Dan Newman. Dog Dad. Creative Director. Designer. List Maker.

@danserif

Dan Newman. Dog Dad. Creative Director. Designer. Pākehā. Wellingtonian. Nerd. Font Fiend. Camera Collector. Book Buyer. Cricket Fan. List Maker.

Remote. Designing. Walking Ada. Throwing Sticks. Reading. Watering Plants. Posting Photos. Writing. Watching Cricket.

Now — Dan Newman

Email. Phone. LinkedIn. Read.cv. Posts.cv. GitHub. Cosmos. Instagram. Threads. Twitter.

Contact — Dan Newman

Websites. Apps. Installations. Logos. Brands. Design Systems. Billboards. Posters. Conferences. Swag. Advertising Campaigns.

Work — Dan Newman

Senior Product Designer - Careers - Axiom

I’ve noticed lots of year in review posts with animated GIFs or videos that quickly run through work. They look like static images that display each second. 

What’s the best tool for making these?

Rectangle 3463837 isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? Button.

Here’s all the other places you can find me on the Internet. See you there. 👋 I’ll mostly be on Instagram / Bluesky / LinkedIn. 

https://danserif.com

Any other designers from New Zealand here? 🥝

New Axiom t-shirt (TS-02) arrived in the post today. Very excited to add another black t-shirt to my collection.

ASCIIOM UI [Console] 2024
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For the new homepage I made ASCII versions of our UI. 

Live. Laugh. Log.

“Creative Al tools can be seen as sophisticated plagiarism software, as they do not produce genuinely original content but rather emulate and modify existing works by artists, subtly enough to circumvent copyright laws.”

— ChatGPT (via Rick Beato on YouTube)

Watching the announcement of Sora from OpenAI has left me shocked. I’ve tried to stay positive and experiment with a lot of AI tools, but I’m now moving from excited to worried.

[at]danserif
⌙ danserif.com (URL)

While the weather was wet over the summer holidays I found a use for a domain name I’ve had for many years.

New ASCIIOM stickers coming soon to a laptop near you.

Now (Q1—2024)
⌙ dan.newman.is/now

Starting this year, I’m going to write a summary of what’s happening in my professional and personal life each quarter. 

These updates will then make up the official Dannual Report.

Anyone using the IBM Carbon Design System and specifically their UI Icons? 

I’m curious how they perform as we’re considering them as a base for our system to fork and build on.

Finally added a logo to my website. Have also started using it as my profile image. Hashtag branding.

Once in a while I have an idea I’m so stoked about, only to start Googling to see 25173625 results. Rarely is anything completely unique.

I now have a contact page instead of the menu opening an email app! 

It ended up being a nice spot for photos of my office, and a list of all the places you can follow or contact me online.

⌙ dan.newman.is/contactable

Somehow I’d managed to get away without having a hamburger menu on my site.

In other news, I now have a mobile menu.

My Job Is... Just Beach, I Mean Design. #designergy

Have started using Cosmos. So far so good. I stopped using Pinterest some time ago and didn’t have an up to date place to collect inspiration. 

https://www.cosmos.so/danserif

AXIOM [Blog] 2024
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One of the many fun things I have done this year is make Axiom ~/blog images. Each design is something ASCII inspired and uses Berkeley Mono [SKU: TX-02].

Live. Laugh. Log.

Most of the time I’ve had my site I just added everything about me, my work, and case studies to the homepage. 

That approach had made it way too long, so now I have a dedicated portfolio page and reel.

⌙ dan.newman.is/designing

Made a new homepage for Axiom. Lots of pixels and ASCII.

[~/] https://axiom.co →

Can’t believe I only just thought to do this. 

New personal logo just dropped…

Can now tick designing a skateboard off the bucket list.
 
For a couple of upcoming conferences, we’ve made two limited edition boards. 

SK8-01.

Now (Q2—2024)
⌙ dan.newman.is/now

Continuing with my quarterly updates for the Dannual Report, here’s the latest summary about what’s been happening.

Hi! If you’re feeling a bit of Mondayitis, bored with Rectangle 2462414, or looking for your next role, I have some good news... 

We’re hiring a full-time Senior Product Designer at Axiom! 

You can find out more and apply here:

https://axiom.co/careers/6906420002

I’m looking for good design newsletters on Substack. Any recommendations?