The importance of asking questions as a new designer When I was in grade school, I was notorious among my teachers for asking a TON of questions. I would always go up to them and say, “I have a question…” and proceed to ask at least one (if not more)…

Why I decided to move from UI Design to Product Management I remember my first “real” design project. When I was in high school, my brother asked me to create some graphics for his startup. I was using Illustrator CS2 and more specifically, the ever dreaded, or for me, beloved…

Sometimes you have to fail to succeed One of the most dreaded projects in a designers life is putting together a portfolio. …

Using the command line with git has been something I have struggled to understand since the very first time I used it. I could do the basic commands (pull, add, commit, push) and would run those commands like a robot creating parts on an assembly line. I understood what I…

It seems like recently I’ve been getting a lot of requests to grab coffee to chat about my job as a designer. Design, whether it’s visual or UX (user experience), is definitely an up and coming field. …

I like to spend a lot of my free time doing various athletic activities. Recently my top 3 choices of after-work indulgence are ultimate frisbee, crossfit, and squash. I’ve been playing squash since I was 13, and it is by far one of my favorite sports to play. It’s requires…

2014 has been an amazing year for Design Like Mad! Design Like Mad is a 12-hour design marathon that brings together student and professional designers (of all types) to work on pro-bono projects for local non profit organizations. We started out with a BANG! combining forces with the Multnomah County…

Recently I had the pleasure of working with RD Weeks from RAZ Productions. RD was in need of logo for start up company, and had an interesting concept for the design that came from the company’s name. RAZ Productions is a talent agency that connects fresh, “hidden” musical talent to…

First of all, I’m sorry for not posting in a while. The summers in Madison are prime time to take advantage of the weather, so I’ve had less time on my hands the past few months :) Not to mention another successful Design Like Mad MSN and a quickly approaching Design Like Mad PDX on October 25th! I thought I would start off my first blog post back with a poster that I’ve been working on since earlier this summer. In honor of my impending 3 week vacation to Australia, here’s a “Just Keep Swimming” poster from my favorite movie of all time (yes, it is), Finding Nemo.