takatin

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, South India

SEEKING WORK - remote, India

Hi, I’ve been designing brands for over 10 years and developing websites for over 6 years. I designed the logo and identity for io.js which eventually became the new Node.js: http://behance.net/gallery/23269525/IOJS-logo-concept. The logo has been further refined based on feedback and can be seen here along with banners and icons that continue the logo’s theme: http://twitter.com/official_iojs

There are several more work samples on my portfolio: http://www.dffrnt.com

In addition to Branding & Identity, I work on responsive front-end (Bootstrap/Angular), back-end (Nginx/Node.js/MongoDB), WordPress and iOS app design and development.

Do email me at vijay@dffrnt.com

SEEKING WORK - remote, Coimbatore, India

I'm the designer of the io.js logo and identity: http://behance.net/gallery/23269525/IOJS-logo-concept

The logo has been further refined based on feedback and can be seen here along with banners and icons that continue the logo’s theme: http://twitter.com/official_iojs

In addition to Branding/Identity, I work on responsive front-end development (Bootstrap/Angular), server-side programming (Node/io.js/MongoDB) and iOS app design and development.

Email: vijay@dffrnt.com Portfolio: http://www.dffrnt.com

SEEKING WORK: India

I’m the designer of the Brand Identity for io.js [1] I will design an awesome brand and website package for your product/service for 2500 USD in 4 weeks. Package includes...

- 1 logo (I provide 3 options, each with their own presentation)

- 1 Multi-page WordPress website with domain registration, Nginx setup, security and SEO, Contact Form

- 1 landing page optimized for conversion

- 2 social media profile pages, one each for Facebook and Twitter with custom header images and profile avatars

Other skills: full-stack developer on the React/Node.js stack

Email: vijay@dffrnt.com

Portfolio: www.dffrnt.com

[1] https://www.behance.net/gallery/23269525/IOJS-logo-concept

I always saw dots between the keys on my Macbook Air. Thanks to you I finally know the name for this phenomenon.

Because stars in the sky is a high contrast visual. That applies here too, I increased the contrast using Photoshop and the illusion is gone, you can see all 12 dots perfectly fine — http://imgur.com/a/G4xR4 I think they are spot on, outside the fovea, contrast detection capability of our eyes dip drastically thereby blending the dots lying outside the fovea with the surrounding grid. Increase the contrast to the point where even the regions outside the fovea can detect it and the illusion goes away.

I had previously contracted for Infinera working on their NMS suite. My contribution was a PoC running on D3 and Angular, using Semantic Topology that allows users to navigate any node or link in their network with zero clicks (scrolling and panning gets them anywhere à la Google Maps).

The hardest, most time-consuming part was prototyping because the tools out there (Framer, Principle, Quartz Composer, Adobe XD etc) are all optimized to work with lists and grids, not visualisations. I ended up creating three fully-functional prototypes in HTML and JS before finalizing on one. It was hard to get good feedback from the teams without live, interactive prototypes. There is also nothing like a standard library of well-designed components that can be grouped together to quickly mockup custom visualizations, like we have in Bootstrap for HTML frontends.

Another problem was performance; Angular, out-of-the-box, could not keep up with the amount of data coming through their pipes.

All in all, it was challenging and very, very fun to do. When it finally worked and people got their hands on it, it blew everyone away. If I were to do it all over again, I’d focus a lot more on explaining the challenges and setting realistic expectations. Custom visualisations are not 5-minute WordPress installs.

The work is under NDA but if you feel the need to discuss anything, my email is in my profile.

Some people I follow on twitter who are actively involved in DataVis:

Lisa Charlotte Rost (@lisacrost), Micah Stubbs (@micahstubbs), Jim Vallandingham (@vlandham), Nicky Case (@ncasenmare), Nadieh Bremer (@NadiehBremer)

SEEKING WORK: India

I’m the designer of the Brand Identity for io.js [1] I will design an awesome brand and website package — logo, single-page static website, social media profile pages — for your product/service for 2500 USD in 4 weeks.

Contact me! vijay@dffrnt.com

Other skills: full-stack developer on the React/Node.js stack

Portfolio: www.dffrnt.com

[1] https://www.behance.net/gallery/23269525/IOJS-logo-concept

I made this: https://www.behance.net/gallery/23269525/IOJS-logo-concept

I can build you a website.

Email in profile.

