Richard Munter and Jessica Westermann lead the unique partnership of Munter Westermann Arts & Media. A cross-functional team, Munter Westermann has developed communication materials for leading environmental, arts, and service organizations. We have expertise and extensive experience across multiple disciplines allowing us to design for and deliver optimally across different media.
Richard works on all stages of production including concept development, execution, and delivery on web, video, design, and performance projects. Learn more about Richard.
Jessica’s background lies in performing arts and administration. She has a particular focus on instruction, design, and planning. Learn more about Jessica.
Richard Munter
Jessica Westermann
Some thoughts on a few topics. Does your website really need HTTPS? How can you use Artificial Intelligence in your small business? And do you really need those annoying Captchas on your site?
When I was studying at Ryerson University, we had a Digital Graphics course in our first year of the Media program. I created an animation from Muybridge’s classic motion studies which helped increase my interest in combining images and code.
The police officer rolled up in her car beside me on the sidewalk. Someone had complained about the suspicious man loitering on the street with a strange contraption pointed at a hospital.
Here’s how I protect my computer when browsing and reading email. Use my sixteen tips to be safer online.
Aim for simplicity in the design and development of your website for maximum impact and most efficient maintenance.
If you use passwords like ‘password’, ‘robert1980’, ‘1234567890abcdefghijklmnop’, ‘qwertyuiop’, or ‘J0hnSm1th’, then you need to read this post.
Straight up tables of numbers can be incredibly dry and hard to understand. By converting these statistics into interactive graphs and charts, I’m giving site visitors a better way to engage with and understand the data.
At bedtime, my children love when I tell a ‘Jacob and Anna’ story – an adventure, made-up on the spot, that stars them. They have ridden dragons, been shrunk to the size of an ant, met elves, and orbited the moon.
Sometimes I think that Murphy (of Murphy’s Law) works a lot of overtime. How many times has it happened to you that something fails right when you need it to work (like your furnace or your car)?
My life turned upside down twice in the summer of 2005. In June 2005, I worked as Creative Director at a small design agency. It was a sleepy day at the office, when my boss called the staff into a meeting and told us all a surprising piece of news.