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Design Critic Consulting

September 9, 2019 Eli Schiff
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Over the past few years, when not engaged in public design criticism, I've been providing independent consulting and advising on design strategy, culture, and visual design systems.

I've worked with everyone from established designers, engineers and product leaders at companies large and small, to young designers looking to make early steps into their careers.

Though there have been several companies and advisees I've worked with in-person, much of this consulting has happened over video chat.

As interest has picked up, I've needed to start formalizing this work into a Design Critic Consulting service.

You can find more about my consulting on the landing page. To book a session, just fill out the Google Form linked at the bottom. Thanks for your interest.

Design Critic Consulting

Design Systems Questionnaire

July 15, 2019 Eli Schiff
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For the past three years, behind the scenes, I've been working on and studying the field of design systems. As I start to take some of what I've learned and share it, I want to see what my readership would benefit from in that area.

In that interest, I've set up a Design Systems Questionnaire to gather reader input on the field. Please give the survey a spin!

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Interviewed on The Autistic Mercury

May 7, 2019 Eli Schiff
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This past week I had the pleasure of being interviewed on The Autistic Mercury. I covered ground from who the best living designer is, to scientism and empathy in design, to which company's design team I'd take over. This was a fun one. Check it out.

Here's a small excerpt:

Skeuomorphism, otherwise known as the referential transfer of ornamentation or instrumentation from one medium to another, doesn’t just go in one direction—from the physical world to the digital. It equally goes in the opposite direction. UI designers have immense power in building interfaces, but their power hardly stops there.

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Uber’s Undoing Part III: Redemption

October 24, 2018 Eli Schiff
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Uber’s Undoing is the definitive story of Uber Design. This is Part III of the book.

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Uber’s Undoing Part II: Local vs. Global

October 17, 2018 Eli Schiff
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Uber’s Undoing is the definitive story of Uber Design. This is Part II of the book.

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Uber’s Undoing Part I: Whipping Boy

October 10, 2018 Eli Schiff
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Uber’s Undoing is the definitive story of Uber Design.

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Interviewed on Great Technology Story

July 24, 2018 Eli Schiff
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I’ve just had the pleasure to be interviewed by the witty Simon Helyar of Great Technology Story. He’s been pumping out amazing Apple satire. We talked about buttons, the meaning of life, pig's blood and coffee shops, among other things.

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Eli at WWDC18

June 1, 2018 Eli Schiff
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This has been a pretty insane week. It started with my posting a parody PSA about the "Bluecheck" phenomenon on Twitter (click through to the Twitter moment).

Several days later, I satirized the full-on journalist assault on Elon Musk...and Musk responded. I'm pretty sure he got the joke—can't be certain though. If you're friends with him, send him my way.

All that said, something even bigger is happening this coming week: I'll be visiting San Jose for WWDC-related festivities. I'll be attending sjMacIndie on Sunday evening, Various AltConf events starting Monday, and John Gruber's The Talk Show Live on Tuesday evening, among other things. 

If you're in town, don't be afraid to say hello—I won't bite. Or reach out on Twitter.

Star Wars: Death Drive

December 27, 2017 Eli Schiff
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Authority has long been absent in the entire galaxy, and promises to continue to be under the postmodern and unserious Resistance. But the modernist First Order, while interested in restoration, is equally toothless, and run by fools.

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In Depth Ep. 3: Design Tools—Missing the Marc

October 30, 2017 Eli Schiff
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With Dropbox out of the way, this week we have an an episode that's been a long time coming. Mike and I had the pleasure of talking to a special guest, Marc Edwards of Bjango, to discuss the state of design tools.

With the announcement of InVision Studio, Sketch Libraries, Framer Export and Adobe Xd finally coming out of beta, there's more movement than ever in UI design and prototyping tools. We cover the design systems movement, the downsides of different business models, and the industry's convergence on a feature-set that can only be described as 'acceptable mediocrity.'

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Sep 9, 2019
Design Critic Consulting
Sep 9, 2019
Sep 9, 2019
Jul 15, 2019
Design Systems Questionnaire
Jul 15, 2019
Jul 15, 2019
May 7, 2019
Interviewed on The Autistic Mercury
May 7, 2019
May 7, 2019
Oct 24, 2018
Uber’s Undoing Part III: Redemption
Oct 24, 2018
Oct 24, 2018
Oct 17, 2018
Uber’s Undoing Part II: Local vs. Global
Oct 17, 2018
Oct 17, 2018
Oct 10, 2018
Uber’s Undoing Part I: Whipping Boy
Oct 10, 2018
Oct 10, 2018
Jul 24, 2018
Interviewed on Great Technology Story
Jul 24, 2018
Jul 24, 2018
Jun 1, 2018
Eli at WWDC18
Jun 1, 2018
Jun 1, 2018
Dec 27, 2017
Star Wars: Death Drive
Dec 27, 2017
Dec 27, 2017
Oct 30, 2017
In Depth Ep. 3: Design Tools—Missing the Marc
Oct 30, 2017
Oct 30, 2017
 
 
 

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