An Unedited view of design and thought process:work, experimental and otherwise by Keenan Cummings var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-16431412-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Tumblr (3.0; @fieldstudy)http://blog.keenancummings.com/“It’s about moments in life that are great but don’t last. They don’t go on, but you always...http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/50417269829http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/50417269829Tue, 14 May 2013 08:59:32 -0400quotememorydaysmoments<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/72e01ec4526bf02854c27b4593ca2b1e/tumblr_mmjao8Mv5B1qbl3i2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’ll be joining a killer lineup of folks next week to talk about design entrepreneurship, which is totally a thing now. The panel will include  <a href="https://twitter.com/buchanansmith" target="_blank">Peter Buchanan-Smith</a> (<a href="http://www.bestmadeco.com" target="_blank">Best Made Co.</a>), <a href="https://twitter.com/katebingburt" target="_blank">Kate Bingaman-Burt</a> (<a href="http://katebingamanburt.com/daily-purchase-drawings" target="_blank">Daily Drawings</a>), <a href="https://twitter.com/tomgerhardt" target="_blank">Tom Gerhardt</a> (<a href="http://www.studioneat.com" target="_blank">Studio Neat</a>), and <a href="https://twitter.com/KeenanCummings" target="_blank">myself</a>.</p> <h3>—</h3> <h3><strong>Thursday,  May 16th | 6:30-8:30pm</strong><br/><strong>Kern & Burn: A Conversation with Design Entrepreneurs</strong></h3> <h3>—</h3> <p>“Today’s designers realize that they have all of the skills necessary to create successful businesses and build careers without clients.</p> <p>This panel will feature candid conversations with leading design entrepreneurs who have founded startups, channeled personal passions into self-made careers, and taken risks to do what they love. Join us as we discuss whether the client-service model is a thing of the past and discover how these pioneers push the definition of design.”</p> <p class="after_the_jump_container"><a class="after_the_jump" href="https://www.etouches.com/ereg/newreg.php?eventid=62347&utm_source=AIGA+New+York+Default+List&utm_campaign=fafd64dfa2-05_16_13_EVENT_01_5_7_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_347de5976b-fafd64dfa2-56320549" target="_blank">Get tickets here</a></p> <p><em>The discussion will be co-moderated by <a href="https://twitter.com/iamtimhoover" target="_blank">Tim Hoover</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/jkheltzel" target="_blank">Jessica Karle Heltzel</a>, authors of the book, <a href="http://aigany.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e990059e83&id=2444290726&e=c7cb21978d" target="_blank">Kern and Burn: Conversations With Design Entrepreneurs</a>. Leave with your own copy of the book, which will be available for purchase at check-in and during the PostScript after the talk!</em></p>http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/50012185747http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/50012185747Thu, 09 May 2013 09:59:27 -0400eventdesignnycentrepreneurtechaigaThis was written for the forward of Kern and Burn, a Kickstarter funded book of interviews and...http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/49947756284http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/49947756284Wed, 08 May 2013 14:48:00 -0400writingdesigncareerkern&burnbook<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4360b4468415e70510a847a4a22145b3/tumblr_mm8crs22a41qbl3i2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We put a lot of work into making it easy to share your day with anyone and everyone that you care about. Got a cousin with a old motorola razor? grandma only does email? A little sis that refuses to acknowledge anything but a text message? Days makes it easy to share your life across email, text, Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr. YOur friends and family will see a nice preview of your day, and they can then <a href="https://www.days.am/stories/WmVE3LyLFzU" target="_blank">click through (on both mobile and desktop) to see the whole day in detail</a>. </p> <p>Happy sharing. Happy days!</p>http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/49518097272http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/49518097272Fri, 03 May 2013 12:07:00 -0400daysdesignsharing<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6c273fed5cc496d2e5bc5f8dfc67fe63/tumblr_mm87jyVD6C1qbl3i2o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Today, we introduce <a href="%20http://days.am" target="_blank">Days, a visual diary for the iPhone</a> that lets you capture each day of your life as it really is: sunny or dark, exciting or tedious, exceptional or mundane—and always unfiltered.</p> <p><a href="http://days.am" target="_blank">Days</a> is a product I am an incredibly proud of from a team I am lucky to work with. I could write for days (hehe) about what we’ve built. In the near future I’ll post some thoughts about the process, learnings I picked up along the way, and some of the cutting-room-floor stuff that we all like to get a peek at.</p> <p>But for now, I just want to express a feeling that is hard to put into words. <a href="http://days.am" target="_blank">This app</a> feels like something much bigger than the some of our small team’s efforts. I had my hands in every corner of this app. I know it in and out. And yet I continually find myself surprised. It is thoughtfully conceived, well engineered, and carefully designed. But what gets to me are the unexpected moments of small but meaningful connectedness. It’s been something I’ve been chasing in my product design work and I can say, with humble confidence, that we’ve begun to touch that beautiful feeling.</p> <p class="after_the_jump_container"><a class="after_the_jump" href="http://days.am" target="_blank"> Download Days</a></p>http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/49512897173http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/49512897173Fri, 03 May 2013 10:19:00 -0400GIFdaysillustrationtechdesign“My dream is to have people working on useless projects. These have the germ of new...http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/48709847817http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/48709847817Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:19:51 -0400quote<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ff744a3c13fe07e2929f78f2d5f0d535/tumblr_ml550y8zup1qhx5pzo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>An old illustration found again (courtesy  of Build.)