Nick Heer

I am a web designer and digital strategy consultant based in Calgary.

Interested in working together? Let's chat. nick@nickheer.com

Currently available for freelance work.
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SitePen Blog

Research, Design (Unused)

SitePen approached me to redesign their weblog in a style evocative of online and printed newspapers. A clever subject-based asynchronous presentation was also proposed for triaging articles on the homepage, and the website was mocked up as responsive to a wide variety of viewport sizes.


Offset

Interface Design, Implementation, PHP

In the past several years, WordPress has become more of a catch-all CMS than blogging software. I created a fork of WordPress which has been designed as a publishing platform for long-form writers. The interface was redesigned and parts were entirely rewritten to accomplish this.


Offset

Identity

Cut Up

iOS Icon Design

A simple icon was designed for this web application which cut up online news feeds and rearranged the phrases into new sentences, in a style similar to William S. Burroughs.


Mallory Augustyn

Personal Identity

Manuel Ermecheo

Personal Identity

Nuit Blanche Calgary

WordPress Implementation

Nuit Blanche approached me to implement a website design in a way that anyone on staff could update it. Most of the staff was very familiar with WordPress, so it was a good fit.


Vancouver Fashion Week

Design, CSS

Vancouver Fashion Week approached me to design the website for use over all 2012 seasons. I proposed three unique presentations suitable for their photo-heavy approach. I also implemented the CSS for the selected design.


Tenebrous

iOS Icon Design

Jonas Wisser asked me to design an icon for an app which would immediately dim an iPhone's screen to its lowest brightness, without having to fumble around in Settings — perfect for use in a low-lit environment. After a few iterations, an idealized sunset was chosen and rendered at the myriad of sizes required for iOS.


Pixel Envy

Design & WordPress Implementation

I designed and implemented the theme for my personal weblog. Posts are text-dense, and of widely varying lengths — from a few to over four thousand words.