Published inPrototypr·Aug 21, 2018Chris Kelly on Designing an Award-Winning Brand for Adobe LiveAdobe Live is a streaming video series where top creatives share their process. The show features top designers, illustrators and animators and shows how they create their work in real-time. But as Oddfellows creative director Chris Kelly explains, the show had a problem — it didn’t have a brand. “Other…Design6 min readDesign6 min read
Published inMuzli - Design Inspiration·Jul 9, 2018The Lead Designer of Monument Valley Deconstructs His Latest Game, FlorenceWarning: this article contains spoilers! Grab Florence from the App Store or Google Play if you want to play it first. Florence is a game where two people meet, fall in love and eventually drift apart. …Gaming7 min readGaming7 min read
Published inThe Work Behind The Work·Jun 13, 2018How Frank Chimero Designs a PosterFrank Chimero is a designer, illustrator, and author based in New York. His clients range from Nike to NPR and his work has been featured in Monocle, The Atlantic, Time, Slate and The New Yorker. In this article, Frank takes us through his process of designing a poster, from concept…Design4 min readDesign4 min read
Jul 18, 2016Why using Evernote is making you less creativeI have a four year old son. And like most four year olds, he’s a creative genius. One day as I was watching him play with Lego, I finally understood the problem with Evernote. You see, this is Evernote: And these are your notes:Evernote3 min readEvernote3 min read
Jul 11, 2016The problem with being a “problem solver”How a generation of designers are selling themselves short. — A young man and an old man decide to build a house, so they set out in search of wood. Deep in the forest, they find a mighty oak, big enough to supply all the wood they need. But no matter how hard they swing, their axes can’t pierce the…Design4 min readDesign4 min read
Jul 4, 2016Bashers & SwoopersHow the tools we use for writing are letting us down. — Reading is a linear process. One word after another, from the start to the end. Some people write that way too. Kurt Vonnegut called them Bashers. “Bashers go one sentence at a time, getting it exactly right before they go on to the next one. When they’re done they’re done.” …Writing3 min readWriting3 min read
Oct 27, 2015Quiet timeHow working in silence made us 23% more productive, and how you can do it too. — Collaboration can be amazing. Nothing compares to the feeling of a team building on each other’s thoughts, creating something with words and scribbles that didn’t exist before. As Google’s Eric Schmidt writes “Smart creatives thrive on interacting with each other. The mixture you get when you cram them together is…Productivity6 min readProductivity6 min read
Oct 5, 2014Why the Internet is anti-design, and how you can fight back.If you’re making a digital product, you need to read this. On New Year’s day in 2010, I was at a competitive wood chopping event. On a table at the event there was a collection of antique axes. Dozens of axes of all shapes and sizes. Big axes and small…4 min read4 min read
Aug 28, 2014Turning data into decisionsMost digital products have information at their core. Their value is in their data. But these days your users are drowning in data―what they really need is help making sense of it. Here’s how you can improve your product by turning data into decisions. Illustrated by Marc Clancy from Navy…UX4 min readUX4 min read
