Mike N Garrett

Designer

Mike Says: RT @mplayit: We're answering your Android, BlackBerry, iPhone and Mobile Apps questions all day! http://formspring.me/mplayit

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Mike just got MARRIED! He and his new wife, Lindsay Benson Garrett, just got back from Ireland and are living in Arlington, being type nerds together.



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My Portfolio 2000-2009

I’ve come a long way in the last 10 years. My portfolio 2000-2009: 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009


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Operation Simple on Youtube

Very special news. The Da Vinci Day presentation from last semester was finally cut up and put online. You can find it on youtube. It’s our official unveiling of the $500 Surgical Table. Enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuMopkmNptQ


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Inspired Magazine

KernMe was featured on Inspired Magazine in a post called 10 Creative Portofolios x 10 Awesome Studios = 100% Inspiration


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Graduation ‘09

On Saturday, May 16th 2009 at 2 PM EST Michael Noel Garrett Graduated Cum Laude from Virginia’s Commonwealth University with a BFA in Graphic Design. His friends and family were incredibly surprised.


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at 10:55pm from Last.fm
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Purchased 3 items.
at 10:35pm from iTunes
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RT @mplayit: We're answering your Android, BlackBerry, iPhone and Mobile Apps questions all day! http://formspring.me/mplayit

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Shared The Dieline's Latest Top 10 Package Designs 5:04pm | via Google Reader
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Shared no title - 5 Feb 2010 - Flickr 4:44pm | via Google Reader
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Shared 9e61ebd5a469e80044ccf7837de01a89b9b062f3 (JPEG Image, 963x1202 pixels) - Scaled (44%) 3:56pm | via Google Reader
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Have you seen Talking Carl for the iPhone? Hilarious iPhone app. http://mplayit.com/iphone/TalkingCarl

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I've never thought of snow as devastating, but this is pretty close and we missed the worst of it.

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Shared The Optimist Wine Bottle 12:53pm | via Google Reader
February 7th
Shared It_s_Going_Out_Faster_Than_It_s_Coming_In5ziDetail.png (PNG Image, 768x576 pixels) 2:23am | via Google Reader
February 7th
I feel so out of my element. ;-)

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February 7th
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Van Morrison (10), Dan Auerbach (7) and Rocé (6) http://bit.ly/aGaqzC

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February 7th
Apparently "Mike Garrett" translates to "A Spear, who is God-like" you heard it first here. ;-)

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February 6th
Shared Internet Nominated For 2010 Nobel Peace Prize 5:25pm | via Google Reader
February 6th
Shared 10 Things Clients Look For In a Design Portfolio 2:17pm | via Google Reader

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Site designed and built by Mike N Garrett. Soon to be Valid xHTML & CSS

Designer

Hello@KernMe.org

757.377.7859

Objective

I am a designer looking for a firm interested in lifetime learners, question seekers and innovative problem solvers.


Experience

Web Consultant, VCU Dean of the Arts, Richmond, Virginia

Responsible for maintaining and building the Art History Department�s Web presence. Researched and built Web applications for the promotion of VCU Arts.

2008–2009

Apple Campus Rep, Volt Services Group, Richmond, Virginia

Promoted Apple products to VCU. Acted as a resource for support to students and faculty.

2006–2008

Music Director and Manager, WVCW, Richmond, Virginia

Managed operations on a day-to-day basis. Accomplished more in two years than what was completed in the last ten.

2006–2009

Graphic Design Intern, WAVY-TV, Portsmouth, Virginia

Summer internship at a local news station. Trusted to contribute equally with the full time employees, making on air graphics, promotional materials and identity design.

2007

Additional Experience

Objects+Methods

Lecture series at VCU with guests including Massimo Vignelli, Ivan Chermayeff and Chaz Maviyane-Davies.

2006–2009

Tasmeem Design Conference

International design conference, Tasmeem, in Doha, Qatar where I participated and presented a charette-style project on the problems with transportation in a growing city.

2008

Education

Norfolk Academy, High School
University of Maryland Baltimore County, Studied Engineering
Virginia Commonwealth University, BFA in Graphic Design

2004
2005
2009

Range of Design Skills

Adobe CS4, Web design concepts and coding, identity design, typography, Web standards, usability, accessibility, team building, the grid and commercial printing.


Technical Expertise

XHTML 1.1, HTML 4.01, CSS 2 & 3, HTML 5/XHTML 5, Processing, Actionscript 2, Blueprint and similar CSS frameworks, jQuery


References available upon request