Niki Brown
thedesignoblog.com

I’m a graphic designer that works with both web and print. I also run a design blog called The Design O’Blog http://thedesignoblog.com

I love my little workspace! It’s where all the Design O’Blog action happens I like to surround myself with my favorite things when I’m working: Cool Posters, paintings of bananas, a picture of my girlfriend, and all my design books. The only thing I dislike about my workspace is the size of it. I have no where to put my printer and scanner!

Jennifer Harris
www.keylimecreative.ca

I’m a micro-solo-momprenuer. I am a Graphic Designer. I’m Canadian. I have 2 young boys (2&6) and an amazing husband of 10yrs. I live in a small town of 1000 people, 2-3 hrs from the larger urban centres of Toronto, Kitchener & London. I love design in all forms but tend to gravitate towards natural settings especially water.

I work in a designated heritage building, in a small rural town in Ontario. I share my workspace with a Book Keeper. The building was originally a Bank & Jeweler’s so there is a very large Vault with a 2800 Lb solid steel door in the office. You can see lots of picture of my workspace on my Blog: http://keylimecreative.ca/2008/11/07/office-pictures/

Craig Baldwin
http://www.craigbaldwin.com/blog/

I’m a Graphics student at the Winchester School of Art in my second year of three years. On the course I’ve specialized in Graphic Arts and Design and in the use of Final Cut Pro.

For my second year I’ve moved into a rented house and got the biggest room to fit all my stuff in. It’s a pretty hectic desk with a Vista machine powering two displays, two printers and delivering on my thirst for gaming, plus a MacBook Pro. Also on show is my Sony A100 DSLR and my newest toy, a Canon HV30 camcorder.

Kostandinos
http://www.kostandinos.com

Painter and designer living in metro Detroit seeking full-time employment.

This is the basement lair of Kostandinos and suedecrush. My laptop is a 17″ Dell Inspiron. XP maxed out w/2GB of RAM. I’d like a Mac, but until then the Dell gets me by. I use an 80GB LaCie Rugged portable external hard drive. I’ve since added an Epson R1800 printer – which I absolutely love! Other than that, you’ll notice all kinds of music and sports stuff around the room. This is only one corner of the room, but you get the idea.

Arron Lock
http://www.arronlock.com

I’m an indepenent graphic designer focused on logo development.

On any given day you will find in my workspace a Viewsonic 22″ monitor, Copperhead mouse, Wacom 9×12 Intuos3 and a pencup with glowsticks in it. You may have also noticed the Warcraft boxes – Im on Bleeding Hollow, name is Mahanda – hit me up.

Mayhem Studios

Bio: Mayhem Studios is a small, award-winning design firm located in Los Angeles. Develops identity and brand recognition for small & large businesses across the nation. The Studio uses strategic and creative design with effective messages targeted to the client’s specific audiences.

Website: http://www.mayhemstudios.com

Twitter:mayhemstudios

Design Music: Anything 80s – Men Without Hats (Safety Dance), Thomas Dolby (she Blinded Me With Science), Depeche Mode (Master & Servant)

Casey Hald

Website: http://www.sunfalldesigns.com

Twitter: CaseyHald

Design Music: When I’m designing digital art, I typically listen to power metal, Finland metal, and movie soundtracks such as LOTR soundtrack, Enya, and other epic motion pictures. My favorite bands to listen to are Amon Amarth, Children of Bodom, Iron Maiden, Nightwish, & Bad Religion.

Kostandinos

Bio: Kostandinos is a graphic/web designer and abstract painter living in metro Detroit.

Website: http://www.kostandinos.com

Twitter: suedecrush

Design Music: Dreamend, Mono, Explosions in the Sky, The Octopus Project, Powderfinger, Catherine Wheel, Paik, Jacob, Daturah, and Toman. Big fan of “post-rock” instrumental bands.

Aaron Irizarry

Bio: My name is Aaron Michael Irizarry (aaron i for short), I survive mostly on Asian food & coffee, I am a designer, artist, God follower, father, husband, dodger fan, star wars geek, retired musician, canvas… I am passionate about web design/development, and I love pretty much anything creative. I drink coffee, work, and rant at eLocal Listing, I live in beautiful Murrieta, CA with my amazing wife Amanda, and two girls Ashlyn, and Audrey.

