Oliver Jack.
Reluctant Gen Z / Proud Canadian.
User Experience / Visual Designer.
Get to know me, through my work:
Head of Creative / Vocalist in Punk Band.
- Music videos
- Album art
- Tour posters
- and More
For Pushing Veronica.
Album art and social media content:
Associate Student in Graphic Design.
- First official Graphic Design & UX training (thank god).
Assorted work from Santa Monica College classes:
How I design.
Why I design.
With your cheap Costco-brand keyboard and your Mac, you could be the conductor of an orchestra of 300 clarinets.
With a few more keystrokes, you could discover an underground outfit from Britain who use the violin in ways you’ve never heard before. And in a few more minutes, you could purchase tickets to their show, and start a band with the people you meet in the audience.
I believe that a designer’s ability to maximize and increase these moments is the ultimate goal and purpose of our profession. I’m an LA-transplant, born into the ubiquitous stimulation of the Internet, and I craft tools that enrich how we use our time. What if you could write the script you’ve always wanted to write? Learn a language and contribute to projects across the world? Meet the love of your life and go skydiving, rocky mountain climbing, etc.?
I believe that a designer’s ability to maximize and increase these moments is the ultimate goal and purpose of our profession. I’m an LA-transplant, born into the ubiquitous stimulation of the Internet, and I craft tools that enrich how we use our time. What if you could write the script you’ve always wanted to write? Learn a language and contribute to projects across the world? Meet the love of your life and go skydiving, rocky mountain climbing, etc.?
At once, technology can both foster these experiences of transcendence, and contribute to a collective culture of dissociation and superficiality. With the same technology able to facilitate our learning piano, or expose us to databases of deep-faked celebrity nude photos, I’m driven to design for what matters — for time well spent.
With our culture built-on short-term improvements, I relish the opportunity to support long-term pursuits. Whether with language-learning apps, music production programs, workout trainers, book review aggregators (Pitchfork-for-books as its working title), chef training (Duolingo-for-cooking…) — I want to contribute to these beautiful moments of transcendence, where users feel their deep personal goals are in reach. I feel that great design has truly meaningful implications for our personal fulfillment.
Contact me, and we’ll spend our fleeting time on Earth as well as we can.
With our culture built-on short-term improvements, I relish the opportunity to support long-term pursuits. Whether with language-learning apps, music production programs, workout trainers, book review aggregators (Pitchfork-for-books as its working title), chef training (Duolingo-for-cooking…) — I want to contribute to these beautiful moments of transcendence, where users feel their deep personal goals are in reach. I feel that great design has truly meaningful implications for our personal fulfillment.
Contact me, and we’ll spend our fleeting time on Earth as well as we can.
