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July 6, 2016With the purchase of our new home in Nova Scotia (Note: We totally bought a home in Nova Scotia), I’m going to be converting the shed in the back yard into a micro office. With the growing trend in working … Continue reading
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July 5, 2016 Posted in Photography | Comments Off on LondonThank You, Mozlandia
December 8, 2014Well, that was a week. Sitting here on the Monday after, coffee in hand and reading all of the fresh new posts detailing our recent Coincidental Work Week, I’ve decided to share a few quick thoughts while they’re still fresh … Continue reading
Posted in Mozilla | Comments Off on Thank You, MozlandiaMozilla ID Project: Palette Explorations
September 17, 2014Churning along with out explorations into the Mozilla brand, we’ve been looking at nailing down an expanded base color palette to bring more choice and a bolder feel. We’ve injected the colors used in the Firefox color palette – derived … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Mozilla | Comments Off on Mozilla ID Project: Palette ExplorationsMozilla ID Project: Logo Exploration and Pitch Interactive
September 4, 2014Now that we’re well underway in the brand exploration project, we’re starting to see some fun and exciting ideas unfold visually thanks to a partnership Creative has with the amazing Pitch Interactive. It’s awesome to see just how much Pitch … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Mozilla | Comments Off on Mozilla ID Project: Logo Exploration and Pitch InteractiveMozilla ID Project: Logo exploration
September 2, 2014The 2nd video of the series (streamed live on August 19th) involves exploring options for what a potential living logo could look like. Based on these initial rough sketches, I’m very excited to say we’ll be working in partnership with … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Mozilla, Uncategorized | Comments Off on Mozilla ID Project: Logo explorationMozilla ID Project: Wordmark exploration
August 14, 2014This is the first in a series of live streaming work sessions exploring a refresh of the Mozilla brand ID system. Today’s session was exploring Fira Sans for our wordmark versus the current Meta Bold. Fira Sans is an open … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Mozilla | Comments Off on Mozilla ID Project: Wordmark explorationWhat is a Living Brand?
August 11, 2014Today, we’re starting the Mozilla ID project, which will be an exploration into how to make the Mozilla identity system as bold and dynamic as the Mozilla project itself. The project will look into tackling three of our brand elements … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Mozilla | Comments Off on What is a Living Brand?Advocacy – Aug 2014
August 11, 2014 Posted in Brands | Comments Off on Advocacy – Aug 2014Lightbeam – Oct 2013
August 11, 2014 Posted in Brands | Comments Off on Lightbeam – Oct 2013Firefox Behind the Scenes: Australis Tab
April 30, 2014With the launch of our latest version of Firefox yesterday, an all new updated interface was brought to the browser. The UX team here at Mozilla was hard at work for over two years dreaming up, building and refining the … Continue reading
Posted in Mozilla, Uncategorized | Comments Off on Firefox Behind the Scenes: Australis TabDecember 10, 2013
When too many cooks threaten to spoil the broth, + offer a recipe they can’t refuse.
