Interactive Designer

Sometimes it’s difficult to explain to people what I do for a living. I’ve never been comfortable telling people that I’m just a graphic designer or a just a web designer…

Why You Shouldn’t Use Facebook as Your Website

Recently I heard about a hot new restaurant in Calgary. I wanted to learn more about it, read their menu, and possibly book a reservation online. Typing the restaurant name into Google I was bombarded with their Google Places, Yelp and Urban Spoon profiles, but couldn’t seem to find an actual website anywhere. I kept [...]

Why I Don’t Design in Illustrator

I read an article this week on Smashing Magazine about designing websites in Adobe Illustrator. The article is full of interesting tips and tricks for using Illustrator, but the general of idea of using it to create full website designs bothers me. While I’m not here to preach about using only Photoshop to do design [...]