We create unique and beautiful online presences incorporating creative design, intelligent organization, and accessible standards-compliant programming.
Portfolio
Bolder Giving »
We created a brand identity and full-featured web site for this Boston-based non-profit focused on encouraging philanthropists to give more boldly. Since then, our design has been featured on two network news programs, in People Magazine, and a variety of newspapers.
Google Page Creator »
Google hired Silversand Design to produce templates for Page Creator, a site that "makes creating your own web pages as easy as creating a document in a word processor." We designed five templates for the service which now feature on thousands of web sites created by users of Google's new product.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rensselaer held a "charrette" (an achitecture design comptetition) to redesign the Art Department's graduate studios. We developed a promotional campaign, wrote copy, and designed a range of print and electronic materials including posters, flyers, an e-mail campaign, and awards.
Harvard Divinity School »
We implemented a redesign of the Harvard Divinity School site and streamlined its code base, cutting down dramatically on its pages' bandwidth. While doing so we separated the site's style and stucture from its content, vastly simplifying the process for future redesigns.
Class Matters »
Class Matters is a small Arlington, MA-based non-profit focused on cross-class alliance-building. We designed and built a dynamic, several-hundred-page site for Class Matters in the form of a web periodical. The site features a calendar, survey questions, resources, and regularly published articles and interviews.
Scott Gac »
This Connecticut-based author hired us to build him a web site for his new book on the Hutchinson family singers. The web site features a blog for Scott to promote his upcoming readings and was designed so that it could be expanded to accomodate future book projects. Read a testimonial »
Silowan Photography »
Peter Silowan is a Braintree MA-based portrait and wedding photographer. We designed and built him a new web site incorporating both Flash and XHTML/CSS. The site featured a stunning portfolio and a home page animation with photos that Peter could swap in and out as he chose.
Genome Quilts »
We designed and programmed this portfolio site for quiltmaker Beverly St. Clair. With the design, we were inspired by the triangular patterns in her quilts. Bev wrote, "Jesse's web design is a wonderful expression of my ideas..." Read the rest, and more testimonials »
True Story Theater »
This playback theater troupe needed a web site that expressed the emotional range of their improvised performances. It also needed to be flexible enough that the troupe's members could update the site to advertise new events. Christopher, TST's Artistic Director wrote "Thanks is too small a word..." Read the rest, & more testimonials »
CASSPP »
San Francisco-based California Specialty Services for Private Patients puts together medical packages for clients from around the world. We built this new business a clean, professional web presence with matching print materials.
Zing Foundation »
The Zing Foundation is a new non-profit organziation "bringing much needed resources to social change" that wanted a site they could edit themselves. We designed the site and built a series of templates, teaching Zing's staff how to edit them.
gail leondar public relations »
glpr is a small public relations company serving progressive authors from around the United States and the world. We designed and built Gail a web site to promote her services with a client list she could update herself.
One Stop Cleaners »
This Newton, MA dry cleaning business wanted a web site that would stand head and shoulder above the compteition and help bring in new customers. We wrote up some copy and designed a site featuring coupons, directions, some dry cleaning wisdom, and even a little bit of Flash.
Jesse Pearlman Karlsberg / Electronic Artworks »
We designed this web site for Silversand Design founder Jesse Pearlman Karlsberg's work in sound, media, and installation art. The site features a dynamic news section, and media-rich documentation of Jesse's electronic artwork.
Jesse Pearlman Karlsberg, Shape Note Music »
Another site for Jesse, this database-driven dynamic site collects Jesse's shape note music compositions. We designed and programmed the site, building the database from the ground up. It juxtaposes scores with MIDI files and also features downloadable PDF files.
Pamela Slea »
San Francisco-based writer Pamela Slea wanted a simple web site to present a small portfolio of her writing samples. We designed and programmed the site, formatting her stories and essays as both XHTML and PDF documents for convenient reading and download.
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