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Launched: Betty Fussell

deanna zandt — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:23:50 +0000

I’ve had the privilege of working with author Betty Fussell and her publicist, Fern Berman, for the past several weeks on launching a website to display Betty’s myriad of books (Raising Steaks is her latest), writing and other savory bits.� I often count my lucky stars that I get to work with fierce, passionate women who inspire me to do good work, and working with Betty and Fern was not just that, but a hoot to boot. (It’s not often that you’re told as a designer that dayglo is the direction the client is thinking of going…)

Check out BettyFussell.com.

Launched: The Media Consortium

deanna zandt — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:20:30 +0000

The Media Consortium was looking for a way to better highlight the projects they’re working on, and their old site solely focused on the membership community. I was happily selected to rearrange the sites and install WordPress with a couple of nifty doodads to help them show both the community and the rest of the world what’s happening. We launched yesterday, at long last! Check it out: www.themediaconsortium.org

Launched: This Is What Women Want

deanna zandt — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:05:55 +0000

It’s Launch Madness here at DZ HQ, and this particular project is an issue near and dear to my heart. I can’t really say it better than the organizers, so, from http://thisiswhatwomenwant.com:

Tired of being talked about this election season? Done with being represented by skewed polls and stereotypes?

This is your chance to cut through the spin and tell the media, the candidates and the world exactly what you want this election season, both right here online and live in cities across the country this Fall.

Oh. Freakin’. Yeah. There were a lot of interesting technical challenges for the project: how to get WordPress to take anonymous submissions, how to make the site as managable and geek-free by the end users as possible, and so much more. Can’t wait to rip this election season up!

Launched: Thomas Frank’s new website

deanna zandt — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:50:43 +0000

That’s right, y’all, I am becoming the webgrrl to the stars. I had the honor to work with Thomas Frank and his publisher, Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt USA, on the redesign of his site, and I’m happy to say that it went live this evening. Have a gander at http://tcfrank.com/.