ABOUT · WHY WE EXIST
It started with a sanctuary
A studio that was always going to happen someday, until an animal sanctuary needed a website and someday became now.
THE STORY
Someday, sort of
Mister Fishie always wanted his own studio. He also has a full-time web development job, a farm full of opiniated animals, and a marriage he loves to keep happy. A steady paycheck is a wonderful thing, so "someday" remains a someday.
Then came Chaotic Serendipity Sanctuary, the nonprofit he co-founded and serves as Vice President. Building its website meant building tools: an accessibility toolbar, an image resizer, a navigation module, and more. Each one solved a real problem on a real site.
Which raised an obvious question. If he could use them, why couldn't everyone else? Chaotic Fish Design is the answer: a place to share those tools, try new ideas, and show the work. Where it leads is anyone's guess. Maybe a studio of his own someday. For now, the critters are happy with the arrangement.
WHAT THIS PLACE IS
Three things in one
THE TOOLBOX
Free extensions
Built for the sanctuary site and shared with everyone. If we can use them, so can you.
THE SANDBOX
A place to experiment
Where new ideas get tried, broken and fixed before they go anywhere important.
THE PORTFOLIO
The work, in one place
Every tool, demo and design, with changelogs to show how each one got there.
PAY IT FORWARD
Everything here is free
The studio doesn't sell anything and doesn't accept payment. If one of our tools saved you an afternoon and you'd like to say thanks with real money, please send it to the sanctuary instead. It goes to the animals who started all of this.
SAY THANKS
