Sumhold
An Exercise in Simplicity
Designer and Developer
7/01/13
I've always been annoyed at how obtuse the iPhone calculator is. They basically translated a physical design directly to a touch interface without leveraging any of the features that modern digital interfaces afford. So as a personal project, I fixed it. I first stripped away all the unnecessary buttons that most calculators have, and then added a simple swipe gesture to store numbers for later use. It's now available in the app store. Check it out at www.sumhold.com
Camera
UI Refresh and Lenses
UX Designer
1/15/11
Along with a UI refresh to clean up the already beautiful camera UX, I drove the design of our 'lenses' feature: an opportunity for 3rd party developers to create deeply integrated photo-capture experiences.
Search
Results Update
UX Designer
1/15/11
I lead the recreation of our Search Results. Before Windows Phone 8, results were strictly sorted by category. Now the most relevant results always float to the top in an easy-to-consume manner.
I Heart Mom
Business Identity
Designer
11/01/12
This has nothing to do with my day job but it's nice to do some plain-old design work every once and a while. This a quick business card I whipped up for mom.
NFC
Tap To Share
UX Designer
1/15/11
A big image for a big design with few visuals. My focus in tap-to-share was on eliminating all unecessary ui. I wanted the sharing experience to be as easy as bumping one device against another; so, although it was a big Interaction challenge, it required very little visual love.
On the Side
Website Design
Polymath
4/15/12
Nothing to do with Windows Phone, this is the nugget of a startup I was pursuing. It was designed as a simple blogging site with dummy-proof customization, story aggregation and social networking capabilities. So many ideas, so little time.
KIN UI
Shell,Browser,Contacts
UX Designer/Prototyper
6/15/08
As my intro to the world of mobile UI, KIN was a fantastic growth experience. Having just left work in broadcast and a stint in toy design, KIN gave me the opportunity to sink my teeth into tough UX problems across the platform. I owned design and prototyping of 4+ apps and features on the phone.
Digital Whiteboard
Gaming and Art System
Inventor
10/1/2007
A side project I began as an experiment in NUI, UCreate became a product all on its own and eventually shipped through Mattel in stores across the nation.
Identity and Brand
Logo, Colors, Motion
Lead Designer
01/01/07
In addition to the design of characters and environments, my duties at Jellyfish included the end-to-end creation of logos, branding materials, and interstitials.
Characters and Environments
Digital and Physical 3D
Lead Designer
01/01/07
At a small startup, you do everything regardless of your particular role definition. At Jelly Telly, I designed and created everything from physical puppet, to digital enviroments. Filmed, composited, edited and everything in between.
Valery & Noyles
Digital Puppetry
Lead Designer
01/01/07
In an effort to save time and money, I devised a way to use a game engine and xbox controls to animate characters in real-time. This is the first test-recording I made. While I was at it, I wrote a script and began work on the cartoon. You can see the cartoon's intro below too.
Broadcast Creation
Modeling, Compositing, Editing
Modeler
7/01/06
My first big job out of college was intense. Within a 3 month time span (from time of hire), I had a create a whole new environment for the VeggieTales cast, consolidate the work of a team of character animators, render scenes, composite, edit, re-dub and ship a whole season of VeggieTales to NBC and Telemundo. Here are a few snapshots.
On the Side
Modeling, Texturing, Rendering
Designer
6/01/06
Another concept for a cartoon that I made on the side.
On the Side
Website Design
Designer
4/01/06
A flash website for the Wheaton College Jazz Ensemble - back when flash was cool.
