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chair IXD bfa program at California College of the Arts :: printmaker and author
Conferences/Designing Social Interfaces

Social Design workshop at UX Week San Francisco

Posted on 08/29/2010 by erin

Last week, Christian and I had the pleasure of doing our Designing Social Interfaces day long workshop as part of Adaptive Path’s UXWeek. We had a great t...

Conferences/Pattern Library

Patterns Talk for An Event Apart

Posted on 08/20/2010 by erin

Last month I was one of the speakers at An Event Apart, Minneapolis. It was a fantastic experience and I highly recommend it. If it’s at all in your budge...

Interaction design/Pattern Library

Working With a Pattern Library Day to Day

Posted on 07/29/2010 by erin

[Part 7 of a series on Patterns. Working with a Pattern Library.] Patterns, Components, and Code, Oh My! Ok, so now you have a pattern library. Now what? Ultima...

Pattern Library

Organizing your pattern libary

Posted on 06/15/2010 by erin

[Part 6 of a series on Patterns. Organizing the pattern library for a design team.] Organizing a pattern library is like organizing any other large body of cont...

Interaction design/Pattern Library

Reviewing Patterns for Use

Posted on 05/26/2010 by erin

[Part 5 of a series on Patterns. Developing a quality system.] Once you have a collection of patterns they should be reviewed by the team or designated represen...

Conferences/Designing Social Interfaces

Go With the Flow

Posted on 05/20/2010 by erin

Go With the Flow :: Web Visions 2010, May20 View more presentations from erin malone. I gave a new talk today at Web Visions 2010. Called Go With the Flow, this...

Conferences/Designing Social Interfaces/Information Architecture

The Future is Already Here: Three Trends in IA

Posted on 05/14/2010 by erin

Below is my opening keynote slides and the talk I wrote out which I gave at the German IA Conference in Cologne, Germany May 14, 2010. I speak about experience ...

Pattern Library

The news is out – Yahoo! Pattern Library finding a new home

Posted on 05/12/2010 by erin

The Yahoo! Pattern Library, that I founded, thanks to the insight of Irene Au (now at Google) will be moving homes from the Yahoo! Developer Network to uipatter...

Conferences/Designing Social Interfaces

Off to Germany – 05/13 – 05/15

Posted on 05/09/2010 by erin

Heading out to Germany for the German IA Konfernz in Köln. I will be leading a workshop on Designing Social Interfaces – based on material from the book ...

Conferences/Designing Social Interfaces/Social

Web 2.0 SF – O’Reilly Book Authors Meet and Greet 05/05/10

Posted on 05/04/2010 by erin

Yesterday I led a 3 hour workshop on Designing Social In – Using Patterns, Practices and Anti-Patterns to Create Meaningful Social Experiences – at ...

Interaction design/Pattern Library/Tools

How to write an interaction design pattern

Posted on 04/20/2010 by erin

[Part 4 of a series on Patterns. How to write patterns once you have identified them.] Writing interaction design patterns can seem easy on the surface. After a...

Designing Social Interfaces/Information design

By Popular Request – Page version of the Social Ecosystem Poster

Posted on 04/16/2010 by erin

Several folks have asked for a more portable version (4.4mb pdf) of the evolution poster we presented at the IA Summit 2010. So I have taken the diagrams and ca...

Designing Social Interfaces

Evolution of a diagram – the IA Summit poster

Posted on 04/13/2010 by erin

At the recent IA Summit 2010, we showed a poster rather than giving a talk. The poster, describes visually, the evolution of our social taxonomy and the influen...

Interaction design/Pattern Library

How to identify interaction design patterns

Posted on 04/05/2010 by erin

[Part 3 of a series on Patterns. Understanding the concept of the reusable solution.] Identifying patterns in architecture The first thing you have to do before...

Information Architecture/Pattern Library

Where did the idea of patterns come from?

Posted on 03/25/2010 by erin

[Part 2 of a series on Patterns. Parts of this post excerpted in part from my work in chapter 1 of Designing Social Interfaces: Principles, Practices and Patter...

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My New Book Is Out

New Mini Books for Sale on Gumroad

Grid Guide for UX Designers
A Guide to Maps & Models for UX Designers
A Guide to Gestalt Principles for UX Designers
A Guide to Color Theory & Use in Digital Products
A Guide to Maps & Models for UX Designers

Now available on Amazon - in paperback and kindle versions.

MASTODON POSTS

If you are in San Francisco, there are 5 days left to see/buy my work over at the City Art Gallery on Valencia street. 828 Valencia - next to Paxton Gate. Open today then Wed.-Sun. Cats and Bird linocuts in a range of sizes and prices. Oh and about 48 other artists showing as well. #8PawPress

26 January 2026 @ 1:42 am

Still reeling from the news that CCA (California College of the Arts) is closing next year. Was not planning on losing my job so soon - was hoping this would be the retirement path. Any leads around UX/IXD education, design education, administration etc are greatly appreciated. https://www.kqed.org/arts/13985413/california-college-of-the-arts-sfai-mills-art-school-closures

16 January 2026 @ 7:29 pm

As I am making my way through West Wing episodes, I realize I never watched it the first time around and it’s sad that many of the issues they cover are still the same issues we are debating now. Too bad we don’t have someone as measured and kind as Bartlet in office.

12 January 2026 @ 3:34 am

I just sent my first email with Buttondown. Pretty easy. I am announcing December art events I am participating in - in San Francisco. If you are interested in original art, then check out my newsletter - https://buttondown.com/erinKmalone/archive/8-paw-press-erin-malone-december-art-events/

28 November 2025 @ 10:30 pm

I'm doing a virtual book talk at the Internet Archive next week with Abby Covert leading the conversation about my book, my process and what's next. The event is also going to end up as a podcast as the IA turn their live events into podcasts. Hope you can make it!
📅 Thu, June 12🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET📍 ONLINE🎟️ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-in-through-the-side-door-tickets-1333098526579
@internetarchive

3 June 2025 @ 7:14 pm

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