Like many today, though I grew up in an analog era, my entire professional life has been spent thinking about, designing and building digital products. Entire industries are being redesigned on the fly -- whether they like it or not. As a designer who can help define and shape these massive changes, I'm incredibly grateful. This is exactly why I do what I do and couldn't imagine doing anything else.
Since 1998, I've had the opportunity to work on a variety of products and platforms in vastly different creative environments - from co-founding my own startup, dodgeball.com (sold to Google in 2005) to leading a team of 14 amazing designers at a large digital agency. I've worked closely with a variety of startups and clients including Target, foursquare, Panasonic, HBO, Nokia, freshdirect, Vevo, Verizon Wireless and CBS. These vastly different experiences have shaped my view of what Tinker can be:
- I strongly believe that the energy and necessary efficiency that drives startups can help evolve the creative consulting model to be what it needs to be going forward.
- I partner with companies large and small to drive experience vision and product development in a way that takes advantage of the technology available to us today and accounts for a new generation of people that are inherently mobile and social.
This approach to creative product development is the spirit that drives Tinker Studio.
If all this jives with how you see the world, and you'd like to work together, get in touch at hello@tinkerstudio.com.
Tinker is led by alex rainert, who's happily based in Brooklyn, NY.
I regularly write about innovation in design at everydayux.com (grab the feed). Check out some of the recent posts below on the left. More frequently you can find me on Twitter (follow @arainert). It's the best way to get a good sense of how I see design and the role it plays in today's world of product development.
- Inception Visualized = drool-worthy
Awesome awesome visualization of Inception. The more I think about and talk about the movie with others, the more I need to see it again. (via Inception Infographic by ~dehahs)
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- IDEO, takes some cues from Apple and delivers an ATM designed from the user up for BBVA
In 2007, Spanish bank BBVA engaged IDEO to rethink the way their ATMs worked. In 2009 the fruits of that labor began to see the light of day and the companies have done a really great job highlighting their insights and subsequent designs. The average ATM experience is nothing special so the opportunity to innovate [...]
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- A lovely take on the Product Manual (hint: make it interactive)
Out of the box – book from adrian333 on Vimeo. One could argue that “No Manual” needed is the pinnacle of product design but if you’re going to make a “manual” you could do far worse than this. So much nicer to help people experience your product in order to learn rather than just telling [...]
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- If a weeble and a toothbrush got together…
How did it take civilization this long to come up with something that makes SO MUCH SENSE? Sadly, you can’t go out and buy one yet but hopefully someday soon you will be able to. Speaking of economy, it unfortunately looks like you can’t buy these yet, but now that the idea is out there [...]
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- Today’s products served up as 1977 advertisements = my heart melting
I totally *love* this visual style. They’re all pretty rad but this one’s my favorite. See the rest here. Thanks to kottke for the tip.
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- Really love to see people leveraging the platform + API to do these kinds of things. http://icio.us/okgbtu
- This is my favorite take on Inception yet (spoilers, y'all!) http://ow.ly/2iOSN
- I'm liking the way A Day's Outing (@adaysouting) is approaching the "find things to do" problem. http://ow.ly/2iOAa
- Chilling collection of photos from World War II and Today blended together. (click through to see all of them) http://ow.ly/2iNRc
- @seanaes Peanut, I hope you feel better!
- @MichaelSurtees It's that exact market that they should be afraid of. Android will try and squeeze from the bottom.
- @MichaelSurtees I know lots of people who once owned Nokia devices (my first 2 were) and never went back. Currently don't know any.
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