Design Portfolio
Design Portfolio

Design Portfolio

Great design is timeless; bad design changes every year.
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Backstory
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Present Tense

What is great design?

  • It communicates visually.
  • It solves users problems.
  • It is informed by data.
  • It challenges the status quo.
  • It never loses sight of the bigger picture or the minute details.
  • It isn't obfuscated by pretentious jargon.
  • It gets out of the way.
  • It takes courage and truth.

Disclaimer:

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Figma has become one of my favorite tools! 🙃

Why not add some motion to it?
Why not add some motion to it?

A Better Email App (oftentimes, it isn't about what you add, but what you take away)

It begins with thinking about a problem via Apple Pencil & iPad
It begins with thinking about a problem via Apple Pencil & iPad
I then use Figma to capture and refine the workflow
I then use Figma to capture and refine the workflow
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The results are a high-res app mockup. The next steps would be a prototype in Figma, user testing, tweaking, and finally, developer hand off

What's the big deal between good and bad design?

The iPhone is a great example of form following function.
The iPhone is a great example of form following function.

In good design, form always follows function. Always. When Louis Sullivan coined the phrase, he was referring to architecture and industrial design, but the same system of gathering information and requirements to inform the aesthetics is equally applicable to product design.

An evolution of Web design (2005-2020)

Circa 2005
Circa 2005
Circa 2013
Circa 2013
Circa 2018
Circa 2018
Circa
Circa 2020

(Physical) Product Design (2013-2015)

Circa 2013 - A fascinating case study is coming soon...
Circa 2013 - A fascinating case study is coming soon...
Circa 2014
Circa 2014
Circa 2015
Circa 2015

Visual Ephemera

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Sketch, of course!
Sketch, of course!
Desktop Wallpaper - circa 2020
Desktop Wallpaper - circa 2020

Database Dashboards & Splash screens

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It's fun designing a logo for a splash screen...
It's fun designing a logo for a splash screen...
...and then making it more captivating.
...and then making it more captivating.