Paddy Donnelly – 7 design questions

Designer – Paddy Donnelly
Level – Category 1
Website – iampaddy.com
Blog – blog.iampaddy.com
Twitter – @paddydonnelly

1. How much time do you dedicate to learning design every day?
‘Learning design’ doesn’t have to be reading design books or following tutorials. You can constantly improve your design skills by visiting art galleries, reading magazines, getting inspired by others, sketching, reading blogs and doing projects. So I would say I’m constantly learning each day, so about 14 hours maybe?

2. What other designers do you have contact with on a regular basis?
Having a connection to the Internet means I’m in contact with hundreds of other designers on a daily basis using Twitter, Skype, Facebook, Email, Blogs etc. I am part of the design team at Nascom nascom.be and get to work with some really cool people face to face there every day.

3. Who are the top 2-3 designers that you respect and why?
Tim Van Damme timvandamme.com,
Lee Munroe leemunroe.com and
Dustin Curtis dustincurtis.com would be among the designers I respect the most. They have superior design skills and produce work that is repeatingly impressive and inspirational.

4. What’s your favorite website or design you ever made and why? (link)
I’m working on it right now. ;) Follow me on Twitter @paddydonnelly to find out when it launches.

5. Have you ever been published in a book or magazine? What books or magazines?
I’ve been featured in quite a few magazines including .Net and Web Designer. But the one I’m most proud of is wired.com/techbiz/startups/magazine/16-05/st_alpha for The Big Word Project. thebigwordproject.com

6. What’s your favorite color in hexadecimal? How often do you find yourself leaning towards it with design projects?
Today I was loving #8691ad but tomorrow it could be #91bba3 or even #c3803f, who knows?

7. What’s your most recent project we can look at?
Some of my interviews would be my latest work to view. I have a couple of things currently in production but until they are ready you can check out some chats I’ve had with Guy Kawasaki, Smashing Magazine, Pete Cashmore, Elliot Jay Stocks and Tim O’Reilly blog.iampaddy.com/category/interview/