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Blackberry Jam Americas 2012 Mobile Guide
This is a project I had a hand in designing. I provided the user experience design and outlined the information architecture. The design brief specified a template application that the client could use for an upcoming conference (BBJam Americas 2012- a Blackberry developers conference) and for subsequent ones in the coming year. Despite the imminent release of V.10 of their OS, this project required the app to be compatible with older hardware. Adding to the challenge was the requirement to design an experience for a small form factor and the Playbook tablet form factor, obviously, two very different tasks. To add fuel to the fire, the expectation was that many attendees...
Read MoreTable Study
Architects like to design tables and chairs. No exception here. The impetus for this table was a magnificent sheet of 1/2″ glass that was given to me. It was the perfect size for a large table. It just so happened that we needed a new table for the deck. The whole design took place on my whiteboard. I snapped some photos and emailed the drawings to the welder. I picked up a nice piece of redwood for the spine and some misc. hardware at Home Depot. The steel came with the basic mill finish; I spray bombed it with some clearcoat to delay the inevitable rust. The table has served us well for several years now and doesn’t need any maintenance. We leave it out all...
Read MoreAdobe’s CQ 5.5 Social Communities
A few of my projects involve very consumer focused, “high touch” designs, but many are very enterprise focused and targeted to very niche and specialized markets. This one provides a very powerful feature in an business solution, but has a very real and immediate impact on the end user. Social Communities is a module that is part of much larger digital marketing solution provided by Adobe. CQ 5.5 is an enterprise content management solution. In their words: “Adobe® CQ is the foundation of the Adobe Web Experience Management (WEM) solution. It provides digital marketers with easy-to-use, web-based applications for creating, managing, and delivering...
Read More2122 BlackFriars
This is a small project that was completed several years ago, but I happened to be in the neighborhood and wanted to see how the landscaping matured. I was pleasantly surprised by how nice the new addition is integrated into the fabric of the street and community. The house is a circa late 60′s maybe early 70′s vintage. Its quite solidly built, on a nice street, but suffers from a poorly conceived entrance. The project was to provide the family with an entrance mudroom, all the while, reworking the main entrance. The design was quickly sorted with a few iterations. The preferred scheme was to make the entrance to the house more obvious from the street and to...
Read MoreSigniant Media Shuttle
One of my clients recently announced at the NAB show, a new product I had a hand in designing. Signiant delivers intelligent software solutions that facilitate the movement of file-based media between systems, applications and users – from pre-production content and mobile news to finished-format movies, trailers and TV episodics. Unlike fragmented, first-generation file transport solutions that have proliferated ad hoc networks and disparate, unmanaged transport mechanisms, Signiant’s software and services are uniquely tuned for the media enterprise. Their new product is in their words: “The industry’s only subscription-based software for secure,...
Read MoreOnStar RemoteLink
Designed and built in the space of 4 weeks, this app was recently demonstrated at the 2012 CES in Las Vegas. This application belongs to the OnStar family of solutions deployed on a variety of mobile devices. The iPhone and Android versions have been downloaded to more than 250K users. This project required the rework of the existing solution to the Blackberry Playbook. Given the unique form factor and the different capabilities of the platform, the project presented an interesting XD challenge. The three core functions for the app were abstracted and given distinct locations on the screen. The main “health” indicators were given the center real estate....
Read Morekevin deevey
the company founder and creative director, started his career as an architect. A graduate of the Carleton School of Architecture, under the guidance of Alberto Perez Gomez, his schooling set the foundation for a creative and practical journey into many aspects of design. With many years directing the design of some very notable companies, Kevin decided to hang up his own shingle and change the way organizations innovate thru design. In the last 8 years he has helped launch dozens of new products, and helped change the course of many companies. Kevin’s experience with business end of management has placed him in the unique position to assess product opportunities and provide strategic feedback to help “course correct” an idea or existing asset. The firm’s team of exceptionally skilled designers help with the “follow thru” to implement and develop the ideas into powerful and relevant solutions.
In keeping with the firm’s policy on sustainability, we are a “green” firm making every effort to minimize our ecological impact. Kevin is an accredited LEED professional (for our architectural division), and is a diligient bike commuter.