Accessible Firebrand: “Why can’t I use my brand color there, and if not there, then where?”: Deneb Pulsipher & Mark Alvis

Mark Alvis
Brand + UI Designer, SeaMonster Studios
Mark is a systems-oriented, details guy disguised neatly as a brand & identity designer. Details matter to Mark. Pixels, pantones, and patterns… Mark brings a love of craft to his work – and 15 years of experience designing solutions from corporate and boutique clients.

Whether it’s product packaging, brand identity or user interface design for Microsoft, Starbucks or even the local shop down the street, it’s about putting the pieces together in a way that is appealing but also effective.

When not drinking coffee (or designing the labels), you might find him moonlighting in Seattle’s music venues, or tucking his 3 daughters into bed.

Deneb Pulsipher
Captain Accessible, SeaMonster Studios
“Captain Accessible” Deneb (DEH-neb) gets excited about the inherent ability the web provides to let everyone access the same information, whether they’re able to see or not, hear or not, use a mouse or not, have no cognitive challenges, or do. The internet can be accessed by nearly everyone through regular technologies like web browsers or assistive technologies like screen readers, as long as we code it right. Deneb’s passion is making sure it’s coded right, which means thoroughly reviewing all of our own sites before we release them into the wild, and also sporadically emailing owners of the sites he happens on while surfing that could use some accessibility improvements.