Murphy Goes to Work

The online portfolio of designer Rick Murphy

Industrial Design

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Xikar - Wallet

A gentleman's wallet line consisting of five designs

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Zebco - Terminal Bait

Children's line of interchangeable do-it-yourself fishing tackle.

"Collect all five!"

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Wyandotte Bridge, KC

One of three proposals to recieve a steipend for further development...

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Xikar - MTX

"Cutler to the trade" A cigar aficionado's best bud.

Multi-use folding cigar scissors.

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Xikar - Sunglasses

Experimental flex-frame glasses. Xikar experiments with the sunglasses market.

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Xikar - Key Ring

Detachable key ring.

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The Best Is Yet to Come...

I am obsessive and compulsive. I stare at beautiful things, and currently am searching for the perfect balance between human touch and commercial value. I believe that the most successful products come from observing people and discovering how they live....

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Try to get along with everybody.

Failing to understand 23% of your user pool can cost you 23% of your compensation. I'm not saying you have to hang out with everyone in your user pool, but just give him or her a...

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Three Column CSS Layout with Liquid Center.

Its called the Holy Grail of CSS Layout. Three columns with a fluid center that expands with the width of the browser window. There are many examples out there on the web but few without browser hacks, javascript or a less than optimal content flow in the code. Here is my version of the 3 column layout. I'll explain how it works below...

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Simple Web Interface Design.

Just about every project I have worked on has lead to the same challenge; Create a product that looks simple to use yet is actually simple to use. Where do you draw the line? You need to design a compelling webpage with a...

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