What Product Designers Need

Since graduating college in 2009, I’ve worked at 5 startups. I’ve learned a lot about building product design…

Why You Turn Up

You turn up because of the people around you.

How We Built The World’s Best Design Event

We’ve all been to those design events where the speakers hide behind their perfectly…

Why Design?

Last fall the Percolate design team started a tradition where each designer tells their ‘Me + Design’ story, a short presentation on our relationship with design. The format is completely open; Anne told us about people that have influenced her, Amanda walked us through how her background as a ballerina…

25 Productivity Tips from Percolate’s Designers

Design Principles Matter

A set of shared beliefs that guide us as we build new things. A set of rules that keep us honest in the heat of…

Developing Stage Presence

The first time I was asked to speak at a public event was at our client…

5 Product Team Practices That Help Us Build Better Software

Recently, we’ve reorganized the structure of our product team. We moved from one large group into five mini teams, each composed of members of design, client solutions, product management, frontend, backend, and mobile…