Every Now & Then I Get to Play …

Visioning

I love visioning work — stretching or completely abandoning what’s possible today and setting my mind free.

It’s actually how I got introduced to UX design. At my first job, Schematic, in 2014, I was hired because of my animation experience. The Creative Director, Dale Herigstad, needed people who understood interaction design and animation to envision the future of TV and connected devices for some of their clients. This was before Facebook was a household name, before iPhones, before Smart TV’s. I learned UX by animating transitions from one state to another, designing UI and user flows, and working with him to imagine a future where people could pause live TV to interact with a piece of content, share it with friends, watch shows together, or buy a product they see in a commercial or TV show.

Broadcast Graphics

When I was at CalArts, I thought I wanted to be a motion graphics designer. What I quickly learned was that I wasn’t quite good enough. Nevertheless, while At Schematic, I had the chance to create some work that made it on air.

Below is some visioning work and broadcast graphics I’ve done at various stages of my career.

catalyst (2017)

The most recent visioning work I’ve done was at DirecTV with a UX Designer on my team. We wanted to create a completely unstructured, AI-driven browsing experience where every action the user took informed their next set of options. Users could save content, and there was a “home” screen, but other than that, there was no structure for the user to memorize. It’s TV for the curious.

Sony Capri (2006)

A vision for Sony for a connected device home entertainment system.

Sky sports opening (2006)

Partnering with animator, Olavo Braga.

NFL Network: Now/Next Menu (2006)

All design and animation by me.

NFL Network: Team ID (2005)

All design and animation by me. I also picked the music. I’m not sure if this ever made it on-air, but it was fun to work on.

Playback graphics reel (2003-2004)

I’ve also helped Hollywood visualize the impossible. As this was my first job, the majority of the work in this reel was done by 2 of my coworkers, but I assisted them on many of these animations.

wait a minute …(1989?)

Whoops! How did this get here??

This is a show my dad produced when I was a kid: Kids Still Say the Darndest Things. It was hosted by none other than Mark Summers!

In this clip, I’m interviewing Buzz Aldrin. Enjoy …