P’unk Avenue

• • 1168 E. Passyunk Aveneue
  • Philadelphia PA 19147
• Phone: 215 755 1330
• hello@punkave.com

• designs & builds websites in Philadelphia.

  We are seven designers and developers with a passion for making things simple. Our designs are clear and our tools are intuitive. We don't believe in instruction manuals or training sessions. We realize that creating content is difficult; managing it shouldn't be. 

  Working from our South Philadelphia studio are: 

• develops Apostrophe, the most friendly open-source CMS you’ll ever use.

  • Check out the screencast, see for yourself

  • Watch Apostrophe work its magic for EMAP, a recent client site. Edit pages in-context, add content slots, create slideshows quickly from the media repository, drag reordering, and more...without ever looking for the directions. 

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• has developed websites for clients like Duke University and the University of Pennsylvania.

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    • Duke Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

    • Trinity is Duke University’s largest college, containing more than forty academic departments and a number of programs, institutes, and centers. We worked with Trinity to develop our Apostrophe CMS and design guidelines to facilitate new websites for all of their subdivisions. For the Trinity redesign we were able to consolidate eighteen existing sites into one cohesive experience. In addition to contextually-edited CMS pages we built a taggable index of administrative handbooks, a searchable directory of all Trinity people, a vast media repository, and a robust news aggregator.

      Launch Trinity

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    • University of Pennsylvania Fels Institute of Government

    • Our first partnership with Penn. We partnered with the Samuel Fels Institute of Government to redesign and refresh their site. They have a world-class program that required top-notch design. We helped them reorganize and create new content, focusing on story telling to illustrate the value of Fels, Penn, and Philadelphia.

      Launch Fels

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    • Duke Global Education

    • The Duke University Office of Global Education for Undergraduates was looking for a site to help students tell their stories studying abroad. We developed a ‘postcards from abroad’ feature within their media repository that would allow students to submit stories and images. The office staff published them after review. The design of the site emphasizes the rich photography available to the department. Full-screen background images and photo header images throughout create a colorful texture around important administrative information.

      Launch Global Ed.

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    • Environmental Management Assistance Program

    • The Environmental Management Assistance Program (EMAP) came to us looking for a Content Management System and a more cohesive application of their brand. We started with our Apostrophe CMS and built custom templates and added some new functionality. They got a news and events module, as well as the ability to map their consultants to their respective region in the state. The look is friendly and the new organization makes useful tips easier to find.

      Launch EMAP

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    • GPTMC Pressroom

    • The Greater Philadelphia Tourism and Marketing Corporation Pressroom needed a new face and some unique functionality. We worked with their web and PR teams to develop a set of powerful new tools to import press releases from Word documents while maintaining formatting, a batch photo uploader/editor, and an intuitive interface to edit the site’s content once uploaded. The front end is clean, efficient, and allows both casual browsers and journalists to access information and media by searching or browsing tags.

      Launch Pressroom

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    • Ed Cunicelli Photography

    • Local photographer Ed Cunicelli came to us looking to showcase his work. We worked with him to build a portfolio site with a fullscreen homepage, large galleries, and a blog to show off his personal projects and travels. Adding progressive text enhancement made his type look sweet in Din.

      Launch Cunicelli

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    • DukeEngage

    • Duke University’s Center for Civic Engagement administers the DukeEngage program, putting students in communities that need their help. There are dozens of DukeEngage sites from Durham to Zimbabwe. The site integrates with GoogleMaps, plotting student student blog posts. We also provided functionality for students to register for required workshops and track their progress within the program. Program sites, workshops, events, announcements, and photos are easily updated through customized administrative tools, while marketing copy is updated with a very simple edit-in-place system.

      Launch DukeEngage

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    • Duke Evolutionary Anthropology

    • Another Duke Trinity College flagship department site. We worked with the Evolutionary Anthropology department to showcase their research and programs. They got an olive drab/canvas treatment with specific templates for their various labs. We also helped integrate the Duke Faculty Database System, pulling in a feed of faculty profiles and publications.

      Launch Anthro

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    • Dukelist

    • We worked with the Duke Office of Undergraduate Education to develop a Craig's List-like application for posting research opportunities, odd jobs, ride shares, for sale items, and more to the Duke community. We integrated the Duke NetID system to authenticate Duke users, keeping things secure. Students, faculty, and staff can star, email, flag, and create new posts. Since launch it's been a great resource, centralizing a number of disparate communication platforms. 

      Launch Dukelist

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    • Diversified Community Services

    • South Philadelphia’s Diversified Community Services provides the Point Breeze community with child care, family and adult services, and engages in community building. Their newly-opened (February 2008) Social Services Center houses financial aid, adult education, after school, and other programs. We provided them with a small, clean informational site to highlight their key services and present calls to action. They can always use volunteer help.

      Launch DCS

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    • Interface Studio

    • We partnered with the Philadelphia urban design and planning firm to develop a marketing site showcasing their many services. Photos of their studio serve as a backdrop for demonstrative text and their signature photo illustrations. They have a blog to report on recent projects, and a password protected client section to report on active projects. 

      Launch Interface

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    • Duke Economics

    • The Duke Economics department was looking for a refresh built on Apostrophe. We worked with them to create a rich site with fullscreen background slideshows, robust news and calendaring, and faculty publication bibliographies. Centers within the department were incorporated, using custom landing page templates. 

      Launch Economics

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    • Conservation Center for Art & Historical Artifacts

    • The Conservation Center for Art and Historical Artifacts required a redesign of their site. They needed to showcase upcoming conferences, news items, program archives, conservator biographies, and a gamut of conservation services. We developed an intuitive edit-in-place content management system, requiring very little training and no knowledge of mark-up.

      Launch CCAHA

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    • POGIL

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    • Kimberton Waldorf School

    • Launch Kimberton

• organizes the Junto, a monthly meet-up of hot-topic and local issues.

  We have form'd most of our ingenious acquaintance into a club of mutual improvement, which we call the Junto. Inspired by Ben Franklin's club of community activists, we host monthly meetings to discuss issues of technology, community, and other social concerns. Bring your opinion and your thirst. 

  • 01 Feb 2010

    The Persepolis Junto

  • 24 Apr 2009

    If you want something done right do it yourself

  • 06 Feb 2009

    Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

  • 11 Dec 2008

    The Medical Cultural Revolution

  • 02 May 2008

    It takes a panel…

  junto.org

• publishes the Window, a blog of impressions, ideas, and inspirations.

  Our off-the-record repository for editorial content, commentary, and technical mumbo jumbo. Peruse our recent thoughts. We'd love to hear your take. 

  • 11 Mar 2010

    Beware of Geeks Bearing Gifts

  • 08 Mar 2010

    Faster, PHP! Kill! Kill!

  • 24 Feb 2010

    Choice is a good thing

  • 17 Feb 2010

    #slive2010 Liveblogging: Fabien Potencier: Symfony 2.0

  • 16 Feb 2010

    Doctrine 2: Jonathan Wage at #sflive2010

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• would love to hear from you, contact us.

  • P'unk Avenue
  • 1168 E. Passyunk Avenue
  • Philadelphia, PA 19147

  phone 215 755 1330

  or