Andrew Couldwell

Hello. I’m a designer who codes. I strive to create simple, original, and impactful user experiences. I take on B2C and B2B projects of all sizes; from web design and build to product and system design. I’ve led the design and creative direction of products, teams, and design systems. I've been a VP of Design. I'm the author of Laying the Foundations. And I'm now a freelance web designer and developer based in Los Angeles. Please do say hello — I look forward to hearing about your company and project.

Founder

Club of the Waves is a labour of love I founded back in 2006 and recently rebooted in 2018. It's an award-winning, international showcase of artists and photographers whose work focusses on surfing and surf culture. As a founder and curator, I built the world's largest community for surf art. Professionally, it's been the backbone of my career for a long time. Personally, it’s one of the things I’m most proud of. Please, visit the site and have a look around. P.S. The art on the right is by Erik Abel. View case study.

Author

I’ve been working on design systems for several years — designing, leading, documenting, and selling them at companies. In the process I have researched and refined a simple and unique model for system design and creating digital brand guidelines that inspire and dovetail into design systems. I decided I should do something with all that material and experience — and so, in late 2018 I started out writing and designing a book. The book launched in October 2019.

Leader

Between 2014 and 2018 I took a break from freelance, dipping my toes into the corporate in-house world, where I led the design and creative direction of products, teams, and design systems at Behance (Adobe) and WeWork in New York City. At Behance I was the creative director and solo product designer of Adobe Portfolio (view case studies). And at WeWork I established their digital brand guidelines, which led to me leading the design and documentation of two design systems (view case studies).

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Designing Adobe Portfolio

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Breathing life into digital brands

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Plasma Design System

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Responsive Web Design

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I’ve worked on projects for

  • Nike
  • Behance
  • Red Bull
  • Mars Reel
  • Adobe
  • NYDIG
  • Harvey Nichols
  • MTV
  • Foursquare
  • NASA
  • WeWork
  • Burger King

I’ve been designing and building websites for 20 years, you can view more projects here

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