Many voices. One Flagrant.
Flagrant has been experimenting with spending our internal time / non-client facing time in building meaningful things. Everything from our new Shop page to our Bookshop are artifacts of the team coming together to create our own work. We want to continue creating but when the team is faced with...
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March 19, 2026
Though I’m not currently disabled, I spent several years of my childhood chronically ill without a diagnosis (followed by emergency surgery and a full recovery). I’ve suffered shoulder injuries that kept me away from my pottery studio and prevented me from lifting grocery bags. Once, I twisted an
December 29, 2025
For our final Delightfully Friday Junior (if you haven’t heard of it yet, learn more here) of the year, the team gathered to make gingerbread houses and other digitally baked scenes. As we weren’t limited to the social integrity of the usual marshmallows and graham crackers, we closed out 2025
December 18, 2025
In case you missed it, Flagrant just launched our swag shop! In honor of this, I’m super excited to give you a little BTS of the creation of some of our items and some insight into how this came about. Quick overview of the problem: Finding a way to show and sell our designs. We wanted to
November 19, 2025
For our 4th Delightfully Friday Junior activity (see more about Delightfully Friday Junior here!) the team embarked on a virtual scavenger hunt. The goal was to use photos from our camera rolls to answer prompts and then share a bit about the photos we share. This activity was designed to get us
November 7, 2025
From a talk I gave on September 20, 2025, at XO Ruby New Orleans. If you use dark mode on any of your devices—or even if you don’t—you’ve probably seen a lot of interfaces and websites in dark themes. Framer, Google Fonts, Linear’s website, and many others showcase dark mode designs, even
September 3, 2025
Phase Knitting Yarn The first sighting Look at all ye yarn, oh so many choices to make Blank canvas, we meet again Endless possibilities So many combinations of stitches from knits, purls, to yarnovers So
August 28, 2025
When I first started as a developer, I vaguely understood what a designer actually did. Now, I can’t imagine building without them. That shift didn’t happen overnight and I don’t think I’m alone in that journey. I think there is a large number of people who still undervalue and diminish the
August 6, 2025
As some of you might know, Flagrant partnered with Ruby Central to provide design support for the recent RubyConf in Chicago by creating the website, signage, and (my favorite), the t-shirt design! While at the conference, I got lots of people asking about the t-shirt and wanting to know more
August 6, 2025
Your product isn’t the destination, it’s the airport Navigation design for websites and digital products typically follow common, well-known UI patterns. Product teams adopt and adhere to these common patterns. These patterns help users orient quickly, contributing to a sense of ease and
July 31, 2025
At the final RailsConf in Philadelphia, Flagrant wanted to provide attendees with a fun and unique selfie wall where they could capture their conference memories! The goal of the design was to give a nod to the Rails community and some of the tools that developers use in tandem with Ruby and
June 18, 2025
At the 2024 RailsConf in Detroit, it was announced that RailsConf 2025 would be the final RailsConf put on by Ruby Central. While we are sad to see this conference end, we also look forward to all that Ruby Central has in store for its future as they pivot their full focus to RubyConf—their
March 19, 2025
In a world of constantly emerging and changing technologies, it is (and has been) important to ensure digital products are accessible. According to the United States Census Bureau, 25% of US adults have a diagnosed and disclosed disability. Adhering to accessibility standards is not only the law
February 5, 2025
A few weeks (months ago??) ago, Adobe hosted its 21st Adobe MAX conference in Miami with attendees from over 70 different countries attending in person and many more online. I was one of the online viewers and I wanted to share some of my favorite talks from the 2 days of learning. I was able to
October 30, 2024
Flagrant was recently tasked to help Unifocal—a client in the construction inclusion space—design flows for a product prototype to show to potential customers and get investment funding. Construction projects often have quotas, company goals, as well as local, state, and federal requirements that
