A phase distortion synthesizer inspired by Casio’s CZ line of digital synthesizers from the 80s. Designed to have the warmth of a subtractive synthesizer but still be capable of squelchy tones and sharp attacks. Phase84 can create warm pads, glitchy sounds, dirty basses, filthy sweeps and screaming leads.
Viva El Camino is a slab of fascination and unpredictability, a kaleidoscopic adventure revelling in the imagination and diverse sound its creators conjure with…the album is as much a web of storytelling as it is a lure of intrigue as senses entwining incitement hungrily gets under the skin.
–RingMaster Review
If only that was a review of the album artwork.
It’s dark, ominous, and pays tribute to the city of Los Angeles (where it was recorded).
The primary user experience of these microscopes is moved to the screen of an iPad—combining their control surface and their visual output. We took into account traditional microscope (hardware) interfaces as well as limitations on usability caused by protective equipment.
Visually, we focused on reflecting the look and feel of the brand (for context, this is in 2014 with a refresh in 2018) in the typography, palette, and control elements. We sought a friendlier, more approachable interface that clearly communicated state and encouraged exploration. While a very technical product at its core (and to us non-lab technicians), the end result is a dramatic improvement to the user experience of traditional microscopes.
In 2015, with the Apple Watch release pending, we began work on adapting BACtrack’s current breathalyzer app to a watch interface. We were able to build upon a solid base of user research, usability interviews, and wireframe exploration (some of which I had also contributed to, as well).
We focused primarily on ‘at-a-glance’ interactions—most notably what came to be branded as the ‘Active ZeroLine’, a view that continuously estimates your blood alcohol content and time to sobriety based on your last reading. Keeping interactions quick and discrete led to interesting off-screen UX decisions. For example, we were able to reduce the time a user engaged with the app during the breathalyzer’s warmup period by providing a haptic notification when it was ready to take a test.
It’s shockingly hard to move audio around on an iOS device. AudioCopy aimed to solve that problem and later expanded to include a content store and integration with SoundCloud.
Bugcrowd is a platform facilitating crowdsourced cybersecurity—literally making the internet a better place to be.
I joined early on as the second product designer. Saxon kicked the party off, he’s a freaking legend. I picked up where he left off and founded a design team that’s distributed around the world.
I’ve worn a lot of hats in my tenure and though it can be difficult to discuss (because, you know, security), I’m proud of the contributions our team has made, the findings our researchers dig up, and the companies who choose to make security a priority for their organization.
Created for the lovely folks at Sonoma Wire Works, GuitarTone was a pioneer in guitar amplifier and effect modeling on iOS.
I meticulously rendered the amplifiers in the app based on the actual ones that were modelled. Over a decade’s passed, and that screenshot still makes me smile.
A pro bono branding project for North East Ohio Dirt Riders—a small group of off-road riders that spend every weekend tearing up trails (and not-trails) all over the great states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York.
We studied classic units and dove deep into the iconic MPC songwriting flow. The result was an app franchise of legendary complexity built with a crushing stack of wireframes.
Our first release was a heavily skeuomorphic rendering of a classic MPC which we later modernized (and further developed workflows in) to release MPC Pro.
An amazing undertaking with an incredibly talented group of folks.
One part inspiration, one part scapegoat, our advice bot says it bluntly so you don’t have to, keeping your channels moving and drama-free. The next time you draw a fucking blank, punch in /gfda—because nothing quite expresses your thoughts like Helvetica, contrast, and profanity.
Thanks Brian and Jason, that about sums it up.
Retronyms’ first hardware project, Wej combines a heavy-duty non-skid base for creative work with a wireless hub for connecting MIDI controllers.
Notable for being the first Microsoft SmartGlass companion app. It paired with Dance Central 3 and extended the game's functionality with your phone (this felt like magic a decade ago).
The companion software to Ralston’s FieldLab, a laboratory grade pressure meter calibrator.
It doesn’t get more important than this one.
Typeset in Libre Baskerville because we’re classy folk.
