Kyle Steed is human. He writes and designs for his own personal site at kylesteed.com and is illustrating people’s profile’s over at 52profiles.com all while learning the art of UX Design at Fellowship Technologies. When not making things by hand, Kyle enjoys living life to the max with his wife and two dogs at their home in Dallas, Texas.
I love it when a good story is broken down so that even the simplest of minds can understand. I’m not the smartest, fastest or most creative person in the world, so I don’t like using a lot of big words or fancy jargon to try and impress you — but I’m learning every day, and that is what pushes me on. Let me cut the small talk and dive right in
When I look out on the hillside of design, all I see are copies of what great designers have done before us. The landscape has become so congested with cookie-cutter homes that seeing the real people living inside has become hard. It’s like watching that movie Pleasantville, in which everything is black and white and no one knows any better, and yet there are those pursuing something different, something original.
My hope is to inspire you to step away from the computer and open your eyes to the world around you. Expand your mind; think beyond the limits of the liquid crystals staring back at you.
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