Design · Studio · Authorship

Craft and Narrative

Every product makes a promise to someone. The work below reflects a covenantal design approach that spans retail, enterprise, consumer, and more. Fifteen books on digital design and imaging—including a Benjamin Franklin Award for The Art of Photoshop—extend that discipline into how the industry learns its tools.

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Studio · Selected work

Designed & built

Product and platform work — mobile, enterprise, and growth-stage — where the promise had to survive real constraints.

Elevated night view of a city intersection with vehicle light trails

Allstate

Mobile SDK & partner GTM

Arity · embedded data products, working prototypes

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Pile of worn baseballs

Champion Gaming

Mobile & web sports product

EdjSports · +280% subscribers, subscription redesign

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Retail shelf for NielsenIQ Synthesis

NielsenIQ

Enterprise analytics at scale

Synthesis · decision workspace from $6B reporting

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Nike basketball shoes

Foot Locker

Multi-brand ecommerce

Polaris · eight brands, one cart and checkout

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Futuristic control interface with cyan and orange data panels

Microsoft

Design system architecture

MS Connect · tokens through templates

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BlackBerry.com — international ecommerce storefront

Research In Motion

International ecommerce

BlackBerry.com · LATAM lead-gen to dealers

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Hand holding a debit card

US Bank

Fintech workflow reset

Access Online · card flows and system specs

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Medical research — conceptual illustration with molecular structure

Cancer Care Ontario

Patient-centered research

WeCare · research framework for care teams

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Donald — Elegies, fine art photograph

Personal work

Fine art

How I see · how I build

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1996–2006 · Authorship

Written & designed

Fifteen books on digital design and imaging — written, photographed, and in several cases designed end to end.

IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award logo

IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award

Best Computer Design Book — The Art of Photoshop (2003).

Cover: The Art of Photoshop

2003 · Que

The Art of Photoshop

Cover: The Art of Photoshop, CS2 Edition

2005 · Que

The Art of Photoshop, CS2 Edition

Cover: The Art of Photoshop for Digital Photographers

2005 · Que

The Art of Photoshop for Digital Photographers

Cover: How to Use Photoshop CS2

2005 · Que

How to Use Photoshop CS2

Cover: How to Use Photoshop CS

2003 · Que

How to Use Photoshop CS

Cover: How to Use Photoshop 7

2002 · SAMS

How to Use Photoshop 7

Cover: Dynamic Photoshop

1997 · M&T

Dynamic Photoshop

Cover: Using Adobe Photoshop 5

1996 · Que

Using Adobe
Photoshop 5

Cover: PhotoshopWorld DreamTeam Book

2006 · New Riders

PhotoshopWorld DreamTeam Book

Cover: Using Macromedia Dreamweaver

1996 · Que

Using Macromedia Dreamweaver

Cover: The Whole Mac

2002 · SAMS

The Whole Mac

Cover: Kai's Magic Toolbox

1997 · Hayden

Kai's Magic Toolbox