A year ends, and a new year begins. Like clockwork I feel the need to reflect. For me, 2009 was a good year. I spent a lot of time & energy readjusting my lifestyle and habits to coincide with an ever demanding work and professional schedule. The work I was able to do was new & exciting; entire new disciplines of design and creativity revealed themselves to me, and in mere months became the cornerstone of the work I do (experience design, interaction design, etc). I took on new responsibilities in the community as the acting Experience Design Director for AIGA Seattle, with which I was able to host my first experience design event (HIVE) to an overwhelmingly large audience, all in tandem with the debut of our (Hornall Anderson) new lab/research space. HAX, the Hornall Anderson Experience Lab is alone worthy of individual reflection. Two years ago I would have never imagined the level of technical skill & execution I’d be equipted with today, and much of that I owe to the creative incubation Hornall Anderson (and Omnicom) has arranged for us. I became, and continue to become, more and more focused on the thoughtful & academic approach to being creative. Never in my life have the great many disciplines of design & technology seemed so intriniscally woven. I’m looking forward to 2010, with an already impressive caliber of projects on the horizon, it is certain to be a great one.
Some of my favorite projects of 2009:
Madison Square Garden
Sears Tower Skydeck
HAX Project Metro
HIVE 5
MSVC
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