On March 28, 2017, I presented at a design event in Seattle. The event was organized by Zillow design and IxDA Seattle. Since the presentation was filmed, I thought it would be fun to share the video and (loose) transcript. Hope you find it useful and relevant. Hello everyone…

New beginnings 7 years ago, I pivoted my career from architecture to product design. With a lot of ambition and a bit of fear, I dove into the startup world headfirst. Over the years, I’ve looked for opportunities that would offer me mentorship and growth. I’ve reached out to the people and…

On Saturday, Joshua Taylor asked the following question on Twitter. A number of people replied. Joshua then posted the following statement… I looked at the replies to Joshua’s tweets and thought for a moment. It’s true. A lot of companies aren’t hiring Junior Designers. As a result, “inexperienced…

In 2014, I started a blog series about Applying Architecture to Product Design. I had a lot of fun blogging about the topics of Circulation, Program and Sketching Tools. 3 weeks ago, I visited Los Angeles and was inspired to write the next post in this series. Let’s talk about…

It’s the beginning of 2016. Like many people, I’m thinking about lessons learned in 2015 and setting goals for 2016. I grew a lot in 2015 due to a lot of change, and a lot of firsts. Most notably, on March 31, 2015, I moved from NYC to San Francisco…

Since graduating college in 2009, I’ve worked at 5 startups. I’ve learned a lot about building product design teams. Here’s what I think Product Designers need to succeed, and how these values guide design at Percolate. True to product Product Designers thrive when they feel the product is valued. …

Two weeks ago, I turned to Elliott Romano, a Junior Designer at Percolate, and asked for a book recommendation. It was my last day in the office before a week of vacation and I was excited to load up my kindle with books. I knew Elliott would recommend something great…

Welcome to the 2nd post in my mini series about applying architecture principles to product design. As a Product Designer at Percolate with a background in architecture, I’ve seen many parallels between the two fields. In the first post, we discussed the importance of circulation systems to both architecture and…

As a Product Designer at Percolate with a background in architecture, I’ve seen many parallels between the two fields. In previous posts, we discussed the importance of Circulation and Program to both architecture and product design. For the third post in the series, we’ll chat about hand-drawing, and learn how…