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design by fire andrei michael herasimchuk if everything is important then nothing is important if you don t know how it s going to be built don t design it i don t need designers with opinions i need designers with vision don t fuck it up 99 is not 100 i m mexican i was born this way if you can t describe it in plain text you can t build it i m a kill a tree kind of guy that s one pixel off andrei michael herasimchuk digital product designer v 8 2027 2027 2027 2027 2027 2026 2026 2026 2026 2026 2026 2026 2026 2026 2026 2026 2026 2025 2025 2025 2025 2025 2025 2025 2025 2025 2025 2025 2025 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2022 2022 new site live 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 reference modern product design at typeof porto portugal 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 using the new framework work begins on text color booking citybook text color booking a mobile app to experience cities while 2018 2018 combined technology from text color booking traveller text color booking and text color booking guides text color booking into a multi platform app framework 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 began consultation on text color booking guides text color booking a mobile web prototype to explore new content ideas for travelers 2017 2017 2017 began work on text color booking traveller text color booking a mobile native prototype to explore new feature ideas for travelers 2017 2017 2017 joined text color booking booking experiences text color booking track to develop new travel products and ideas 2017 2017 2017 2017 the mighty pen tool published 2017 2017 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 moved to amsterdam 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2015 2015 make it red and two trains leave from a station published 2015 2015 one of the biggest mistakes of my career published 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 advised startups in shv s portfolio and explored new product concepts 2015 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2013 2013 design and build out of text color figma vector networks text color figma for figma s pen tool 2013 2013 2013 first text color figma figma concepts and prototypes text color figma created 2013 2013 2013 text color adobe sinewave text color adobe concepts complete 2013 second round of design discussions for figma 2013 2013 2013 first round of design discussions for figma 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 text color twitter twitter text color twitter rebrand launches 2012 designed and built text color twitter birdseye text color twitter prototype 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 text color twitter newnewtwitter text color twitter ships 2011 2011 a practical guide to designing across devices at design by fire conference the netherlands 2011 2011 design from the center at frontiers of interaction italy 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 creating a career in digital product design at sxsw austin tx 2011 2011 2010 newly redesigned and rebuilt text color yahoo yahoo mail 2010 text color yahoo ships 2010 turning the corporate battleship with design at design by fire conference the netherlands 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 text color involution powerpoint is not an excuse text color involution published 2010 2010 2009 2009 text color involution can typekit bring fonts to the web text color involution published 2009 2009 text color involution a tale of two valleys text color involution published 2009 2009 2009 2009 text color involution make big money online text color involution published 2009 2009 text color involution upward mobility text color involution published 2009 2009 text color involution coming interactions text color involution published 2008 2008 text color involution click to run text color involution published 2008 2008 text color involution open range text color involution published 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 design eye for southby at sxsw austin tx 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 think from the center design for the edge at design by fire conference the netherlands 2007 2007 keeping up with the joneses published 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 text color adobe adobe creative suite 3 text color adobe ships 2007 text color adobe adobe lightroom 1 0 text color adobe ships 2007 2007 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 the culture of fugly published 2006 2006 2006 design eye for the list guy at sxsw austin tx 2006 2006 2006 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 design eye for the idea guy at sxsw austin tx 2005 2005 design by fire is featured in communication arts the blog that ate the internet 2005 2004 2004 please make me think published 2004 rebranding the w3c published 2004 2004 2004 design eye for the usability guy published 2004 design eye for the usability guy published 2004 gurus vs bloggers published 2004 2004 2004 design by fire launches 2004 2003 2003 2003 text color adobe adobe creative suite text color adobe ships 2003 2003 research and interviews with photographers conducted across los angeles san francisco chicago and new york for text color adobe adobe lightroom text color adobe 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2000 text color adobe adobe photoshop 6 0 text color adobe ships 2000 2000 2000 text color adobe adobe illustrator 9 0 text color adobe ships 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 party like it s 1999 2000 1999 1999 1999 text color adobe adobe indesign 1 0 text color adobe ships 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 text color adobe adobe photoshop 5 5 text color adobe ships 1999 1999 1999 1999 1998 text color adobe adobe illustrator 8 0 text color adobe ships 1998 1998 1998 1998 text color adobe adobe photoshop 5 0 text color adobe ships 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1997 text color adobe adobe product line text color adobe awarded publish magazine impact award 1997 1997 1997 1997 text color adobe adobe illustrator 7 0 text color adobe ships 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 text color adobe adobe photoshop 4 0 text color adobe ships 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 text color specular specular infini d 3 5 text color specular ships 1995 1995 1995 moved to silicon valley 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 text color specular specular texturescape text color specular awarded macuser editor s choice for best graphics utility 1995 text color specular specular collage 2 0 text color specular ships 1995 1995 1994 1994 1994 1994 text color specular specular logomotion 1 5 text color specular ships 1994 text color specular specular texturescape 1 0 text color specular ships 1994 1994 1994 1994 text color specular specular logomotion 1 0 text color specular ships 1994 text color specular specular collage 1 0 text color specular ships 1994 1994 1993 1993 text color specular specular infini d 2 5 text color specular ships 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 text color specular specular collage text color specular first sketches and product notes 1993 1992 1992 1992 text color specular specular infini d 2 0 text color specular ships 1992 1992 1992 1992 1992 1992 1992 text color specular specular infini d text color specular awarded macworld magazine s best 3d product 1992 1992 1991 1991 1991 1991 text color specular specular infini d 1 0 text color specular ships 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1990 1990 specular gets funded leave of absence from amherst becomes permanent 1990 1990 1990 1990 leave of absence for a semester taken from amherst to help start specular international 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 launched text color adobe adobe photoshop v0 87 text color adobe for the first time 1989 1989 moved to massachusetts 1989 1989 1989 1989 1989 1989 1989 launched adobe illustrator aldus freehand and microsoft powerpoint for the first time 1989 1989 1989 1988 mick napier s metraform presents text color stagemanager splatter theater ii text color stagemanager in chicago il 1988 1988 1988 productions include text color intern are we there yet mesmer text color intern and text color intern super sunday text color intern 1988 1988 1988 hill graduation commencement speech given by harry hamlin 1988 1988 1988 1988 1988 1987 1987 1987 1987 productions include text color intern the crucible text color intern text color intern the night of the iguana text color intern and text color intern the three sisters text color intern 1987 1987 1987 1987 1987 launched aldus pagemaker for the first time 1987 1987 1987 1986 1986 1986 1986 1986 1986 1986 1986 1986 1986 1986 1986 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 the hill school pottstown pa intern production design chocolate bayou theater president ellis theater guild the hill school intern production design wlliamstown theater festival president ellis theater guild the hill school intern stage management wlliamstown theater festival stage manager metraform productions graphic designer american steel foundries amherst college amherst ma director founding member specular international senior interface designer adobe systems director of design mambo director of design impresse director of design epeople project lead lightroom adobe systems chief design officer involution studios notable clients mcafee oracle microsoft nomee shutterfly raptr lithium and pgi desktop columnist print magazine sr director of product design yahoo director of design twitter advisor to figma s co founders contracted with adobe systems on sinewave a concept photo application for ios designer figma designer in residence sutter hill ventures principal product designer booking com partner seldon digital b v