SEEKING WORK: India

Among other things, I’m the designer of the brand identity for io.js [1] I will design an awesome brand identity for your business, your product or your personal brand for 2500 USD in 4 weeks. Contact me for details: vijay@dffrnt.com

Other skills: full-stack developer on the React/Node.js stack

Portfolio: www.dffrnt.com

[1] https://www.behance.net/gallery/23269525/IOJS-logo-concept

Tabs. There's a reason we put tab key on every keyboard out there, it is built specifically for alignment

  The word tab derives from the word tabulate, which means "to arrange data in a tabular, or table, form." When a person wanted to type a table (of numbers or text) on a typewriter, there was a lot of time-consuming and repetitive use of the space bar and backspace key. — https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_key

I’m basically in the same boat as @mindcrime here, I want it all but this year’s focus has been and will continue to be:

- Style Transfer (so CNNs, Regressions and a whole bunch of Statistics concepts)

- React, React Native and that whole ecosystem

- How to identify and validate startup niches

....just seems illogical to spend so much effort to develop what is clearly a very limited and complex mode of operation

Quadrupedal motion is for locomotion. Bipedal motion is for transportation.

Bipedal motion frees up two limbs to carry stuff around, open locks, get into cars and drive, move into and out of crowded, people-packed spaces (elevators) where horizontal space is limited but vertical space is plenty and so on.

And since we’re taking about robots, the two freed up limbs need not be “normal” limbs but tools specialised for the job at hand that cannot be used for locomotion purposes (the "arms" can be guns, welding machines or forks for carrying weights)

Also, robots that look and act like humans are an easier sell and selling them is the hardest part about getting these robots mainstream.

Have no doubt, perfecting bipedal motion is a worthwhile endeavor.

SEEKING WORK - remote, Coimbatore, India

I'm the designer of the io.js logo and identity: http://behance.net/gallery/23269525/IOJS-logo-concept

The logo has been further refined based on feedback and can be seen here along with banners and icons that continue the logo’s theme: http://twitter.com/official_iojs

In addition to Branding/Identity, I work on responsive front-end development (Bootstrap/Angular), server-side programming (Node/io.js/MongoDB) and iOS app design and development.

Email: vijay@dffrnt.com

Portfolio: http://www.dffrnt.com

SEEKING WORK - remote, Coimbatore, South India

I'm the designer of the io.js logo and identity: http://behance.net/gallery/23269525/IOJS-logo-concept

The logo has been further refined based on feedback and can be seen here along with banners and icons that continue the logo’s theme: http://twitter.com/official_iojs

Besides Branding/Identity, I also do responsive front-end development (Bootstrap/Angular), server-side programming (Node/io.js/MongoDB) and iOS apps.

Email: vijay@dffrnt.com

Portfolio: http://www.dffrnt.com

The two sides are supposedly the same, but due to their own religious dogmas, they hold an existential grudge against one another.

Reminded me of this Emo Philips bit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D88DQIJmxRI

SEEKING WORK - remote, Coimbatore, South India

I'm the designer of the io.js logo: http://behance.net/gallery/23269525/IOJS-logo-concept

The logo has been refined based on feedback and can be seen here along with banners and icons that continue the logo’s theme: http://twitter.com/official_iojs

Besides Branding/Identity, I also do responsive front-end development (Bootstrap/Angular), server-side programming (Node/io.js/MongoDB) and iOS apps.

Email: vijay@dffrnt.com

Portfolio: http://www.dffrnt.com

SEEKING WORK - remote, Coimbatore, South India

I design logos and brands, build websites (MEAN stack + Nginx + Bootstrap) and develop apps (iOS).

Most recently I did the logo concept for io.js: http://behance.net/gallery/23269525/IOJS-logo-concept

Email: vijay@dffrnt.com

Portfolio: http://www.dffrnt.com

Please get in touch.

After nearly two months of work, I launched my logo concept for IO.JS: http://behance.net/gallery/23269525/IOJS-logo-concept

Her interactive last year on Cognitive Biases is another gem: http://cassandraxia.com/projs/advbiases/

SEEKING WORK - remote, Coimbatore, South India

I design logos and brands, build websites (MEAN stack + Nginx + Bootstrap) and develop apps (iOS).

I have 7 years of experience as a Designer, 3 years as a web developer and a year as an iOS developer.

Most recent project: Logo design for Carton, a Warehouse Management System:

• Concept 1: http://dffrnt.com/carton/c1

• Concept 2: http://dffrnt.com/carton/c2

• Concept 3: http://dffrnt.com/carton/c3

Presentation given to the client to showcase their new logo to stakeholders: http://dffrnt.com/carton/final

• ALSO: Please check out the Branding concept I've done for IO.JS: https://www.behance.net/gallery/23269525/IOJS-logo-concept

Email: vijay@dffrnt.com

Portfolio: http://www.dffrnt.com

Please get in touch.

SEEKING WORK - remote, Coimbatore, South India

I design logos and brands, build websites (MEAN stack + Nginx + Bootstrap) and develop apps (iOS).

I have 7 years of experience as a Designer, 3 years as a web developer and a year as an iOS developer.

