Margie Mintz, Principal  

  
An artist by training and sensibility, I see the web, and each of my projects as it's own art piece, with it's particular personality, objectives, goals and dreams.

This is what I bring to the colaboration; art and design experience, the technical expertise to make it all work, and the vision to see what's right on target for your business ot other endeavor.

My Background:
Bachelor in Fine Arts - California College of the Arts
Master's Degree in Fine Arts – Mass. College of Art, Boston
After graduate school, I spent the next few years drawing, and showing my work in gallery and museum shows

I have work in the permanent collection of the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, MA.

Taught design, both graphic and web at; Mass. College of Art, Brandeis University, Emmanuel College and the New England Institute of Art.

    Work in illustration, graphic design and advertising.
I did projects for clients such as; Kellogg's, Stop and Shop supermarkets, State Street Bank, Fidelity Investments, and Target Stores.

I worked in the advertising/design  industry for about a dozen years, and then the web came beckoning.

I first discovered the web as an outgrowth of another project.

I had written a book for young children about adoption. There were drawings, and spaces within the drawings for people to put family pictures into, to personalize it for every family that uses it to tell thier story to thier children. It became clear that the way to do this was to self-publish and sell it on the web.

It's still online. It's available for free download to anyone who would like it.
Click on the image below to see the book, and all of the pages:
                

That's how the adventure began, and how one art form begat another.

I've spent the past 12 years designing websites, working with very interesting people, and teaching web design, both informally, as I consider educating my clients to be an important part of the process, and formally at a number of Boston area colleges. (Mass. College of Art, Brandeis University, New England Institute of Art & Design)

That's the nutshell.
Underlying all of this is a love of the visually interesting and well-designed, and throughout my carreer, it's been my main focus. 
When I begin a website, I first get an understanding of what my client wants the site to say, so that I can create the initial look, which is what makes the first impression, and draws people in.
That's the effect, and function of good design – to bring the viewer in to what you have to say and that's what I keep in mind as I work.

Margie Mintz
Mintz Web Design