Our Recent Projects
Your Economy
YourEconomy.org
Challenges
Your Economy, a project of the Edward Lowe Foundation, is an interactive resource center designed for users to explore and analyze economic activity in their own regions and nationwide. YE houses more economic data than the U.S. census bureau. However, the existing website was so complex and confusing that the YE managers were compelled to manage a continuous flow of queries about usability.
Solutions
Blue Mouse Monkey redesigned the YE website to be user-friendly to a wide range of audiences, including the White House, governors, industry analysts, development experts, and the media. An intensive audit of processes . . . read more about YourEconomy.org »
SHnibbins Dog Snacks
Challenges
Bringing a new product to market is a marvelous opportunity to create a unique brand. SHnibbins needed logo design, an identity package, packaging design, website design, and social media strategy, all informed by ongoing product development. The dog treat market is already quite full, and the challenge was to bring forth a clear, robust brand that would stand out from the crowd.
Solutions
Focusing on the uncomplicated joy of doggie love, Blue Mouse Monkey's SHnibbins designs are lively, bright, and appeal to a wide audience, without resorting to generic solutions. The bold, clear colors and fun shapes create a memorable . . . read more about SHnibbins »
Scott Sparling, author
Challenges
Scott Sparling is a Portland writer and author of the acclaimed novel Wire to Wire. Scott came to Blue Mouse Monkey for an exceptional and innovative design solution to showcase his edgy novel. Many author websites are lackluster affairs, and Scott didn't want his to end up like that. It was crucial that the site design parallel the train-hopping, sex-and-drugs atmosphere of his book, making a visit to the website an experience of the flavor of Wire to Wire.
Solutions
Blue Mouse Monkey combined large-scale imagery with interactive quotes, image galleries, song lists, and other content that pulls you into the world of the book. Each page of the . . . read more about Scott Sparling »
Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium
Challenges
OTREC’s audiences include transportation researchers and planners, transportation and planning students, transportation agencies and industries, the media, and RITA, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s research administration. With such a wide range of audiences and a perpetually growing pool of news and information, OTREC needed a site that made it easy for users to find specific information, but also to make connections between all the information available in the OTREC site.
Solutions
To help OTREC communicate to its many audiences, Blue Mouse Monkey . . . read more about OTREC »
Spirit Mountain Community Fund
Challenges
SMCF is the philanthropic arm of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde, and is one of Oregon’s largest funders of non-profits. Their old website confused grant applicants, and Fund staff struggled with poorly constructed applications. Additionally, the Tribe’s distinctive spirit, achievements, and leadership role in social change in Oregon were obscured. To top it off, staff members had only minimal control over the website content.
Solutions
Blue Mouse Monkey tackled these problems with a complete reorganization and rewriting of content, visual redesign, and a new easy-to-use CMS (Content Management System) . . . read more about SMCF »
Blue Mouse Monkey
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