This portfolio focuses on web design work but the real IRMAcreativity comes in finding the balance between beautiful design and strong effective content.  I enjoy working with clients to develop the substance of their website as much as creating the pretty stuff that goes around it.

IRMAcreative is really just me: IsahRai Malachy Azaria… creative.

I came to design out of curiosity and a serious bout of insomnia. I never thought I was starting down a new career path when I started clicking “view source” to see what what made my favorite websites work. After a few years of redesigning my own website every other week, it made sense to share my excitement for the internet and my affinity for clean beautiful design. Setting up my own boutique creative shop empowered me to selectively work with clients who share my passions for art, the environment and community organizing. Working for myself also gives me the flexibility and inspiration to parallel my design work with musical, yogic and activist endeavors.

A need to reestablish balance in my life and some more of that damned curiosity led me to Zihuatanejo, Mexico, in 2004. Living on the beach and off the beaten path has helped me realize the full power of the internet.  Working remotely, I have developed a website for an artist living in a cabin in Montana, designed a logo for a boutique hotel in Barcelona, edited action papers for Amnesty International and organized interns for the Democratic National Committee all from a hammock under a palapa roof.  An internet connection, fully loaded MacBook and smartphone is all I need to stay connected with clients and my sense of self.