We construct web sites and applications for mission driven and innovative organizations.
We want to get to know you. — We learn about you to craft a user experience strategy that connects with your audience and advances your organizational goals.
We design cool visuals. — We convey information visually, with a unique combination of ease and high design.
We know what to say. — We know what you need to say and how to say it. We strategically plan your content, identify just the right tone and write it for your web space.
We build complex functions. — We majored in PHP and minored in Drupal. We eat database driven content for breakfast, along with our Wheaties.
If you’d like to see if your project is a good fit for our talents, please connect with Kristine. She’s always glad to learn more about your organization and discuss how we can help advance your goals.
Modo’s talented designers, developers, usability experts, and content strategists strive to produce best-in-class web experiences. We fuse the latest web technologies with proven usability and design approaches to create web sites and database driven web applications. Our work is well regarded for it’s ease of use, visual appeal, and clarity of content. After all, we pride ourselves on creating a best-in-class solution that meets your unique needs.
We work hard and expect a lot from ourselves. At the same time we value humor, well-deserved ping pong breaks to rest our screen-weary eyes, and sustainable practices in how we operate the company. Our home base is a renovated tobacco warehouse.
As co-founder and managing principal, Kristine develops the content strategy for Modo’s clients. She also leads Modo’s business development, client relations, and operations. Kristine has a strong belief in the work of mission driven organizations. She brings an understanding of these organizations from her previous work in government and community relations with nationally recognized nonprofits and membership associations. With a master’s degree in nonprofit management, policy, and planning, Kristine’s expertise lends depth to our client’s messaging.
Phil is a highly-regarded and recognized design strategist. His vision for design, user experience and content strategy is paired with programmatic expertise. He’s led the Modo team to design and develop award winning sites and database-driven web applications that win the praise and delight of our clients. With a degree from the nationally-acclaimed Maryland Institute, College of Art, Phil’s work has been featured in Wired and Greensource Magazines and at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. His belief in providing valuable consultation along with best-in-class solutions results in long-term client relationships.
It’s a combination of Michelle’s keen eye for web experience and her adept project management skills that make her the keeper of all key project details at Modo. She deftly navigates working with clients and with the Modo team to bring about sites with a high level of usability and cohesiveness. Having worked in both small and large firms, Michelle says she enjoys the creative exploration she experiences at Modo. She holds a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts from Kutztown University.
Travis is a talented user-interface designer and front end developer with a terrific sense of design. Coupled with these talents is also his ability to design web-based logos and brands. He is a graduate of the Art Institute of Pennsylvania and is also a pretty fierce ping-pong opponent.
A front-end developer who rocks the Javascript and executes terrific information graphics. That’s Josh. He excels at bringing added ease of use to sites and applications. He’s a graduate of the Art Institute of Pennsylvania and is Travis’ regular ping pong opponent.
We value relationships and people (clients and staff alike) above all else. We want to provide people with the best web product and experience.
Great sites anticipate the needs and desires of users, provide informative content in a tone that speaks to the audience and are a visual and functional delight. So why would we create anything less?
We’re super charged to be one of the 450 B Corporations in the country—companies that use the power of business to solve social and environmental problems. Modo advances the missions and amplifies the impact of mission-driven and environmentally-minded organizations. If we can do anything with our talents, then it is to make a real and lasting impact on the lives of people.
Modo is 100% wind-powered. We’re always looking for ways to improve the way we do things—from the most innovative approaches in design and development to how we operate. We use wind powered energy to run our studio. No explanation needed here… we’re just always working to keep our proverbial footprint small and tidy.
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319 East Fulton Street Suite 100 Lancaster, PA 17602
717.392.2760
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Every Friday we go out to eat lunch as a team. It’s a cool way for us to take a break and connect.
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Custom burgerrrr. #modo
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This was good.
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Smokehouse salad.
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Ever see all our Fancy Lunch Friday photos? See mododesigngroup.com...
If it’s 3 pm, it must be time for a competitive ping pong match. Move back the couches and get ready for the occasional stray ball. It’s fun, but also strategically timed. Instead of reaching for another cup of coffee, we get up and get going. After all, we don’t take ping pong lightly. It’s an action packed sport for us.
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May 22, 2013
A special shoutout to our trusty Cuisinart fully automatic burr grind and brew coffee maker. We couldn't do it without you!
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