Artisan Web Site
About

Hi. I’m Ari Koinuma.
I started making web sites in 1998, and have been a full-time professional since 2005.
My day job is to work on e-commerce projects for big corporations like Microsoft, Electronic Arts, and Adobe.
This site is about my freelance work, which I take on whenever I find clients that I’m excited about working with.
I live with my wife, two little kids and one grumpy old cat in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
Thanks for visiting my web site!
Portfolio

Lost in Sunshine, Indie Film
A major Drupal site. They had their graphic designer do the web design, but I did all the site development.
“If you want someone who’s friendly, talented, and that cares about you and your final product, Ari is your man. We owe the user friendliness and clever functionality of our entire site to him!” – Jentri Chancey, Filmmaker

Susan Broadwell, Holistic Psychotherapist
A template-based WordPress site. I modified the stock design so that it works better as a “brochure site” that has just a few pages.
“Ari was fun to work with, efficient, and taught me how to easily make changes to my WordPress site!” – Susan

Michelle Glaser, Musician
A template-based WordPress site. I didn’t modify the template much, but I did implement the mailing list, music player and other widgets available from Reverb Nation, an indie musician resource site.
“Ari is a true professional. He’s efficient, organized and easy to work with.” – Michelle

Lorie Marsh, Indie film Producer
A template-based WordPress site. Lorie purchased a professional, customizable template, so she and I collaborated on creating the banner image, color scheme and typography.
Ari’s not just a functionary developer, he’s a terrific consultant. He doesn’t expect you to speak “web development” and tell him what to do; he asks questions, questions, questions that enable him to grasp your needs and desires and translate them into matching “web-ness.” – Lorie

Robert Harley, Author
This is actually not a WordPress or Drupal site — Robert wanted me to update the existing site, so I came up with a new design and reorganized it.

The Current Playlist by Minnesota Public Radio
This is a big project I did for an ex-employer. I didn’t do the design but I did all of the front-end coding, which includes all the interactive elements like star-rating and song-request windows.

Rebecca Cioni, Web Designer
Rebecca is not my client, she’s my collaborator. My strength lies in consulting and coding, so I bring outside help if a project calls for a heavy-duty graphic design.
Rebecca is one of the best. I consider it a privilege to be associated with her.
Contact
Please use this form to inquire about my web design service. Thanks!


