Dustin Larimer

Web Design + E-Commerce Experiment

MediaFire Studios was an interactive multimedia studio providing a wide array of world-class creative services and skills, while focusing on developing and maintaining strong long-term working relationships with clients and customers.  Sounds about right, eh?  This was actually a final project for an E-Commerce class.

The Direction

The project had two major deliverables: 1. a deluxe business plan detailing every aspect of the business, and 2. a complete site based on that business plan, ready to stand and deliver.  You can read MediaFire Studios’ complete business plan in the link below, and view the live site online.

I created a sharp, unique business identity to help introduce the new media firm to the public and increase marketability in an otherwise desolate multimedia market: central Nebraska.  I’ve always been a fan of plaid, and it seems to be in short supply on the web.  I designed and developed the site with an integrated dynamic data-driven back end to allow for easy maintenance.

The Result

I received an A for the project.  After the class was over I decided to leave the site online and forget about it.  Well, that may not have been my plan but that was what happened.  About a year later I hoped online to check the site’s mail and saw quite a few requests for project quotes.  I even got a few resumes!  Had I seriously pursued the business, evidence suggests it could have been fairly profitable.  I’ll mark that as a success.

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