Mike
Mike is a graphic designer at House Party for our User Experience team. His job is to make what you see on the website not only functional, but beautiful. He currently lives in New York City with his girlfriend and their two cats: Wyatt and Say-say. In his free time he likes to draw, travel and take photos of his cats.
His favorite party is a small gathering of friends eating massive amounts of pizza and sharing funny cat stories. Clearly, he needs a cat-tervention.
Recent posts
Winter backgrounds
It sounds like you all enjoyed the last batch of fall backgrounds – so much so that the House Party Design team and I are bringing them back for the winter. This time around we used a Norwegian sweater-inspired pattern with wintery colors. We included special sizes for laptops, desktops, super big desktops and mobile devices; even the iPad and the new iPhone 5. No device shall go un-backgrounded!
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The anxious engagement story
There’s been no shortage of newly engaged couples here at House Party, so I guess it’s my turn in line.
I’d been planning our engagement for the past year. Our favorite place in the world is Big Sur, which is on the Northern California coast. We make sure to spend some time there on our yearly trips out west.
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Happy fall, ya’ll
The House Party design department and I wanted to help you celebrate the fall season by giving you shiny new backgrounds for your computer and mobile devices. You’re surely ready to update that summer vacation image that’s currently holding the top spot, right?
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Redesigning the House Party logo
A little over a year ago, the House Party logo moved into a new house. With the redesign of our website, we needed a matching new logo to go with it. So, to celebrate the logo’s one-year anniversary, I want to share a little about the process of redesign that went into the new, shall we say “renovated,” House Party logo.
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Smile! – The coolest photography-based apps
As the resident photographer here at the House Party blog, it’s a natural fit for me to write about my favorite iPhone photography apps. They make it easy for anyone to look like a pro.
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