Monkey Do : Web Design & Development : Mike Pick and Tim Murtaugh

Strong on Standards, Emphasizing Detail

Michael Pick: Visual Design & Architecture

Michael Pick is a relative rarity among web designers, one who places equal importance on the visual presentation as on the underlying code that delivers the message to the user. His colorful and quirky designs have brought him a solid reputation in the growing web standards community. He has made key contributions for clients such as AOL, Mastercard and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Michael's personal projects include acclaimed contributions to the CSS Zen Garden and the winning entry in the standards- and accessibility-oriented ReUseit competition. He has contributed to the upcoming second edition of Cascading Style Sheets: Separating Content from Presentation.

Tim Murtaugh: Coding & Content Management

For 7 years, Tim has worked to blend technology and graphic design into seamless user experiences. Tim is an expert standards-based coder, which allows him to build forward-compatible websites that are easier to maintain and use than a traditional tables-based site. Tim has worked on projects for Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Motorola, Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, MasterCard, Prada, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

In his spare time, Tim runs Pirated-Sites.com, a design theft watchdog that has been written about in numerous publications around the world including PDN-Pix Magazine, Libération, Computer Arts Magazine and USA Today. Tim is also the driving force beind Cloud King, an art gallery that won the SXSW Interactive award for Best CSS.

The Latest Project

ScienceBlogs

ScienceBlogs is the web's largest conversation about science. It features blogs from a wide array of scientific disciplines, with new voices coming on board regularly. It is a global, digital science salon.

Monkey Do designed a clean and flexible system of templates and integrated it with Movable Type, ending up with a finished product that is solid and scalable.