Redesigning LinkedIn’s Header Bar

Redesigning LinkedIn’s Header Bar

Posted by Jess Eddy on Sep 12, 2012 in Visual Design | No Comments

Every now again a redesign comes along and you love it (or not). Sometimes redesigns can have a nagging effect and the brain starts shouting “I want to make this look better!” I had this experience lately with LinkedIn. Although I don’t use it that much I didn’t see the recent redesign as a huge ...

How I Use Adobe Ideas

How I Use Adobe Ideas

Posted by Jess Eddy on Dec 30, 2011 in Process, Sketching, Visual Design, Wireframes | 3 Comments

I recently put together this short video on How I use Adobe Ideas, partly to (in less than 30 seconds) try to illustrate some of its great uses and thought I’d top it off with a blog post. This blog post highlights how I use Adobe Ideas in my parts of my process. The project ...

Designers Are Never Happy

Designers Are Never Happy

Posted by Jess Eddy on Aug 13, 2010 in Visual Design | No Comments

This is a topic that has reared its ugly head quite a few times in my career and a phrase that I’ve heard spoken more than once. Some designers get into situations at some point in their career where their skills are overlooked or undermined or worse, where design is an afterthought thought left to ...