Designing the Icons for Flinto’s UI

The folks behind Flinto, the popular UI/UX prototyping tool, interviewed me about my process of designing a meticulous collection of icons for their new Mac app. The article includes some fun stories and loads of practical tips for your own work.

AIGA Event: The Ins & Outs of Freelancing

If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area, I’d like to invite you to an event on April 6 at the AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Artists) in SF; a panel discussion about running a freelance business. I’ll be one of the 4 panelists, and we’ll go over everything from self-marketing to client management. Tickets are still available. I hope to see you there!

My icon design class through CreativeLive was just released! I’m so excited about this class—it shares tons of lessons I learned while working on projects for clients like Apple and Flinto. Here’s a peek at some neat examples from the class:

Whether you're already a seasoned icon designer, or completely uninterested in the coding sections, or a Sketch and SVG pro, there's plenty of material to soak up.

Icon Design with Sketch

From Static to Animated

Watch the Class

I'm thrilled to announce that my submission for Juice Shop, a San Francisco based company, won the 2016 Type Directors Club Design Award! The TDC, a prestigious typography organization in New York, releases an annual publication containing selections of graphic designs from around the world, and I am honored to be among the selected designers. My work with Juice Shop—which included everything from a website, to laser-engraved wooden signage, to a custom typeface—will also be featured in eight traveling exhibitions throughout the U.S., Canada, China, England, France, Spain, Germany, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

To see a case study of my work with Juice Shop, check out the short video case study on my homepage.

My Upcoming Sketch Course

Aside from the recent Icon Design class, I’ve been working full time on the Sketch course. I’m about half-way finished with the content, and plan to release it next month. Of course, you’ll be the first to know and will get a discounted copy, because you’re awesome and you’ve been patient!

Until next time,

Peter