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Curriculum Vitae Site Launch

So after a lot of photoshop-pixel pushing and midnights spent in code grapple mode, I’ve launched Dylan Baskind.com my online CV site. I’ve gone for a “minimalism-with-a-few-frills” design approach, with an essentially two-tone colour scheme and a focus on making page elements reactive and interactive. I also went for a fixed top bar navigation, so that the various sections of the CV are all immediately and clearly accessible.

Main Interface
A fixed top-bar interface

There are a few little responsive elements to the layout. The “connecting” atom on the left resizes for smaller screens, and disappears altogether for really tiny screens. Ditto for the logo in the top left corner.

CV Biography
CV Biography

The information architecture challenge I pushed and pulled with on this project was the breadth and scope of what to include in terms of achievements, skills and portfolio work. It’s a bit of a challenge deciding what content is extraneous and what is salient, when creating a site to highlight an all-rounder type of creativity. I dealt with this challenge by including almost all my creative pursuits in the site, but providing a limited selection of examples.

The Design Section
The Design Section
The 'Other Activities' Section
The 'Other Activities' Section

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7 Comments

  1. Great site!

  2. Thanks Aaron, glad you liked it!

    D.

  3. Very impressive site. The “connectionist” concept is something I totally relate to; in fact I’ve had a hard time defining my personal “brand” as an art director, filmmaker, presenter, designer, photographer, and web developer. Sounds like you’re embracing that broadness and making it a strength, a selling point.

    I was impressed with just the site and the work; when I heard you sing in the first video… some people get all the talent. =)

    Best wishes!
    @allanwhite

  4. Cheers Allan, I’m glad you liked it, lots of heart and soul and hours went into getting it just so.

    And I agree, it is hard trying to hone your professional identity down to a single bite-sized chunk in the creative world.

    D.

  5. Thanks Aaron , i like ;) ))))

  6. Loving the interaction of your site. I took a look under the hood and the code is unique too. Interesting that you chose to use list tags for your .online-info but div’s for your other containers. Never would have thought to do it that way! Quality stuff

  7. Hey Matt,

    Thanks for the digging on the code! I think that might be my first ever complement, digital or otherwise, for actual semantic structure :)

    When I started out in web-development I never used to be so bothered about the exactitude of my HTML element choices, but then I worked with someone a few years back, who was so passionate about it that I caught the bug from him. Now I spend hours agonizing over what is the most semantically meaningful element choice (#things-web-geek-say).

    Dylan.

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