Design

Art runs in my family: architects, industrial designers, photographers, and videographers.

I love clean designs. There is beauty in white space and good hierarchy.

A thing should be pleasant to look at and be fully functional. Animations and move should be subtle and helpful if possible.

What is the point of a computer system if the interface is a mystery?

My apologies for lack of portfolio. A lot of work I've done is either private and internal to companies or the public facing stuff has been refreshed since I touched it last.

What I Can Do

  • Image processing for different uses (print, web, mobile)
  • Building out web templates from designer's source files
  • Implementing brand design guidelines in web layout and typography
  • Build accessible, Section 508 friendly web pages
  • Source and license stock art

Applications I Can Use

  • Adobe Creative Cloud: Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, Acrobat
  • Affinity Suite: Designer, Photo, and Publisher
  • Scribus, Krita, and Inkscape
  • Omnigraffle or similar

UX Books I've Read

  • Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug
  • The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman
  • About Face by Alan Cooper, Robert Reimann, and David Cronin
  • Designing the User Interface by Ben Shneiderman and Catherine Plaisant
  • Information Architecture for the World Wide Web by Peter Morville and Louis Rosenfeld
  • Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction by Sharp, Rogers, Preece

Design Books I've Read

  • The Non-Designer's Design Book by Robin Williams
  • Grid Systems by Josef Müller-Brockmann
  • Information Dashboard Design by Stephen Few
  • The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst

I made these book lists by looking at my book shelf. However, I've given away some of my books to friends so I might not have everything I've read on this page.