Kevin Chan

Interactive Designer :: New York office

Kevin is an Interactive Designer in the New York office. He is rather fashionable, and even instituted Formal Fridays at work to impose his style agenda on his fellow Barbarians.
We thought Kevin joined The Barbarian Group as an Interactive Designer straight outta school, marking our first foray into the concept of “entry level.” We didn’t get it quite right, however, since Kevin’s Flash chops were pretty well honed, having spent a year working in Chicago setting up the multimedia department for a healthcare company. Oh and also, he graduated from the prestigious Digital Media Design program at the School of Engineering and Applied Science at UPenn, and had internships at Electronic Arts and THUNKdesign in California. We probably should have looked at his resume a little closer before we hired him.
The whole foray paid off, however, when Kevin got here. He jumped right in, doing those amazing Flash sites we were hoping he could do. He’s proven himself particularly adept at game design, illustration-heavy design and animation.
We threw him right into the thick of things upon his arrival in 2003. His first project here was the 2004 Passat minisite. Since then he’s also served as lead designer and Flash developer on several other sites. He’s Canadian, but we forgive him for it.

Formal Friday Salute: R.I.P.

August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009

Formal Friday Salute: Sleep, Sit & Ponder

Formal Friday Salute: Street-side

Formality hits the streets.

Formal Friday Salute: Josh Carr, Birthday Boy

A formal birthday salute!

Formal Friday Salute: Springing for Spring!

A little rain, a little sunshine. It’s all good.

Formal Friday Salute: Out and About

Pretending to be all Sartorialist-y.

Formal Friday Salute: Rite of Spring

Welcoming the first day of Spring with flowers, explosions, Darth Vader, an Erica, a screaming hippo, and a teddy bear.

Chrome Experiments - Not your mother's JavaScript

Google created this great little site to show off the enhanced JavaScript capabilities of their new Chrome browser. They commissioned a bunch of talented designers and developers from around the world to create a collection of rather lovely, whimsical experiments. If you’re feeling ambitious, they’re accepting submissions too! I’m just sad they don’t have a Mac version out yet for me to try. More videos…