Most recent project: Logo design for Carton, a Warehouse Management System:

• Concept 1: http://dffrnt.com/carton/c1

• Concept 2: http://dffrnt.com/carton/c2

• Concept 3: http://dffrnt.com/carton/c3

Presentation given to the client to showcase their new logo to stakeholders: http://dffrnt.com/carton/final

Email: vijay@dffrnt.com

Portfolio: http://www.dffrnt.com

Please get in touch.

SEEKING WORK - remote, Coimbatore, South India

I design logos and brands, build websites (MEAN stack + Nginx + Bootstrap) and develop apps (iOS).

I have 7 years of experience as a Designer, 3 years as a web developer and a year as an iOS developer.

Most recent project: Logo design for Carton, a Warehouse Management System:

• Concept 1: http://dffrnt.com/carton/c1

• Concept 2: http://dffrnt.com/carton/c2

• Concept 3: http://dffrnt.com/carton/c3

Presentation given to the client to showcase their new logo to stakeholders: http://dffrnt.com/carton/final

Email: vijay@dffrnt.com

Portfolio: http://www.dffrnt.com

Please get in touch.

SEEKING WORK - remote, South India

I'm an experienced Designer having done several Brand Identities all over the world for the past 7 years. If you need an identity for your new app, website or business, shoot me an email (in profile) and I'll set you up with a brand new logo, business card, letterhead, envelope, brochure and website. I have an established creative process that will provide you with original artwork embedded with my personal brand of aesthetics. See the results in my portfolio: http://www.dffrnt.com

I'm also a MEAN stack Developer (Mongo, Node.js, Angular) and front-end Designer so if you need your ideas brought to life as a well-designed, responsive web app that works across desktops, tablets and mobiles, please get in touch.

SEEKING WORK - remote, South India

I'm an experienced Designer having done several Brand Identities all over the world for the past 7 years. If you need an identity for your new app, website or business, shoot me an email (in profile) and I'll set you up with a brand new logo, business card, letterhead, envelope, brochure and website. I have an established creative process that will provide you with original artwork embedded with my personal brand of aesthetics. See the results in my portfolio: http://www.dffrnt.com

I'm also a MEAN stack Developer (Mongo, Node.js, Angular) and front-end Designer so if you need your ideas brought to life as a well-designed, responsive web app that works across desktops, tablets and mobiles, please get in touch.

It's like a war: creativity vs formalism.

Coming up with products is a bit like coming up with songs or paintings. Market research won't get you Van Gogh's Starry Night or any of the Beatles' songs. Instead it gives you autotune as music and photo filters as art. If you need to come with a genuinely once-in-a-lifetime product, music, painting or anything creative, it has to come from satisficing a basic need in a unique way (often with a personal touch i.e., "soul"). Current startup landscape dominated by validation is basically the autotune model built for quick iterations and easy profits as opposed to the old-school "soul" model which is more of a personal endeavour that transforms into a mass-movement of sorts. Bitcoin would be a modern example of something coming out of the "soul" model.

edit: One place where Market Research does have value in the "soul" model is for refining the product to fit the market better. The germ of the idea is still intensely personal to the founder.

SEEKING WORK - remote, South India

I'm an experienced Designer having done several Identities over the past 7 years all over the world. If you need an identity for your new app, website or business, shoot me an email (in profile) and I'll set you up with a brand new logo, business card, letterhead, envelope, brochure and website. I have an established creative process that will provide you with original artwork embedded with my personal brand of aesthetics. See the results in my portfolio: http://www.dffrnt.com

I'm also a MEAN stack Developer (Mongo, Node.js, Angular) and front-end Designer so if you need your ideas brought to life as a well-designed, responsive web app that works across desktops, tablets and mobiles, please get in touch.

Or reinvent the trusty old mailbox as a drop zone for drones. Google can't realistically handle all the edge cases so crowdsource the edge case resolution to the owner of each house. They can decide where they want to put their drop zone containers. The design of the drop zone container can be optimized to stand out on CV algos which the drone can then use to home in for delivery. This also works in multi-story apartments where there's a common drop zone for the entire apartment and it's left to the residents to sort it to the appropriate owners.

I wonder if it's possible to design a drop chute instead of a drop zone container so that the drone never needs to do the winch thing; the drone drops the package into the chute at it's current hover height and takes off while the chute takes care of slowing the package down to the ground.

In any case, this is an exciting area ripe for experimentation and bold ideas.

SEEKING WORK - remote, South India

You might be in need of a complete branding experience covering everything from logos to stationery to social media graphics and email signatures. Or you might need just a quick logo and a website or a slick new UI design for your latest app. Either way, if you need designs done, I'm your man. I have over 7 years of experience in designing brands and developing front-ends for apps and websites, a selected few of which are available for perusal over at my portfolio site, dffrnt.com.

For inquiries, my email is in my profile.