Welcome

Gurry Design is the web design portfolio of Peter Gurry. As a freelance web designer I build hand-crafted websites and auction templates that are standards-compliant, search engine friendly, and nice looking too.

I started designing websites in 2000 and I’ve been doing it ever since. Take a look at my portfolio and, if you like what you see, get in touch and find out how I can help improve your site.

A Sampling of My Work

Gurry Wedding

A clean and simple site for our upcoming wedding.

George D. Beukema Therapy

A warm, inviting site for a therapist working in the heart of Chicago.

Prokopets Studio Blog

A photography blog for my good friends Vitaliy & Candace Prokopets—two great photographers in San Francisco.

Frontlines Homeless Ministry

An evocative website for a former student group at Moody Bible Institute.

Nairobi Swahili

A one-page website for Oloo, a Swahili tutor living in Nairobi, Kenya.

Quality Blog Design

Your blog says a lot about you. So does your blog’s design. From full Wordpress installations to simple design tweaks, I can help get them saying the same thing. Think your blog needs some help?

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Notable Links

Erik Spiekermann releases a typeface designed to work well in spreadsheets. What is noteworthy about the new design is that it’s on sale for an introductory price of just $10. That’s a steal for a typeface from such a renowned designer.
“If we want to educate our clients about design, we must first educate ourselves about our clients.” Paradox #03 in Design Observer’s excellent list of “Ten Graphic Design Paradoxes.”
Ah! If only I could find a place in Dallas that taught a class on letterpress. Until then, this wonderful blog will have to satisfy my love for pressed paper.
Gurry Wedding goes live.
Cameron Moll gives a helpful overview of Cufón, a type replacement method that “aims to become a worthy alternative to sIFR.” Cameron lists a handful of drawbacks to Cufón, the biggest of which is no text selection. But a little reading indicates that it’s much easier to implement than sIFR and much faster to render.
MyFonts puts out a refreshingly clean redesign. Among my favorite elements are the much-needed logo redesign and the search control bar that allows for all kinds of fun customizations when trolling font specimens.