drawn from the shades of the main photo used in promotional materials for the film, and several other customizations.
The Faery's Tub: An e-commerce site, using the PayPal shopping cart, for a local bath and body products retailer, with a playful, organic, fairy-tale aesthetic.
Law Office of Gabrielle Pop-Lazic (New!): This site, for a family lawyer and counsellor, was based on a template supplied by the client, which we customized to give her site more of a unique and personalized look.
Judy Sgro, MP: This site, for a federal Member of Parliament, uses the colours of her party and attempts to balance the traditional iconography of a federal government site with a more appealing and eye-catching design.
Juicy Stuff: A bright, colourful online culture and entertainment magazine, based on the XOOPS content management system.
Magenta Publishing for the Arts: Magenta is an arts organization our founder has been working with for many years. They operate several web sites, which have been created as collaborative projects in which we handled the technical side of the projects and another designer handled the visuals.
Margaret Robinson: A profile site for a writer, activist and academic, with a vintage aesthetic.
The Poetic Lens (New!): A portfolio site for a nature photographer, incorporating a ZenPhoto gallery with the ZenPage CMS, and an e-card section. The ZenPage theme was extensively customized, including using SiFR to display the titles in a custom font.
Starlight Wedding & Event Planning (New!): A small site for a wedding planner, with a lively and colourful look.
Steve Stober Photography: A portrait photographer's site, with an elegant but minimalist black and white design to complement his traditionally shot black and white studio portraits. Includes an image gallery created using ZenPhoto, and an e-cards section based on Belchior Foundry's vCard Lite PHP script.
A Toxic Tale: A site for two Toronto artists, focussed on their experience with a toxic mold infestation in their home. Includes downloadable e-book version of a graphic novel based on their experiences, and a WordPress blog for the posting of updates on the situation.
Vicente Gannam, MA, PhD: A site for a counsellor specializing in issues of spirituality and religion, originally done as a simple one-page brochure site, and now redesigned and expanded using Drupal, with a Flash intro.
Women's Healthy Environments Network (WHEN): A fresh and colourful site for a community organization dealing with environmental health issues. Includes an events calendar, and an e-commerce section using the Ubercart shopping cart for Drupal.
World Fellowship for Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders: A multilingual information site for a global nonprofit organization, with a clean and quick-loading, but also eye-catching, design.
Write Marketing (New!): Portfolio site for a copywriter, with a visual aesthetic centred around vintage typewriters. Built in Drupal, using SiFR to display titles and menus in a custom font
Yehuda Fisher: A promotional site for a local musician and poet, using the Joomla content management system. Includes an events calendar, online MP3 player, photo gallery and more.
Your Passport to Canada: A site for an immigration lawyer, using the Mambo content management system for ease of updating. Designed to look crisp and clean, but also colourful and energetic.