Tag: design

Mary Coleman @ CMU

I have attended some fairly cool lectures and talks while being in school, but perhaps one of the best ones so far was done by a woman named Mary Coleman. Mary is Senior Creative Development Executive at PIXAR Animation, and she was here as part of an invitation extended to her by a friend in the Drama Department. I being a fiendishly obsessed about Pixar, took this opportunity to see the strings behind the magic of one of my favorite companies...

jon kolko @CMU

Last week Jon Kolko came through CMU to do a lecture for a very packed room of designers in both undergrad grad HCII and School of design programs. While I do not believe he said anything new that would dramatically change the way i see design, he was exceptionally good at highlighting valuable points about how to present yourself as a designer and grasp the things one needs to focus on to fully succeed in your quest to...

Be proactive! Take the Survey

Yes kiddies, I took the survey! For all you web professionals, designers and developers alike, do not forget to visit a list apart and take action by completing the survey that speaks to our field and our needs as professionals! This is really important as it helps build strong knowledge base of who and how our profession is practiced. This also helps...

Desiging within one color, one brand

Challenges with making brand colors work with design. I work for Netflix, and I have been trying for the past 2 months to get used to the idea of designing with lots of red. In our quest to make the user experience's be king, we can start to look at other notable brands that have used their colors prominently and aggressively without sacrificing design integrity. Easier said than done. Most brands go through evolutions, colors end...

And so it begins

And so it begins In the summer of 1999 I was 16 years old, and as part of what i considered life experiences i needed to have before i was 20, I made the choice to attend a leadership conference aimed at highly motivated over achievers. I was not one of them but i managed to squeeze myself in because i was involved in so many extracurricular activities that my grades while lacking were not nearly as impressive as the list of things i seem to...