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Designing Your Design Workspace

Aaron Irizarry — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:49:20 +0000

Earlier in the week I blogged about workspaces. We spend a lot of time in these places so it goes without saying that it can be very beneficial to really a create an enjoyable space that, lends to creativity, comfort, and fun. … Continue reading →

Workspace Fun

Aaron Irizarry — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:37:50 +0000

Our environments really contribute to how we work, and many of us spend a lot of time designing the place where we design. So I though it would be fun to to gather pics from whoever wants to participate. It … Continue reading →

Putting together great designs starts with putting people together

Aaron Irizarry — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:25:04 +0000

Putting together great designs, starts with putting people together. This a concept that Bill Scott elaborates on in a great UIE podcast, where he is talking about getting everyone involved with a project to have a shared understanding. Here is a snippet of a … Continue reading →

Finding Value In Personal Design Investments

Aaron Irizarry — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:15:03 +0000

In this video I discuss finding satisfaction in our design careers by invest in other designers, and sharing our experiences. There are many variables that can contribute to our satisfaction and designers, developers, project managers,etc. and it can become very easy … Continue reading →

Call it What You Want: Designing our Design Titles

Aaron Irizarry — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:00:39 +0000

The Internets have been full of chatter as of late, bickering twitters and blog posts surrounding what we label ourselves and the type of work we do. I understand the need for labels as a way to try to communicate … Continue reading →

The Value of Context in Design Pt.1

Aaron Irizarry — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 19:49:33 +0000

Since coming back from IA Summit the word “Context” has been bouncing around in my head. Context seemed to be a pretty consistent theme throughout a lot of the sessions and conversations at the summit. As I have been unpacking … Continue reading →

Switching Design Environments

Aaron Irizarry — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:10:22 +0000

Another response to a recent query about what type of content you would like to see on this blog had to do with my new jobby-job at IGN. This actually got me thinking about assimilating into new roles and changing … Continue reading →

Finding Value In Creative Meet Ups

Aaron Irizarry — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 04:06:19 +0000

I have attended a couple of meet-ups lately, and after interacting with different types of people who attended I realized the value for creatives to attend these types of events whether they are for creatives or for businesses to learn about … Continue reading →

Friday Vidcast 4-17-09

Aaron Irizarry — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:51:42 +0000

Thanks again for taking the time to check out the Friday Vidcast, please leave some feedback and interact with the others who are commenting. In this weeks Vidcast I mentioned a great article over at 8164.org about the Creative Gap... [read more] Continue reading →

Moving Forward by Thinking Forward

Aaron Irizarry — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:06:17 +0000

Hello to everyone out there! I’d like to take a brief second to introduce myself if you don’t know who I am. My name is Patrick Algrim, I am a designer, and entrepreneur. I own a small design studio in Chicago called P41 Studios. I must warn you, the following article may inspire eureka. If you don’t want to think, please do not continue. Continue reading →