Steve Lam

I make websites, dabble with iPhone apps & generally stare at the screen a whole lot.

  • My design process Step 1 : Get it right on paper first.

  • Step 2 : Move onto the computer only when Step 1 has been completed.

  • Follow this link for a YouTube video demo of the app in action.

I live in Toronto and harbour an unhealthy interest in making things look pretty.

Although I’m finishing up my final year as a Multimedia Design & Production student at Humber College, my enthusiasm for design was established long ago. I’d like to believe I’m proficient in Adobe Photoshop,

Illustrator, valid XHTML & CSS, Javascript (jQuery) & web semantics. Lately I’ve been establishing an obsessive relationship with Appcelerator Titanium Studio for mobile app development.

Just a few things I can do:

  • Web Design
  • Graphic Design
  • Branding / Logos
  • HTML / CSS
  • Mobile Apps
  • CMS (WordPress)
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My portfolio. Here is where I’m supposed to show off.

css zen garden

Role: Front-end Development & Designer

This is my rendition of the popular Zen Garden redesign task using CSS as the main building block for layout and design.

I chose an origami theme because it gave me a chance to draw each of those little animal cuties in Adobe Illustrator.

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flash clock

Role: Back-end Development (AS3) & Designer

Utilizing Adobe Flash CS5, all pieces of this clock were drawn within the application while the fully functional clock’s animation and date/time accuracy was written in ActionScript 3.0. The design is modeled after a clock I’ve seen somewhere before some time ago.

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textpattern admin panel redesign

Role: UI/UX Designer

One of my favourite CMS's is Textpattern. The original yellow'ish backend with two levels of navigation is the default look & feel.

I decided to redesign it to improve usability by altering the colour scheme, placement, size, as well as appropriately highlighting the current tabs.

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Humber Multimedia Design Showcase app

Role: Back-end Dev (Appcelerator) & Designer

Working in a small team, the concept of this iPhone app was to be a promotional tool for Humber's upcoming 3 year Multimedia Program.

Showcasing work from students, a challenge was to make it easily updatable. We utilized WordPress rss feeds while the app intelligently grabs each image, resizes and caches it onto the device.

Get in touch with your design needs.

You can always e-mail me directly at me@stevelam.ca

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