</p>http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/48200307416http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/48200307416Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:37:45 -0400illustrationworkdesign<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9461c4710545db630fc0091d6ad4aa34/tumblr_mky6p6eTsq1qbl3i2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Learning eye placement can really make a charming bear turn quite creepy. </p>http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/47467631555http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/47467631555Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:46:18 -0400Illustrationbeardesign“Do stuff. be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s kiss on your...http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/47460512396http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/47460512396Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:32:21 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bf8bd172bab962094867878ea4d1d496/tumblr_mknjav32rD1qbl3i2o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://days.am" target="_blank">Days is coming soon</a> and it’s going to be awesome! You can enter your phone number and we’ll send you a text in a couple weeks when the app is ready. Enjoy the extra surprise when you enter your number :)</p>http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/47024104968http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/47024104968Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:43:12 -0400GIFdaysappdesign“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera” - Dorothea...http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/46441187895http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/46441187895Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:55:20 -0400“No one can possibly know what is about to happen: it is happening, each time, for the first...http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/45672168934http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/45672168934Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:00:16 -0400quotefuturemomentsmeaning<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/30d4bfeda93c419d9b1abb7386b360e6/tumblr_mjbozy7Cld1qbl3i2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>While working on an <a href="http://dribbble.com/shots/973872-Final-Icon-Contenders" target="_blank">app icon</a> I decided a companion evil version was in order.</p>http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/44861122723http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/44861122723Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:00:25 -0500designworkiconappdaysI&#8217;m guilty of quickly clicking when someone calls design theft. It&#8217;s the closest thing...http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/44715900168http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/44715900168Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:52:00 -0500writingdesignworkstylevalue“What the smartest people do on the weekends is what everyone else will do during the week in...http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/44546993100http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/44546993100Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:40:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7ff4ffa46a2b6b42aebc443cb95ddd6c/tumblr_mj5d01mmtu1qbl3i2o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://fab.com/sale/18310?lg=1" target="_blank">A new series of four Wander shirts</a> available for the next few days on Fab! We got the classic Wander <a href="http://fab.com/sale/18310/product/343385/" target="_blank">Deer</a>, along with a <a href="http://fab.com/sale/18310/product/343379/" target="_blank">Beer</a>, <a href="http://fab.com/sale/18310/product/343386/" target="_blank">Eagle</a>, and <a href="http://fab.com/sale/18310/product/343384/" target="_blank">Astronaut.</a></p>http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/44549290899http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/44549290899Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:38:00 -0500designillustrationtypographyGIF““You sell your expertise, you have a limited repertoire. You sell your ignorance, it’s an...http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/42678379339http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/42678379339Sat, 09 Feb 2013 13:00:44 -0500quotework I have no connection to Dribbble outside the fact that happily pay $20 a year to get much more...http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/42506303821http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/42506303821Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:25:00 -0500designcareerworkwritingdribbble“The conviction to pursue a course relentlessly based on a set of beliefs and then the...http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/42027525322http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/42027525322Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:27:56 -0500quoteworklife<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fe74f8c8c4584fc8bee4bd25e8a3a3f9/tumblr_mhfwz1EQbP1qbl3i2o2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We’ve got session 3 of <a href="http://designersdebateclub.com/" target="_blank">Designer’s Debate Club</a> coming up on <a href="http://aigany.org/events/designers-debate-club/" target="_blank">Wednesday, February 13th</a>. The motion to be debated:</p> <h3>“Formal design education is necessary for practicing designers.”</h3> <p>We are teaming up with the <a href="http://aigany.org/" target="_blank">AIGA New York</a> for this one and <a href="http://www.newschool.edu/parsons/" target="_blank">Parsons</a> is hosting. All proceeds of this event go to benefit Inspire/Make Workshops: An AIGA/NY Initiative. Inspire/Make Workshops is a series of free classes for high-school students who want to learn how to design and develop for digital media.</p> <p class="after_the_jump_container"><a class="after_the_jump" href="http://designersdebateclub.com/" target="_blank">Info & Tickets Here</a></p>http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/41871799018http://blog.keenancummings.com/post/41871799018Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:51:00 -0500designnewsdesigners debate clubposter