The problem: No local art and cultural journal covering local art and culture in Detroit, Michigan, causing many local art events to go unnoticed despite an active and vibrant local art scene.
The solution:
Infinite Mile LLC (∞ mile) website
2013 – 2017
details
about the client
Infinite Mile LLC was an award-winning journal of art and culture(s) in Detroit, Michigan that published monthly online issues and annual print anthologies.
my role
Web Developer and UX Designer / Co-Founding Editor at Infinite Mile
services I provided
| Designed, developed and deployed an enterprise website |
| Designed brand identity including logo |
| Designed graphics |
| Maintained and updated website to publish monthly issues |
| Designed, developed and deployed a shop feature to allow users to purchase annual print anthologies and merchandise using a PayPal API |
tools I used
| HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, VideoJS |
| WowSlider |
| Eventbrite |
| PayPal |
| Canon EOS 70D Digital SLR camera |
| Adobe Suite |
| Google Drive |
team
results
brought community together in one of the most segregated cities in the United States
Infinite Mile brought community together from many different walks of life to voice issues affecting the art community in Detroit, Michigan. Infinite Mile effectively showed the diversity and nuance of the population in Detroit.
empowered representative media coverage of art and culture(s) in Detroit
Infinite Mile gave a platform for the art community in Detroit to publish articles and artist projects about the city, which frequently differed from the narratives published by national and international media companies outside Detroit.
won a number of grants
Infinite Mile won a number of grants and awards including:
| 2014 – 2016, Knights Arts Challenge Detroit $20,000 matching grant |
| 2014, Awesome Foundation Detroit Chapter $1,000 grant |
discoveries
Infinite Mile was a huge success and some of the most rewarding work I have done in my life. Infinite Mile was an important lesson in how web programs can bring communities together.
next steps
I decided to dive deep into software development and UX design.