Thirty Days of Design

I designed something new for the month of December 2013 and collected everything here. Tweet me! @joelaguero

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I decided to build something to mark the end of my design challenge (though, I plan to keep this up in other ways now!). I designed and built a simple little web-app that shows quotes from 2013. It refreshes every time the user clicks outside of the darker box in the center. I built the backend, front-end, and everything in between. The front-end uses flat-ui; the backend was built in a Rails environment.

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Forgot to post this at the time. I redesigned my creative portfolio (which you can view over at http://joelaguero.com. It's a template but still required and accommodated a fair amount of flexibility.

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Experimenting more with the Paper App. You probably noticed that many of my recent creations/designs were done in the app. It's a great tool and I want to explore it fully. 

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The New Years Bear. Classic - I know. ;)

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Happy New Year!

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This is a concept for a small ring that detects when people are biting their nails. There would be a small button on the ring that a user would press with their arms down. This would calibrate the device, so when it is inverted (i.e. the users fingers are pointed up at their mouth) the device can vibrate. I think a lack of awareness is one of the hardest parts to really quitting. 

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I'm a big fan of online education and the rise of MOOCs. I took a stab at redesigning Coursera's website. I really think the switch to sans-serifs does it good. I enlarged the banner area a bit too and cleaned it up some. I love the idea of showing what other people are learning in real time. It's like trending, for courses.

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Instagram filters are fun, but surprising hard to create. I was inspired by the elements.

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Thought it'd be fun to come up with an alternative icon for Snapchat. I'm very fond of the ghost, but this actually alludes to the temporal nature of the photos.

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Fun little design for an icon with my initials JA on it. 

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This is a quick sketch using the Paper app. I've always loved quotes and always thought they are a great way to share world views. This could be a great way to cultivate meaningful interactions over the Internet.

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I was really into Amy Morin's post about the habits of mentally strong people. Good food for thought, and a great list of things to aspire too. You can read the full list of "13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do" here: http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/13-things-mentally-strong-people-dont.html Design-wise, I wanted to do something comic-y.

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Ted the Robot enjoys thoughtful conversations about life and the moral implications of artificial intelligence. He was created in Adobe Illustrator during the year 2013. 

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Created these so I can finally contribute something to The Noun Project. I was inspired by the fact that I'm currently vacationing in Hawaii! 

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I was in a pretty reflective mood and started thinking about the past year in my life and what it has meant for me. I decided to gather some of my favorite quotes that I've encountered or internalized this year (to varying degrees).

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Meet Hector - he's an interesting fellow. Created this for fun on a flight from Sacramento to Hawaii. I'm thinking he's some kind of mad-scientist-in-the-making.

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I created this ribbon design in illustrator using different drop shadow effects, gradients, and layers.