Author: Brian Dys

  • Reading List: Week 3, September 2020

    Your career isn’t the only measurement of success — Maurice Woods For others that may be facing a similar situation, I urge you to find what matters to you most. Life is short and careers are not the only measurement of success. If you are looking for the freedom to do the work you want…

  • Reading List: Week 2, September 2020

    What is the Value of Browser Diversity? Designers: design less, think more The Power of Structure – A Guide to Design System Models

  • Reading List: Week 1, September 2020

    I am attracted to the idea of sharing video tutorials but not the thought of editing it for very long hours. Although I have RE:Creation, I feel like there are intricacies in tutorials that can be captured by video — but also, written documentation can be as intricate. And so, I embarked in searching for…

  • Reading List: Week 4, August 2020

    Accordion Icons: Which Signifiers Work Best? A clean start for the web Use data to think, together @ Observable The case against diverging stacked bars Usability of Footnotes 31 Reasons Why (we should quit Facebook) The Creative World’s Bullshit Industrial Complex They are what philosopher Harry Frankfurt would call “bullshitters.” Those that are giving advice…

  • Jaycelle for Curls by Zenutrients

    Since Jaycelle is joining the Curlfriend Ambassadors, might as well try to recreate Headshot Clinic’s design for #curlsbyzenutrients.

  • Blue Jaycelle

    My wife, Jaycelle, is a social media influencer and brand ambassador. This video was a photoshoot session we had for Closeup (check out her Instagram post about it).

  • On Dimensions of CSS in a Style Guide

    Absolutes On the concept of “absolutes”: If a color is the same as CSS named colors, name it as is or use the name itself: If you “invented” a color or base it on an existing brand color, “invent” a name for it, but always attach the name of the basic color: Generics On the…

  • Waiting on the light to change

    Put your defense downOpen up your heart and layAll of it outI know how hard it soundsBut loneliness will have its wayIn feeding your doubts Waiting On The Light To Change by Matthew Perryman Jones Driving along a highway. At hundred twenty. It feels like god is watching you. The auto – buck naked –…

  • Rebels at Work Personal Stories

    Brian Dys Sahagun Product Design Lead at Voyager Innovations and Founder of DysineLab What has been your most notable rebel accomplishment or experience? The user interface team at Chikka has managed to incorporate a vital step in the design process. Before, sketches and wire frames were sidestepped in the process of developing web products. Now…