Website: http://www.thisisaaronslife.com

Twitter: aaroni268

Design Music: It depends on what I am doing but more times than not two bands in particular inspire me creatively. Unwed Sailor, Explosions In The Sky, This Will Destroy You. Alot of times when I am tired then I crank up the brutality, and listen to
The Red Chord, War of Ages, Ringworm, Sleeping Giant, Most Precious Blood, and of course Iron Maiden (sorry i will always be a metal head at heart) and the rest of the time i just basically put my iPod on shuffle songs and go with the flow.

Selene M. Bowlby

Bio: Selene M. Bowlby is a web designer and front-end web developer with over 10 years of professional experience in the design industry. After taking the “freelance plunge” in 2008, she runs her company, iDesign Studios full time, where she specializes in creating custom web sites for other small businesses.

Website: http://www.idesignstudios.com/blog

Twitter: idesignstudios

Design Music: I love any and everything by Maynard James Keenan – specifically Tool, but also A Perfect Circle and Puscifer. I also like listening to Nine Inch Nails. Got to rock out to get all the creative juices flowing!

Angie Bowen

Bio: I’m a 31 year old artist, designer & web developer living in the mountains of Colorado. I began my design career years ago learning to build and devise websites. Now that I have a firm handle on both xhtml and css, I plan to move on to explore PHP and Ruby on Rails and see what they have got to offer.

Website: http://arbent.net/

Twitter: Arbenting

Design Music: Placebo is my favorite to listen to when I’m working. Though lately I’ve been listening to the Repo! The Genetic Opera soundtrack.

Kyle Steed

Bio: I currently work as the lead web developer/designer for a WaveTwo (http://www.wavetwo.com) in Dallas, Texas. I have a wonderful wife Amanda of almost three years that supports me. I enjoy playing with our two labradors, Samson and Benjamin. I am learning to make the best of every situation. OH, and I just helped design a new taste over at Nectar (http://tastynectar.com)

Website: http://www.kylesteed.com

Twitter: kylesteed

Design Music: Well first off, here’s a recent post I did for some music I like in the winter: http://www.kylesteed.com/the-onset-of-winter-playlist/

But on any given day I can found listening to the great sounds of M83 (Saturdays = Youth),
Snow Patrol (A Hundred Million Suns), Mute Math (Reset EP) and
Ray LaMontagne (Gossip In The Grain)

Amanda Wyler

Bio: Artistic Amanda Designs is run by a one-woman show: Amanda Wyler. Twenty-eight and living in the heart of Music City, Amanda is the rare person who can move between business and creative endeavors with ease — wearing the hats of visual artist, graphic designer, musician and entrepreneur simultaneously. Passionate about beautiful images in all forms, Amanda focuses on simplicity, style and timelessness.

Website: http://www.artisticamanda.com (currently undergoing a huge renovation – don’t judge me!)

Twitter: artistic_amanda

Design Music: (I opened iTunes and shuffled… these were the first 7 songs that played)

1. Rats – Pearl Jam (Vs.)
2. 15 Steps – Radiohead (In Rainbows)
3. Backdrifts – Radiohead (Hail to the Thief)
4. The Ballad of Johnny Butt – Sublime (Sublime)
5. Megalomaniac – Incubus (A Crow Left of the Murder)
6. Misery Business – Paramore (Riot!)
7. Portions of Foxes – Rilo Kiley (More Adventurous)

Bob Pease

Bio: Web/UI designer (among other things) for http://www.techrigy.com

Website: http://www.bpeasedesign.com – portfolio site

Twitter: bobbo0521

Design Music: Jackson Waters

Arron Lock

Bio: I have been an independant graphic designer for nearly 6 years and though I do have web knowledge I prefer the world of print design. I run arronlock.com (the site you are on now) to share my knowledge of starting out as a fledgling designer and what to expect from the business world.

Website: http://www.arronlock.com (you’re already here)

Twitter: arronlock

Design Music: It depends on the day and how how I am feeling but generally some good heavy music jump starts me. Anything from Slipknot, Mudvayne or Avenged Sevenfold all the way to Billy Joel, Elton John and The Beatles get me through the day… and everyone loves Code Monkey