We’re officially in the doldrums of winter and I guess I’ve been dreaming of color. Last week I designed a colorful and calming background pattern, and I thought it’d be fun to stay within the same theme this week. When I began designing, I thought about the way we pick…

The new year has arrived and with it, in 2020 style, more chaos. Like most Americans, I feel heartbroken and troubled by the news this week. Because I was feeling sort of listless, I decided to do a design challenge this week that might aid in calming my thoughts around…

What a year it has been — there has truly never been a time like 2020. Even though in many ways the date on the calendar is somewhat arbitrary, I think we’re all ready for the clock to strike midnight tonight, so we can collectively and mentally move on from…

For this week’s design challenge, I thought I’d do something a little whimsical. I decided to create something related to “Favorites” within an app, and naturally the song “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music popped into my head. …

With the recent news that WarnerMedia is going to be dropping its entire 2021 slate of movies on HBO Max the same day as their theatrical releases, I was delighted to hear that they finally got a deal done with Roku this week. …

With the year coming to a close, I’ve had my health on my mind. As sad as it is that holiday festivities are effectively cancelled this year, the one benefit is that I will definitely be consuming fewer calories this month! While I’m generally not that into New Year’s resolutions…

The news this week that Slack was acquired in a mega deal by Salesforce was very interesting to me for a number of reasons. First of all, there are very few acquisitions that immediately feel like a true fit, but this one just really makes a lot of sense to…

Even though Thanksgiving this year will be like no other, one thing hasn’t changed — and that’s the onslaught of Black Friday deals that come at the end of this week. It seems like every year Black Friday sales come earlier and earlier, and since I’ve already taken advantage of…

I’ve been having a lot of fun with the animation design challenges I’ve been doing over the last month, so I thought I’d try my hand at another one. This week I designed a “bouncy” progress bar. I’ve been thinking a lot about design systems lately, so for this progress…