About The Experience Architect

Design consultants are fond of inventing different ways to design and build products.

While often creative, they’re not actually how designers think (or create). In fact, it’s a lot simpler.

That’s where this newsletter comes in. 

I’m a Silicon Valley designer with over 20 years experience in tech. This is an exploration on the nature of creativity, the mindset, tactics, and inspiration behind the world’s great products and designers. It takes a deep dive into topics relevant to designers, product leaders, and anyone who cares about designing for people. 

This newsletter examines what it means to think like a designer, and how the over-complication industry over-complicates design. 

Simple should be simple.

What to expect:

• Actionable advice to simplify design for people. Topics covered are relevant to designers across multiple domains, but mainly tech. It’s highly relevant for UX designers and product leaders and anyone interested in designing human-centered experiences.

• Creativity, user experience, and thoughtful design is the focus. People make design too complicated. We go deep into untangling ourselves from the over-complication industry that is getting in the way of your design.

• An independent voice. I don’t take sponsorships of any kind, and disclose any affiliation I would have with companies covered.