Hello,

I am Sylvain,

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Dual vocation, double expertise. Here is my background in detail.

Welcome,

Designer-Codeur is the result of a natural dual vocation I have been developing all along my professional experience touching with creativity and implementation. These two areas of application have been complementary to each other until today. And way more than often.

I have graduated in Fine Arts, Graphic Design and Web Design in the late 90s dealing mainly with HTML, CSS and JavaScript in addition to layout design. I started my career as a Lead Graphic & Web Designer, head of the web studio of a computer engineering company. My very first significant accomplishment: a 126-subpages web portal designed and developed for the #1 European and Caribbean Golf Network company. Small team, great challenge, short delays, intense efforts, for a great success. It was definitely worth it.

About 25 years later, including 15 years of experience in Canada working with and for diverse companies such as WSP Global, CAE, Simfront Simulation Systems, Calian, l'Ordre des CPA, Loto Québec or Léger among others, I am still active offering my best expertise in terms of Design, Integration and Development with the same pleasure and enthusiasm, keeping this dual role of mine: Designer and Coder.

What drives me? Creativity, coherence, ergonomics and technology. And the shared satisfaction after delivery.

Wishing you a great tour.

Sylvain C. Millot

CEO & Founder

Creative Ξ Pragmatic

Shaping Solutions Out of the Blue.

Creative Sense

UX Architect, Creative UI Designer, Identity Strategist

Creative Flows, Reading Rules, Typography, Colors Palettes, Style Guides, etc.

  • Illustrator • Photoshop • XD • Figma • InDesign
  • Hierarchy of Information • Flows • Behaviors
  • Mockups • Wireframes • Guidelines • Blueprints • Walkthroughs 
  • Design System • UI Theming
  • Icons • SVG • Bitmaps
  • (Re)Branding • Image Composing/Retouching
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Design  Coding

Complementary Skills at Work.

Pragmatic Sense

Interface Integrator, Frontend Developer, Methodologist

Pragmatic, Declarative Codes, Bindings, Pre-Processors, Components, etc.

  • HTML • XHTML • HTML5 • CSHTML • C#
  • CSS 3 • SASS/SCSS • XAML
  • Bootstrap • Foundation
  • JavaScript • jQuery • Json • Resx
  • React • Vue.js • Python
  • Visual Studio • VS Code • Dreamweaver • Blend
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Some questions regarding a matter of UX, UI, Dev or Product design strategy?

Project Design >  Methodology > additional embedded science

UX・UI Walkthroughs

Being involved in both design and coding, I now practice a simple and smart method to keep all stakeholders gathered all together as well as within their own teams, from the CTO to the client: the science-embedded All-in-One UX·UI Walkthrough. Such a method provides complete materials to every single one involved in the production process in terms of Design strategy, UX architecture, UI design, implementation as well as the marketing strategy.

UX Walkthroughs

Just a bit beyond trends to fully support every stakeholder along the production steps.

92%

Sites & Interfaces 

Web/WPF Applications

70%

From-Scratch Projects

Logo and Texts Only at Start

87%

Design Development

Double-Expertise Involved

100%

Production Delivery

Estimate = End-on-Time

UX ARCHITECTURE & UI DESIGN

%

HMI DECLARATIVE CODING

%

FRONTEND DEVELOPMENT

%

E-MAIL TEMPLATING

%

GRAPHIC DESIGN / PRESS LAYOUT

%

CASE STUDY 

UX Architecture

Involvement in the delivery of 18 projects between 2019 and 2024 touching with UX Architecture, UI Design and Frontend Development.
Serving multiple major fields such as HR, Advanced Technologies and Defense.

Designer-Codeur Logotype

As a result of a dual vocation, <d/> provides a double expertise either to finish a project, to re-brand one while still being developed or to design one giving a shape to a conceptual idea, filling the blank page.

Writing declarative codes to avoid heavy refactoring, providing specific CSS based on genuine design not to look like thousands of challengers, or defining the best flows, behaviors and hierarchy of information beyond trends, <d/> also takes the lead of talented teams in a hands on way.

Designers do design, developers develop and managers manage. <d/> is about all these at once. Everyone is talented. Experience makes one be so even more. A double expertise actually doubles it.


Sylvain C. Millot - CEO & Founder

Having issues with your project or needing some expertise for a new one?

COMPLEMENTARY EXPERTISES

Main Steps for From Scratch Projects

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN

Gathering of information and understanding of the client's profile for the definition and shaping of its characters and professional identity.

UX/UI ARCHITECTURE

Conceptualizating the main and secondary ergonomics according to the supports for which they are intended and the defined and evolving contents.

IMPLEMENTATION

Coding of media containers in a declarative way as well as in terms of programming with the use of the pixel-perfect method for the design rendering.

SERVICES & FEES

Original files and source code are parts of the delivery. You own all provided files.

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$100.00

T4 $75.00

  • CONCEPTUAL DESIGN
    Branding • ID Declination • Logotype • Graphic Charter • UI Theming • Library of icons (SVG / Bitmaps)
  • UX/UI DESIGN
    Hierarchy of Information
     • Ergonomics • User Flows • Style Guides • Wireframes • Blueprints • All-In-One Walkthroughs
  • UX/UI ARCHITECTURE
    Bootstrap • Foundation
  • INTERFACE SKINNING
    CSS • SCSS/SASS • Inline Styles (e-mails)
  • FRONTEND DEV. / INTEGRATION
    XHTML • HTML5 • CSHTML • React • Vue.js • WPF/UWP • XAML • C# (View/VModel) • RWD • E-mail Campaign (Mailchimp)
  • WEB REFERENCING
    Social Media Tags • Metas • Sitemap • Robots • OGP
  • OTHERS
    Image Retouching • Press Layout • Business Cards • e-Banners • Vectorization

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$19,785.00

Starting at

  • Branding (Creation/Declination)
  • UX Architecture & UI Design
  • Web/WPF RWD Implementation
  • Marketing Material w/ basic SEO
  • Image Treatment/Retouching
  • Icons Library (SVG/Bitmaps)
  • E-mail Template (Mailchimp/SendGrid)
  • Hosting & Domain Name Handling
  • Online Publishing


A minimum of 20 hours of work is required.
SEO does not include research.
Optional follow-up work and updates after first delivery: $50.00/hour, 1 hour minimum.


Designer-Codeur with 'u'

It is Identity. You. Me. Among Plenty.

REFERENCES

HMI DESIGN & CODING

25+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
MULTIPLE PROJECTS.
VARIOUS TYPES OF COMPANIES.
DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES.
SAME REALITY.

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OTHER REFERENCES

They also got the benefits of my expertises. Among others.

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Logo Sandoz
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Logo Léger
Logo Dakis
Logo ABC News
Logo Ancestry
Logo Bloomberg
Logo ETrade
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