Interview with:David J Kelley [davidjkelley]
DESIGN
 | What is your specialty? User eXperience Design and Architecture, human machine interfaces |
| Where can we view your portfolio online? |
| What made you interested in design? well my interest in user experience grew out of my interest in technology and cool looking software UI |
| What has been your professional career path? collage, volunteer programming, programming, architecture, and now I'm the principal ux architect for a interactive design firm [wire] stone. |
| Have you received any awards for your work in the field of design? industry award MVP for 3 years straight. |
| What is your motivation? What makes you get up in the mornings? my alarm clock on my phone7. |
| How would you define your design style? my personal 'style' would ultra modern with elements of steel and stone mixed with sort of a lothorian forest sort of theme and maybe some 18th century classic and finally some neo greek/roman. |
| How do you promote and move your work? |
| In which new areas would you like to experiment? all things ux design |
| Shapes, color, concept: where do you usually begin when conceiving a design? idea board and bing image search |
| What are your sources for documentation and to generate ideas? I'm the main source and to generate ideas I generally will go out and do something after maybe a nice idea board session using bing. |
| Which festivals or awards in your field do you find most interesting? MIX
SxSW
TED |
| What is your favourite type of customer? me |
| To a certain point, is copying justifiable? yes |
| List some things you dislike seeing in design. bad design and anything not professional. no time for beginners or rather no time for any one but masters. |
| Do you believe the newer generations are better at designing? no. |
| With which type of client would you decline in working for? one that wants to dictate the design. |
| How do you calculate budgets for a design project? yes |
| Which professionals in your field -contemporary or past- do you most admire? I don't. my inspiraction folder is filled with un named sources... |
| Which software applications do you most utilize in your work? Blend, Visual Studio |
| Up to what point do your designs reflect your personality? unless they are for me, such as a number of the wp7 apps I"ve done they don't. my personality will be 'under the covers' |
| How do you distinguish passing fads from mainstays in new trends? careful analysis... |
| If you weren't a designer, what would you be doing? programmer, I don't really consider my self a designer but a design architect. |
| At this moment, what would be your dream job or project? my current one. |
| Can you see yourself in this field twenty years from now? yes |
| Which design resources online do you frequently visit? bing image search |
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David J Kelley
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