Who I am |
Hi! I'm Coleen. I'm an experience designer. |
| I make user interfaces that are not only beautiful but intuitive and standards-compliant. | |
What I think |
Harmonious form and function create great user experiences. Say NO to lipstick on the pig! |
What I do |
Freelance visual + interaction design for the web or desktop . Identity development . Taskflow analysis . Some print or mobile interface design . |
Skills & Tools |
Photoshop . Illustrator . Dreamweaver . SketchBook Pro . Fireworks . Omnigraffle . Flash . InDesign . The Browser . Pen & Paper . A sense of humor . |
Speak Easy |
HTML . CSS . BASH . French . Spanish . Korean. |
Pidgin |
Javascript . Actionscript . Anything I can hack . In rare moments of enlightenment (or depravity), some Russian . |
Resumé & Refs |
When I’m not working, I travel a lot. Hawaii is the short answer to a long question, though someday I hope it’s the other way around.
Buenos Aires, lately. Argentine Tango ≠ ballroom dancing.
I have yet to take that cross-country roadtrip with a video camera and a dog.
A glass of San Giovese. Or some Blue Label, neat.
I really despise DVD packaging, tapered jeans, sneakers at cocktail parties, and bad poems. But give me a good bowl of noodles or a silvery pair of Comme Il Fauts and I will swoon at your feet.
Téchiné, Faulkner, Hitchcock, and Griffin are some good names. Oh, and of course the late DFW :(
I eat pretty much everything, but those little cocktail onions that are salty as hell? Those will be my eventual downfall.
I'm currently a freelance experience designer based in San Francisco's Mission District, but you can always find me on:
