Testimonials

"For the business applications that we built from scratch that Irina was the assigned UI/UX designer, I smiled when I heard an important executive say at the demo, "that's the best presentation of multiple data streams that I've seen at our company." Irina was able to take our vision and through pixels, colors, artwork and positioning, give birth to a business presentation that "just made sense to the user."

- Carl Fischer, Project Manager
Bloomberg BNA

"I really like the layout and topic reorganization of the new USAC website. It is now so much easier to find everything. I think for people coming to the site, it is very clear and what they need (or don't know they need) is right up front and in great order. I think the layout, function, and navigation are much more 2012. Congratulations on a great job!"

- Jean Morrison, Technology Consultant
Missouri State Library
Jefferson City, MO

"While working at Touchstone Consulting Group Irina was responsible for designing and implementing several client web sites, the largest of which was the Small Business Administration's Business.gov. This was a web site with multiple applications and design challenges. The client was very satisfied with her work, and results from focus group testing were positive towards the new look and feel.

Irina has excellent work ethic and tenacity in finishing a project, regardless of how difficult the time-fame. In addition, she is extremely organized, reliable and skilled in multiple design applications. Irina can work independently and is able to follow through to ensure that the job gets done."

- Tim Brennan, Creative Director
Touchstone Consulting Group, Inc.

"Irina’s remarkable aesthetic sense and expertise in web design have greatly contributed to the beauty and navigation of Mapping Petersburg. She worked very well with each of the authors of ten separate but interconnected sections of the website: the word "amazing" regularly came up in the authors' responses regarding their experience. Irina was extremely timely and responsible in regard to all deadlines. Her competence and engagement in the project were indeed remarkable. If I were to embark on another web project, I would hire her at the drop of a hat."

- Olga Matich, author and director of the project,
Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures
University of California, Berkeley

"The work of Irina Kuzes is always clever – ingeniously so. She has the knack of dramatizing and simplifying complicated facts and theories, and she does it with spirit and wit…."

- Nancy Dunne, columnist
Financial Times

"When I see an illustration by Irina Kuzes, I know that it has brilliantly captured the essence of an entire concept – one that would otherwise require many words and even sentences to convey the meaning to a reader. In the illustrations, graphs, tables and research she has done for articles and books I have written, she has mastered complex subjects and analysed massive amounts of data – always with fastidious accuracy and speed. And she never misses a deadline!"

- Janine Wedel, author and professor, School of Public Policy
George Mason University

"Irina has a unique ability to visually highlight the heart of a subject – conveying complex ideas with illustrations that can be understood and appreciated by everyone. Again and again, I have seen her translate the core meaning of verbal narratives into a single graphic image that not only summarizes but also clarifies. Hers is a rare talent that is seldom approached by her peers."

- Lynn Nelson, author and Professor of International Studies
Virginia Commonwealth University

"I began working with Irina Kuzes when I realized that many of the concepts and ideas I was describing were challenging for many readers to imagine. After talking with her about my ideas, Irina read my book and then began drafting. The creative process working with her was powerful and exciting. She asks probing questions and then uses her intellect and artistic brilliance to illustrate complexity in ways that draw the eye and the mind into the content. Working with her is invigorating and highly collaborative."

- Ann Baker, author and professor, School of Public Policy
George Mason University