Author Archives: Emily

Learn from Experts at Making Media Connections!

Making Media Connections is Community Media Workshop’s (The Workshop’s) annual conference for nonprofits looking to connect to peers and media and expand their skills. Representing LimeRed Studio’s sister company, The Web Farm, Keidra Chaney and I will be leading a workshop, speaking, moderating panels, and raffling off $1200 in services. The formal announcement on that [...]

Workshop: Web Design, Content and Usability

Community Media Workshop’s Spring Training Series: I’m teaching this workshop for nonprofits interested in short- and long-term plans for optimizing their websites. 9 a.m. to noon, Thursday, April 29 With: Emily Lonigro, LimeRed Studio $95, REGISTER Ever wonder what makes a great Website great? Or how some sites make sense right away, while others over [...]

Game Interface: The Garden

Fun is Not the Enemy of Work. So sayeth Natron Baxter Applied Gaming. (it’s TRUE). The innovators at Natron Baxter, specifically one Mr. Matt Jensen asked me to concept the skin of their new approach to at-work performance. It’s a game! It’s fun! You plant things! They grow in to crazy other things! There’s so [...]

The 3 Best Professional Moves I’ve Made (So Far)

Everyone likes numbered lists. Here’s mine of my top three best career decisions so far: 1. Work as a bartender I had Askaphobia when I was a kid. It’s true—I was afraid to ask anyone for anything, especially over the phone. The only way I could be in front of people was hiding behind my [...]

Signage design for Chicago Park District: Chicago Flower and Garden Show at Navy Pier

I designed the signage for the Chicago Park District’s exhibit at the 2010 Flower and Garden Show at Navy Pier. It was a coordinated effort by the Lincoln Park and Garfield Park Conservatories.