brizk design is me, Kai Brach, and this is my portfolio. I'm a freelancing web designer originally from Germany but now based in beautiful Melbourne, Australia. I design and develop pretty, standards compliant and successful websites.

brizk design - web design, web development in Melbourne, Australia

Portfolio

I'm no new kid on the block! For more than 10 years I've been working with the web helping not only my clients but - more importantly - theirs.

The dot.com-boom, the bursting of the bubble, the shiny web 2.0 era - my experience will help you do it right the first time. Previous clients range from large enterprises to small startups and are spread throughout all industries.

The importance of web standards and usability guides me in the design and development process which is reflected consistently throughout my portfolio.

globalzoo TextLinkAds amiando Hitmeister Schenkando Logo Nachhilfe Finanzvergleich Ausmag GoFreelance Digiprinz PosterTV
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globalzoo

One of my biggest private projects so far: with almost 10.000 members globalzoo has become one of Germany's most popular travel communities. Based on my idea, concept and design, my colleague Daniel and I developed globalzoo in Aug 2007.

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TextLinkAds

New York based TextLinkAds.com was one of the first to enter the text link ad market and now serves a wide range of clients from Fortune 500 firms to smaller website owners (like myself). I've restructured, reorganised and redesigned their entire website. Work is ongoing.

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amiando

Elected as one of Germany's most innovative start-ups amiando's website for online event management has even been mentioned on Techcrunch. I've worked on several smaller projects with the friendly staff at amiando travelling to Munich and Palo Alto in California.

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Hitmeister

Cologne-based Hitflip Media Trading GmbH runs Germany's biggest media swap platform called hitflip.de. In 2007 they launched a new sister website named hitmeister.de. I developed the first design of the website and a new logo. The site has relaunched once again recently.

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Schenkando

Based in Munich Schenkando functions as a trustee between people wanting to sell their gift cards and those buying them for a discounted price. I developed the website and logo design and and created HTML templates. Launch was December 2008.

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Logo Nachhilfe

Offering private coaching and training classes for kids, students and adults, Logo Nachhilfe is a small company near my hometown. The simplistic and compact website was fun to develop and is still one of my favorites since its launch in late 2007.

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Finanzvergleich

Finanzvergleich, a company from beautiful Hamburg in the north of Germany, runs a website with online calculators and comparison charts on all things finance. I developed the design, logo and HTML templates ready to be built into Typo3.

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Ausmag

I came up with the idea of Ausmag while backpacking Australia: a website that sells travel magazines (only available in Australia) to people overseas. Sofar we had more than 6000 orders. Late 2008 I wrote a 250 pages e-book about my time in Australia which is available for purchase too.

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GoFreelance

Another personal mini-project of mine that I developed over the weekend. A simple list of books and e-books on freelancing. The design was featured in many web design galleries around the web.

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Digiprinz

Poster-sized prints of digital photos are popular these days. Digiprinz offers prints of all sizes on almost any material. I've created a colourful and fun to use online shop with an easy process for uploading and cropping pictures before submitting an order.

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PosterTV

PosterTV offers innovative infotainment programs on LCD flat panel displays that are installed in bars, clubs, retail stores, gyms and other outlets. My work included concept, design and template production of the entire website.

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Working at Google

Web Design

I love pretty websites. That's why I love the design part of a project. But there is much more to the pretty face than most people think: a good design is user-friendly and therefore successful. I make use of professional artwork, clear and effective structuring and navigation, keeping search engine friendliness and usability standards in mind.

Coding

Once the designing stage has finished, I produce the website using current web design standards (CSS/XHTML). I ensure that the website looks consistent in all browsers and on all platforms, loads quickly and is optimised to be indexed smoothly by all major search engines. Up-to-date SEO skills take part in this process.

Consulting

You have a great idea for a website but don't know how to put it into practice? I can help with conceptualising and structuring your project, advising you on what technologies fit best and how to approach them. I have many contacts with like-minded people and other freelancers - let's have a chat about your ideas.

How I Work

Maybe my German genes are responsible for my continous pursuit of perfection and efficiency when it comes to designing and developing websites.

My clients regularly praise me for being thorough, professional, very approachable - and efficient. Expect to receive my responding e-mail sooner rather than later. I guess creative folks don't have to be chaotic. Well, not entirely.

In all seriousness, I'm absolutely passionate about what I do for a living. I love freelancing and being able to apply my skills to create something of value and quality for my clients. No surprise that most of the time my business partners become friends that I like to share new ideas and the occasional geek chat with.

If I'm not busy with project work, I spend too much lots of time following the news around web 2.0, business, technology, web design and development and all that other nerdy stuff. You may rest assured that if there is the next big new thing out there, I've heard of it.

It's simply great working with Kai. Very talented and extremely reliable - just what we need!
Felix Haas, Amiando

Kai is continuously pushing for a better web experience for our clients. We love it!
Bill Fish, TextLinkAds

His creativity, attention to detail and consistent high quality work make him to one of the best web designers out there.
Nico Wilfer, Süddeutsche Newspaper

About

Apart from freelancing, I love travelling. My longest journey ended in Melbourne, Australia, where I'm enjoying life.

Born in Germany in 1981 I started my web design career after Highschool working for an internet company based in my hometown of Saarbrücken in the South-West of Germany. My passion for travelling lead me to Asia and Australia in 2002, where I ended up studying. With a few longer breaks in Germany along the way I'm now enjoying my life in my favourite city: Melbourne.

My freelance career has been fantastic so far. I've had the privilege to work with some well known German startup companies and some very talented people from around the world. In 2007 I even had a chance to work at the Google headquarters in the Silicon Valley and meet Google CEO Sergey Brin.

I consider myself a bit of an entrepreneur too, developing and managing several websites myself, most of them being travel related and in German: globalzoo.de (a large travel blog community), ausmag.de (a small site for German backpackers in Australia), australien-blogger.de (a blog for Germans travelling, working and living in Australia) and gofreelance.org (a simple list of books on freelancing).

I'm always interested in meeting new like-minded people from Melbourne and around the world. Check out my Twitter or Facebook page and get in touch!

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    If you are after prices and rates for your project, please be as specific as possible, so I can get back to you with the info that actually helps you choose the right man for the job.

    When calling me from overseas, please make sure you are aware of the local time in Melbourne.

    Get in touch

    • Mailinfo (at) brizk.com
    • Phone 043 8651477 (from Australia)
    • Phone 06805 617338 (from Germany)

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    Ich spreche auch Deutsch. (I speak German too.)