My second foray into learning Illustrator led me to make a low poly version of one of my favorite breeds of dog, the Serbian Samoyed. This article takes things I learned along the way after watching this youtube video. Prep Work Finding a good reference image with a range of shadows and…

This past Saturday at the new Jacobs Institute of Design in Berkeley, I attended a half day long workshop and speaker series hosted by Innovative Design. Here are some of my takeaways compiled from my notes and interactions with speakers and attendees: May Li Khoe — Design Lead, Khan Academy Think about how you can help others succeed with your designs. …

I don’t have a background in graphic design or any professional experience, but I’ve always had a fascination with well designed products. Three months ago, in December while shopping for Christmas cards I stumbled upon a unique store on 4th St in Berkeley. …

This personal project was my first attempt at making something not only functional, but that had value derived from an elegant, intuitive, and engaging user experience. Here is a link to the working product hosted by Github. It grew far beyond the goals of my initial experiment with data processing…