About
I'm a designer.
Growth as a designer is a lifelong journey for me. As a youth, I embraced a love of drawing, handcrafting & building things, and working with computers.
As a young adult, I studied several problem-solving disciplines – initially Architectural Design, then visual design. I ultimately earned two design degrees; first, a BFA in Graphic Design, and then MEd in Educational Technology (Instructional Design). When the Web grew in the 2000s, my interests and learnings evolved into a multi-discipline design passion.
Since joining the workforce (resume PDF) and starting a family, I continued learning through challenging and rewarding professional and life experiences. I always strive to sustain and improve my HEART:
- Humility
- Empathy
- Artistry
- Responsiveness
- Technical skills
I have learned that lack of design leads to hindsight, basic design yields insight, and good design gives foresight. I know that good design comes from understanding problems and context, and collaboratively iterating to form people-centered solutions.
Feel free to contact me or learn about my work.
When I'm not designing, I enjoy being with family & friends and dabble in drawing & photography.
Pencil & ink drawing (recreated from a small photograph manually scaled to poster size)
Pencil & ink drawing (recreated from an album cover manually scaled to poster size)
Sunset silhouette at Ala Moana park, Honolulu
Dog looking out a window
Building and tree in Sedona, Arizona
View from a ship on a lake in Hakone, Japan
Some favorite quotes...
The control which designers know in the print medium, and often desire in the web medium, is simply a function of the limitation of the printed page. We should embrace the fact that the web doesn't have the same constraints, and design for this flexibility. But first, we must accept the ebb and flow of things.
If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original.
Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty. I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be.
An exclusion habit is the belief that whoever starts the game also sets the rules of the game. We think we don’t have power to change a game, so we abdicate our accountability. We keep repeating the same behaviors, over and over.
Lack of design leads to hindsight;
basic design yields insight;
good design gives foresight.
Feel free to contact me or learn about my work.