Posted in Chalkboard | Comments Off onLightbeam for Firefox
October 25, 2013Lightbeam for Firefox – formerly Collusion – was launched today and with the new add-on comes a beaming new logo. Currently exploring the idea of reserving distinct shape systems throughout projects/products at Mozilla, we decided on a diamond shape for … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Mozilla | Comments Off on Lightbeam for FirefoxSite Design Edits Using Firefox DevTools
October 24, 2013Currently working with the MDN crew on the revamp of the site – which is now in beta – I’ve discovered something… something AMAZING. A certain jaw-droppingly excellent team here at Mozilla has been crafting an awesome, ever expanding suite … Continue reading
Posted in CSS, Mozilla | Comments Off on Site Design Edits Using Firefox DevToolsMDN – Sept 2013
September 20, 2013 Posted in Brands | Comments Off on MDN – Sept 2013MozSummit 2013 – Sept 2013
September 17, 2013 Posted in Brands | Comments Off on MozSummit 2013 – Sept 2013September 17, 2013
Mozilla is my dinosaur, to keep me safe — that’s what he’s for. When I’m asleep, lost in a dream, my dino’s there, we’re quite a team. He lets me be just who I choose, as I live out … Continue reading
Posted in Mozilla | Comments Off onSimplified logos: Nightly and Aurora
July 2, 2013Following in the footsteps of the Firefox logo simplification process, the Nightly and Aurora release channel logos were also rebuilt with the same principles in mind. Be on the lookout for them appearing in release builds soon! For a sneak … Continue reading
Posted in Mozilla | Comments Off on Simplified logos: Nightly and AuroraNightly (Simplified) – June 2013
June 30, 2013 Posted in Brands | Comments Off on Nightly (Simplified) – June 2013Aurora (Simplified) – June 2013
June 30, 2013 Posted in Brands | Comments Off on Aurora (Simplified) – June 2013Firefox Beta (Simplified) – June 2013
June 30, 2013 Posted in Brands | Comments Off on Firefox Beta (Simplified) – June 2013Firefox (Simplified) – June 2013
June 30, 2013 Posted in Brands | Comments Off on Firefox (Simplified) – June 2013(Re)building a simplified Firefox logo
June 27, 2013Today we are excited to announce a visual evolution of our Firefox brand that will better fit its extended usage beyond that of a desktop web browser. An overview of our brand history and the reasons for this evolution are … Continue reading
Posted in Mozilla | Comments Off on (Re)building a simplified Firefox logoEarly summer lightning
June 17, 2013 Posted in Photography | Comments Off on Early summer lightningAs a designer
June 12, 2013I’m going to talk to you about being a designer, but of course this applies to [INSERT PORTION OF LIFE HERE]. There are other articles out there that speak to what I’m about to say, but hey, I want to … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Mozilla | Comments Off on As a designerOpen: An Illustration Mashup
May 21, 2013The dino head has been retired from active duty as our official brand within Mozilla but continues to be a strong symbol of pride within the global family – especially with us folk who have been around for a while. … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Mozilla | Comments Off on Open: An Illustration MashupStudent Ambassadors – May 2013
May 6, 2013 Posted in Brands | Comments Off on Student Ambassadors – May 2013So you want to sketch a hero?
March 22, 2013Back in February, I posted about a technique I called “sketch-to-vector” where I use Photoshop to freehand draw illustrations then copy them into Illustrator and convert the lines to vector. The poster I ran through in the outlined process was … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Mozilla | Comments Off on So you want to sketch a hero?Illustration techniques: Sketch to vector
February 14, 2013For those of you interested in how I created the updated version of my “Don’t hurt the Web” poster, I thought I’d share the various techniques I used in the process. Before I get into the nuts and bolts of … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Mozilla | Comments Off on Illustration techniques: Sketch to vectorFlicks (Simplified) – Jan 2013
January 3, 2013 Posted in Brands | Comments Off on Flicks (Simplified) – Jan 2013Christmas Eve
December 20, 2012On window panes, the icy frost Leaves feathered patterns, crissed & crossed, But in our house the Christmas tree is decorated festively With tiny dots of colored light That cozy up this Winter night. Christmas songs, familiar slow, Play softly … Continue reading
Posted in Art | Comments Off on Christmas EveMarketplace Aurora – Oct 2012
October 12, 2012 Posted in Brands | Comments Off on Marketplace Aurora – Oct 2012Webmaker – Sept 2012
September 5, 2012 Posted in Brands | Comments Off on Webmaker – Sept 2012Grow Mozilla – Apr 2012
April 18, 2012 Posted in Brands | Comments Off on Grow Mozilla – Apr 2012Persona – Apr 2012
April 4, 2012 Posted in Brands | Comments Off on Persona – Apr 2012Firefox Marketplace – Apr 2012
April 4, 2012 Posted in Brands | Comments Off on Firefox Marketplace – Apr 2012Hobbes <3 the Web - Honourary, Dec 2011
March 2, 2012 Posted in Brands | Leave a commentMozilla in Logos: 65 logos from 2006 – present
March 2, 2012Head on over to my all new logo page to check out a chronological listing of all (I think) logos I have created starting from 2006. A fun little history lesson and memory game. Just hover over each logo to … Continue reading
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