2008 AIGA Medalist | 2023 National Design Award Honoree
I was fortunate to begin my career at the transformative nexus of digital design in the early 80s. I had a front-row seat working at Apple, and Steve Jobs was there to cajole, inspire and threaten me to do my best work. The lessons I learned from those years have informed how I have approached my work since.
As designing in digital media had no antecedent in the early years, Jobs insisted that whatever we created would become benchmarks for others to model or follow. It was essential to do great and inspired work and create standards for others to chase after.
I’ve learned early on that in Silicon Valley, things are either designed or engineered, but not both. Instead of running away from hairy technical projects, I ran toward them. Consequently, my body of work reflects the use of technologies to change the status quo, to find a simpler approach, or to engage, influence, and inspire.
Listed below are the design journeys of my 40+ year career.
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None of the work cited here is possible without the contribution and help of many, many brilliant designers, engineers, collaborators, mentors and colleagues who were part of this journey.
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1984
Introducing Macintosh to the world.
1987
Explaining what a link was for before the Internet.
1988-95
Working with bleeding-edge digital technologies.
1993 – 2003
Creating digital tools for designers in the digital age.
1995
Crafting a digital experience for an iconic chair of the Internet Boom.
1995
Creating web-authoring tools for designers at the dawn of the Internet age.
1996-1999
Building a design firm with a singular focus on digital competencies.
1996-2006
Designing a digital design practice in a changing world.