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

Strong on Standards, Emphasizing Detail

Michael Pick: Visual Design & Architecture

Michael Pick approaches web design from the perspective of both art director and front-end developer. He primarily creates clean and concise design systems for websites, but is also known to get his hands dirty with Flash, HTML/CSS, and JavaScript development.

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

Tim Murtaugh has been building web sites since 1997 and specializes in building standards-based XHTML/CSS templates. His eye for design and serious affinity for clean code allow him to painlessly integrate his templates into larger systems without sacrificing user experience or aesthetics.

Tim specializes in working with off-the-shelf content management systems such as Expression Engine, Movable Type and WordPress.

Tim is the driving force beind Cloud King, an art gallery that won the SXSW Interactive award for Best CSS.

The Latest Project

SEEDMAGAZINE.COM

Seed aims to provide readers with the most relevant, insightful and entertaining original science content on the web. Monkey Do developed a design system that presents content in a clean, reader-friendly manner, while maintaining the visual distinctiveness required to support the strong Seed brand. The CSS/XHTML templates are driven behind the scenes by ExpressionEngine.