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I am Jake Zien, designer and programmer, and you have found your way to my portfolio website. At the moment, I am working for a startup designing user interfaces, which, with any luck, you'll hear about later this year. I find inspiration in quantum physics, nostalgia, wit + whimsy, the capacity to surprise and delight, jazz + electronic music, object-oriented programming, vernacular typography, and great cheeseburgers.

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Portfolio > Village Energy Uganda

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After a sudden commission, I undertook this weeklong project to develop an original website for Village Energy, a company that manufactures and sells micro solar energy systems in developing countries, incorporating recycled materials and the skills of local artisans. As Village Energy's identity only consisted of a logo, I also had to expand the company's identity in order to fill a website, including the creation of original illustrations.

Village Energy was my most involved web design project yet, greatly expanding and solidifying my practical knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. I also successfully built the page to display correctly on several web browsers, including those on smartphones.

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