Making a Smartphone, Dumb
An exploration of transforming an iPhone into a distraction-free device. Reduce screen time and regain focus to build a healthier relationship with your smartphone.
Scott Kellum
Scott Kellum is an internationally-recognized leader in design for the web, with a specialized focus on dynamic typesetting in digital space.
Latest posts
A Human-Centered Design Group Reborn
A group of former federal employees blaze their own path forward. The post has changed, but the mission continues.
Connecting Our Social Personas
A New Social offers a bold new vision for social media: a vision in which you can control how and where you connect with your friends online.
Discussing our design practice
When painters talk shop, they discuss turpentine and pigments. The expression and impact of their work is for them and their clients. We too often value what we consume over what we produce. But discussing design is worthy and worthwhile. We need to be able to discuss the impact of our work in a way that is approachable and compelling.
A Fresh New Look for We Distribute
We Distribute provides groundbreaking journalism and coverage to the fediverse, an emerging social networking universe. Typetura created a new brand that helps to elevate the profile of their coverage.
How unit division works in CSS, and how to use it today
Unit division landed in Safari Technology Preview this week, and it’s powerful stuff! Using a combination of techniques, you can get a fallback working in all browsers while having native unit division ready for when it arrives.
Creating Artifacts with Fonts
Darden Studio is a digital type foundry that creates fonts. Fonts behave like a material and go into designed pieces, but don’t stand on their own. We worked with Darden Studio to create unique artifacts that showcase their fonts.
Showcasing Roslindale: A New Specimen Microsite
We love Roslindale by David Jonathan Ross, so when he approached us to design a specimen site to showcase the font’s rich design characteristics and history we jumped to take on the project.
Elevating the Artistry and Art of Kaplan Art Tours
A new brand and website with SEO improvements elevated Lauren’s profile and trust with her clients.
Building an Accessible Education Platform
One of the largest providers of online learning materials and the design agency Type/Code reached out to collaborate on a robust and accessible front end.
A Luxe Design for Gold’s Guide
Designing a sophisticated and fresh look to showcase the in-depth and thought-provoking work of Tyler Gold.
Scaling a Global Fitness Platform
Coordinating with sales, research, product, and development on new features; I drove a positive feedback loop with our customers and teams creating exponential growth of the business from national to global.
Advertising that enhances experiences
Advertising is the price everyone can afford for high-quality content. The problem is that digital ads are often low quality, tarnishing the customer relationship with both the publisher and advertiser. There is an opportunity for online ads to be better; A chance to build trust and value with the audience.
Launching a Marquee News Vertical
In just 9 weeks we took Vox from an idea to a successful media launch.