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Welcome to Azzcat Design!

We’re a small (really small, mostly a one-woman show) design studio based in Tualatin, Oregon. (That’s near Portland.)

We (mostly me, Catherine) have loads of experience doing many types of design work. In fact, we/me even knows how to prepare camera-ready art the old fashioned way—with one-coat and an X-acto blade. (Just between you and me, hand cutting 10/12 condensed Garamond for a better rag is no easy task!)

Mac Maven

But don’t think I’m old fashioned! I’ve loved, loved, loved what computers bring to the design game. So much so, I jumped into digital very early (before Macs were ubiquitous). Sure, I still use pencil and paper for sketching, but hand-cutting type? Marker comps? Art boards and overlays? Ha!

These days, you’ll find me in front of my Macs. Years of beta testing and pushing technology limits were great training for more patience skills and so much more. Turns out, I'm a very good front-end developer! (For you non-tech types, that means I can turn a design layout into code so it works in a browser.)

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Combining my mad CSS skills with all that design experience PLUS a bona fide artistic education (a BFA in drawing & painting) makes me a pretty powerful one-woman show—the me in Azzcat Design.

And me easily expands to we when you need more. Azzcat Design partners with other seasoned pros when your project requires. Need a writer? Just ask. Need some local marketing? SEO? Check. Photography? Video? Back-end programming? Got ‘em. Just ask!

Azzcat Design has people. It’s a me with weee!

Custom Website Redesign

This is a redesign of the client’s original site. The goal was to simplify and better organize realty content and provide portals to client's YouTube videos and blog (also by Azzcat Design). Custom javascript to pull in dynamic blog content by Michael Bubbo.
Visit Frankly Realty.

Web Design

Logo Design & Custom WordPress Theme, HTML5

Website for designer eyewear store in Bridgeport Village, OR. Azzcat Design responsible for web design, front-end development, logo design, signage and direct marketing materials. Honorable Mention by The CSS Awards.
Visit Eye Styles.

Custom WordPress Theme

Custom design & front-end dev. Nominated for 2009 Inman Innovator most innovative blog award. Client selected as the Inman Innovator of the Year!
Visit Frankly Realty Blog.

Custom Website & WordPress Blog

This is a complete overhaul from the client’s original site, focusing on audience, user interface, and client content mangement with new blogging capability. Azzcat Design responsible for project management, web design, front-end development & WordPress theme. Copywriting by Genevieve Long, PhD. Custom javascript by Randall Goya.
Visit Dovetail Custom Homes.

Print Design

Process the Brief

Web PSD Comprehensive

Photoshop comprehensive (960 Grid) of website project. Final site destined for WordPress in HTML5 and CSS3.

Payment Terms $

Experienced Designer

Been there. Done that.

From small design studios to corporate headquarters to solo entrepreneur, Catherine has acquired a variety of project experience:

Download a detailed resume.

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Sustainability green

We respect our environment by actively recycling, composting and reducing printer use. Print projects are specified with the highest PCW content paper available. Additional eco-friendliness is achieved by avoiding varnishes & foils—processes which can render paper unrecycleable.

For the City of Tualatin’s monthly newsletter, Azzcat Design specified 100% PCW stock. Tualatin’s GetOut! Guide is printed on locally milled 70% PCW stock. Since these publications are snail-mailed to 12,000+ addresses, green printing practices like soy inks and high PCW content matter.

Former Site & Blog

This is the 2009 version of Azzcat Design’s website and blog. We like to switch it up every now and then!

Community Support

Sharing time and expertise (teaching, digging & designing) with the community for over 14 years, Catherine's projects have included:

2-Color Booklet

The tri-annual edition of City of Tualatin’s activity guide is a 2-C booklet printed on locally-milled 70% PCW paper and delivered to all homes and business in Tualatin.
Visit the current issue of the GetOut! Guide.

Integrity & Service

Azzcat Design promises the highest level of service. We deliver high quality, high value, orginal design products—on time and within budget. Clients receive personal attention and timely communication through the design process. We respect and appreciate our clients!

Respect value

We respect ourselves, as well as the value of all creative professionals’ time, creative rights, and necessary skillsets. For this reason, Azzcat Design is strongly opposed to any use of or participation in:

For more information, please visit the links below.

Humor lol!

That said, we don’t like to take this design business too seriously! It’s about balance.

Do your best work, but don’t let it become ‘precious’. Do it with a sense of humor. And never, ever forget...today’s cool newspaper ad is tomorrow’s kitty litter liner!

Balance is the key!

Custom WordPress Theme, HTML5

Had fun with ‘levitating’ menu for magician creating custom WordPress site using HTML5, CSS3, jQuery and font-replacement technique with Typekit.
Visit Bend Magic.

Brings Concepts to Reality

Catherine is a creative designer who was able to bring concepts to reality in a punctual manner. We have received great feedback from our website design as well as our logo, both created by Catherine.

—Phil DeYoung, EyeStyles, llc.

Different from Our Competitors

We asked Catherine to design us a website that would be different from our competitors, showcase our work, and have the functionality we needed for our business. The proof is in the results: Dovetail Custom Homes. Catherine was very easy to work with, understood our needs very quickly...and would recommend her to anyone who wants to take their website to a whole new level of presentation and performance.

—Matt Morse, Dovetail Custom Homes

Consummate Design Professional pro

Catherine is a consummate design professional and a pleasure to work with! In my role as corporate communications manager, I hired her to redesign a suite of print materials...Catherine quickly developed a beautiful design...and delivered the end product promptly...

—Genevieve Long, PhD.

Flexible & Creative

Catherine...was flexible and creative in the design process. I will continue to use her for subsequent issues because I was very satisfied with the quality of work.

—Carl Switzer, Parks and Recreation Manager at City of Tualatin

Yields Pragmatic Results

Catherine is one of those rare service providers who combine superlative talents with reliable personal service and yields pragmatic results. I am a very demanding and particular company owner. Catherine has shown me she is one whose opinion and talents can be depended upon and trusted.

—Pat Murphy, Owner at Patrick J. Murphy & Associates Inc. Organbuilders

Improved SEO and UI

Many pages of the original site used images for copy, not HTML—resulting in poor SEO & usability. Total pages were reduced by half, though content increased by 10. Thoughtful UI design improved SEO, accessibility and ease of content updates.
Visit Patrick J. Murphy Organs.

Asks the Right Questions

Catherine continues to deliver beautiful results...exceeding our expectations, and always on time. She asks the right questions up front so you know what you can expect and there are no unpleasant surprises.

—Becky Hurd, Board Member at The Foundation for Tigard Tualatin Schools

Static Mini Site

This is within the Foundations’ main site. FTTS’s annual fundraiser is the Garden Tour and Art Show, for which Azzcat Design developed identity and print pieces; including direct mail, ads, posters & brochures. The site is updated annually to reflect each year’s changing gardens, artists, & sponsors.
Visit The Foundation for Tigard-Tualatin Schools Garden Tour and Art Show.

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