Keith Guerin

Current

Creative Director at Ratio Interactive
Freelance Designer / Developer at Design Is Blind (Self-employed)

Past

Design Architect (intern) at Miller Hull Partnership
Consultant / Intern at Kahler Slater

Education

Ball State University

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Industry

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Keith Guerin’s Summary

By avocation, I am an architect. But in reality, I design and develop websites.

I am some measure of the following:

1. Developer: Web / UI / Flash / Flex / Actionscript / HTML+CSS+JS+PHP / RIA
2. Designer: Web / Graphic / Interaction / User Interface
3. Architect: Architectural Designer, Draftsman, 3d Modeler, Renderer, Illustrator

This means that I stay really busy. I take pride in spanning multiple disciplines, which lets me consider and integrate all aspects of a project cleanly. I am a generalist because I find all of these topics incredibly interesting, and don't want to dedicate to just one. I thrive at taking deeply complex systems and organizing them through the full process of ideation, design, and construction. The process is parallel across all fields of design. Architecture, web, software, industrial, and product design are all the same to me.

I have been creating client websites for over eight years, and earned a degree in Architecture from Ball State University in 2007. I am from Wisconsin originally, and now live in Seattle.

Currently, I am the Creative Director at Ratio Interactive in Seattle. I work with a really talented group of people in an unbeatable office space at the heart of Pioneer Square. We develop cutting-edge applications for major companies and startups, and they let me wear all sorts of hats around the company.

Keith Guerin’s Specialties:

user interface design (interaction design, UX [user-experience] design, interface layout, usability), information architecture, graphic design, branding, web design, animation, 3d modeling & rendering, hand rendering, mass customization, rapid-prototyping, CNC modeling, sustainability, css, xhtml, xml, php, javascript, actionscript, air, RIA's, OOP, adobe air. particular emphasis on flash and flex development.

Keith Guerin’s Experience

Creative Director

Ratio Interactive

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

June 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)
Freelance Designer / Developer
Design Is Blind (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Design industry)

November 1999 — Present (10 years 2 months)
Design Architect (intern)

Miller Hull Partnership

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Design industry)

January 2006 — June 2006 (6 months)
Consultant / Intern

Kahler Slater

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Design industry)

January 2003 — December 2005 (3 years )

Keith Guerin’s Education

Ball State University

Bachlor of Science in Architecture , Architecture , 2002 — 2006

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Keith Guerin’s Interests:

design, research, invention, renovation, investment, minimizing, simplifying, architecture, industrial design, graphic design, technology and the internet, natural systems, sustainability, politics, nature, hiking, survivalism, cartography, topography, transparency, open-source information systems, humanity, to be continued