Colophon

We don’t exist in a vacuum nor are we free of influence. We’re all being shaped by our surroundings.

Yet it feels like everything is being presented as an original idea. But what makes something original?

I can’t say for sure.

Admittedly, I am far less concerned with originality as I am with honesty.

So I approach my colophon as an opportunity to be more forthcoming about my influences and sources of inspiration.

Because I’ve always believed that if you’re too afraid to share your sources then perhaps you’re too influenced by them.

Inspiration

• The work page carousels takes inspiration from my friends over at Design Business Company. Their frontend code is open-source which I poked around to discover Embla carousel.
• Perpetualy inspired by Frank Chimero and his ever evolving personal site.
• The same goes for Manuel Moreale and Piper Haywood.
• The /then page was also inspired by Piper.
• The slider on my about page was inspired by Joe Coleman’s very clever website.
• Generally inspired by the work and website of Molly Studio.
• The design of the resume page takes inspiration from Gustav Nordebrink.
• And there is undoubtedly more, that I simply can’t remember right now or have influenced this site subconsciously.

Tools & Resources

• Jekyll for site generation
• Github for hosting & version control
• Highlight.js with a slightly modified Rose Pine theme
• Embla carousel which I’ve probably butchered with some of the code I added on top
• Animated the dropdown nav thanks to Emil Kowalski
• Individual tag pages are built using a super handy python script from Long Qian which I’ve modified to fit my needs

Fonts in use

• Replace Sans by Morning Type
• Aglet Mono by XYZ Type

Previous fonts in use

While no longer used, I am still very fond of all of these fonts and think you should check them out.

• Blanco by Dave Foster
• Caslon Rounded and Caslon Rounded Ornamented by Commercial Type
• IBM Plex by Mike Abbink and Bold Monday
• Konsole by Elena Schneider
• Margo by HEX
• Triptych by The Pyte Foundry

Thank you

As a big believer in transparency and expressing gratitude, I would like to take the time to thank many of the incredible friends, colleagues, and mentors I have had over the years.

• Christian Adamsky
• James Allan
• Andy Anzollitto
• Travis Barteaux
• Scott Biersack
• Ben Brown
• Judson Collier
• Connor Davenport
• Louise Fili
• Elizabeth Goodspeed
• Kara Gordon
• Andrew Herzog
• Patrick Hogan
• Adé Hogue
• Anna Hughes
• Elsa Jenna
• Lilia Jiménez
• Emma Kane
• Brittney McDonald
• Kenya Menjivar
• Danny Miller
• Nick Misani
• Maria Silva Mora
• Sean O’Connor
• Thomas Pokorn
• Kyle Read
• Patrick Reagan
• David Jonathan Ross
• Jessy Scarpone
• Stewart Scott-Curran
• Winston Scully
• David Shatan-Pardo
• Mattox Shuler
• Zachary Smith
• Mike Smith
• John Smith
• Sam Stratton
• Meryl Vedros
• Kate Wille
• Matt Yow
• Jane Zash

And undoubtedly so many more 🫶