I’m about to embark on a adventure across the beautiful States of America interviewing and filming the daily lives of freelancers in all graphic design disciplines. I’ll potentially be including photographers and creative developers as well. So, if you’re a freelance web designer, app designer, logo designer, illustrator, print maker…

Epicurrence is a unique experience you’d find in the organic aisle of conferences. At an event like Epicurrence — The Montues, the focus is on the attendee and their relationships with the other attendees. The main goal is to get you re-inspired to create better work but comes with incredible…

To try and save some money, we’re looking to sell a few things we can get rid of. If interested in any of the below, please contact me at yell@dannpetty.com and let’s make a deal :) Thank you for looking! All items are located in San Francisco, CA. …

Epicurrence, coming from joining the words “epic” and “occurrence” was always intended to be different. Coming this March 6–9th in…

It was the most punishing pain I’ve ever felt — a sting ray’s tail went straight through my heel and out the other side, leaving fragmented barbs behind in its tracks only for me to later discover them. After the attack, I had to crawl up 140 steps at…

Staying true to the vulnerable values of Epicurrence, I wanted to tell you what it was actually like creating this experience from the ground up, from start to finish. At the time of writing this, it’s been two weeks since Epicurrence No.1 in S. Lake Tahoe has ended. To be…

Just 5 out of the 100+ Roles of a Designer — There are a lot of people out there that think designers just sit and paint-by-numbers all day. Or they think that anyone can design, or even that everyone understands design. Clearly, this is not true or else designers wouldn’t be getting the highly paid salaries as they do in today’s…

Tips & tricks to get that high score you’re wanting. — A couple of months ago, Cathy Shive and I launched a new iPhone game called Matchagram. It’s a memory matching game for your Instagram likes. We actually just built the game for fun, so we’re blown away by the response so far. I can’t believe someone actually has over 30,000…

The hunt for the perfect invite system for Hum — I’m curious if anyone else does this, but I’ve been using Medium privately to store notes for myself and for my teammates. I used to write on iA writer, but ever since Medium came out (disclaimer: I was a designer at Medium) I’ve been so head-over-heels for the beautifully designed…