KiGOE/nik philipsen is a design firm in Richmond, Virginia, specializing in website development, print & graphic design, photo retouching, and programming.
We like to focus on the whole design project. We help clients create resources that are innovative, beautiful, and useful. We don't design in a vacuum; we research, plan, and build according to the context of the project.
Whether you want to create a single page to give you a presence on the web or a complex online service, we have the experience and abilities to help you create the most effective design possible.
We know the importance of an online presence. All business, regardless of size, should have some contact information available for potential customers to find; a business is at a disadvantage if it's invisible. But we realize the difficulty in setting up a website for small business. So we offer a very affordable service to set up a simple, easy to use website for any enterprise.
The Hammer It Home Project, an effort by Sigma Chi and the Richmond and VCU Habitat for Humanity organizations, needed a site to sign up volunteers, as well an administrative framework to manage the data. A clear, easy-to-use form was set up, along with confirmation emails. KiGOE's 42blue administrative framework provides a clean, easy, secure way to manage the data.
A website designed and devloped for the Maggie Walker Governor's School German Program. A public website with information about the language and program, as well as multimedia content created in class was set up, as was a email and calendar system.
The Fan District Association wanted an online community marketplace where locals could easily buy and sell things to their neighbors. The site was created to be user-friendly, clean and well layed out. Uses XHTML, CSS, and PHP.
KiGOE's administrative framework can be flexibly applied to numerous widespread applications, allowing powerful, easy, and secure data management and site control. Uses PHP and MySQL.
The purpose for this site, kept in mind during the design process, is to easily and accessibly provide information about Dr. Philipsen's classes and schedule while, at the same time, being easy to maintain and update. Utilizes XHTML and CSS. Created with Fireworks and Notepad.
A personal page created to share photos from vacations and trips, as well as for programming fun. Utilizes PHP, HTML, CSS, and Javascript. Created with Fireworks and Smultron.
KiGOE's last homepage, with an image layout for Helloworld, a personalizable homepage. Images created with Fireworks.
Fitting into the homepage's theme, this page was created to be friendly and more helpful than those cryptic "404 Error" pages.
Just for fun, I created a web-based chat system, shown here in action, using PHP and Javascript.
The website for a monthly newsletter with political commentary. Utilizes PHP, CSS, and HTML. Created with Dreamweaver and Fireworks.
A site providing information about Albert Hill Middle School, a public middle school in Richmond. Utilizes XHTML and CSS. Layout created to be easy for Hill faculty and staff to manage. Created with Fireworks and Dreamweaver.
