Stories and ideas from designers that challenge the workplace status quo.
Designing an accessible color scheme, again
In early 2019, I wrote a post about designing an accessible color scheme for Envoy’s web dashboard with specific techniques... Continue reading →
Katie Riley
Meet Kelly Wahlstrom, Visual Designer
Kelly Wahlstrom has been a Visual Designer (and my astrology BFF) at Envoy since 2018... Continue reading →
Tina Xu
How to build management skills before you're a manager
Many designers see management in their future career plans, but it's not always clear how to build the skills you'll need... Continue reading →
Meet Keaton Taylor, Product Designer
Recently we sat down with Keaton Taylor, our resident dad and one of the product designers on our team. Continue reading →
Btw, we changed our logo
Earlier this year, Envoy unveiled a refreshed logo, as part of a larger repositioning effort. Today, we’re here to walk through its change and the... Continue reading →
Amy Devereux
Designing a mobile platform
A couple of months ago, we shipped a brand new mobile platform at Envoy. This was timed with a rollout of our new brand and a comprehensive workplace platform... Continue reading →
Jon Rundle
Building a brand
Two months ago, we unveiled the foundation of our new brand at Envoy. This was intentionally timed with the launch of our workplace platform... Continue reading →
How to take good meeting notes
Earlier in my career, I led a lot of remote usability tests, which helped me build the ability to take quick, detailed notes... Continue reading →
Envoy block list redesign
Many companies purchase visitor management systems like Envoy Visitors to enhance workplace security. They screen visitors to keep... Continue reading →
Six thoughts on seven years of working remotely
There is one tweet that changed the course of my entire career. It was late 2013, and after a few frustrating months of freelancing, I sent... Continue reading →
Designing your digital product like a concept car
Automakers have been producing concept cars for over 80 years. We can do the same type of thing in digital design as well... Continue reading →
Meet Jessica Bottali, Product Designer
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to meet Jess in San Francisco during her second week at Envoy... Continue reading →
Stop relying solely on static prototypes
Recently, I've noticed a bit of an alarming trend within the product design community around the use of static prototypes... Continue reading →
Designers discuss imposter syndrome
Early in my design career, I wanted to learn more about user experience design, but I was only one of two UI designers... Continue reading →
How to illustrate when you can't draw to save your life
You don't want to look at anything I draw. Trust me. And rightly so - my abilities are just a step above stick figures... Continue reading →
Meet Jon Rundle, Sr. Product Designer
Recently I had the chance to sit down with one of Envoy’s first product designers, Jon Rundle... Continue reading →
Kelly Wahlstrom
Saying goodbye to “Good enough”
One of the great debates of any cross-functional product team is “are we ready to ship?”... Continue reading →
Behind the scenes of our film 'The Smarter Workplace' with Jen and Colin from Oddfellows
I recently sat down with Jen Szeto and Colin Trenter of the animation studio Oddfellows... Continue reading →
Wells Riley
How to design an accessible color scheme
I set out on a journey to create a new color scheme with higher-contrast, more accessible colors. Continue reading →
Becoming the first design manager
As I was transitioning to management at Envoy, I would say “Those who can't do, teach” as a self-deprecating joke when among my former peers... Continue reading →
How I Learned to Stop Self-Sabotaging Design Critiques
I’ve had a somewhat adversarial relationship with design critiques throughout my career. I would sometimes take feedback personally... Continue reading →
Stuart Norrie
The first-time content strategist’s survival guide
I’ll often do this thing where I become fascinated with a burgeoning field of work—let’s say content strategy... Continue reading →
Jillian Smith
Redesigning the core Envoy experience
Back in 2013, the first version of Envoy visitor registration was built. Over that time there's been a lot of incremental improvements made to the app... Continue reading →
Meet Alec Schmidt, Visual Designer
Alec and I talk about challenging visual design homogeneity, using the written word to construct better visual narratives, and developing... Continue reading →
Essential Shortcuts for Designers #01
A few weeks ago, Amy Devereux showed me a shortcut in Adobe Illustrator called Paste in Front that I didn't know existed. It was relatively well-known... Continue reading →
Alec Schmidt
Meet: Katie Riley, Product Designer
Katie has been at Envoy for almost eight months but if you ask around, it’s felt like longer based on the impact she’s already had on the company. Continue reading →
Pedro Carmo
Introducing Tutorial Nuggets: Bite-sized tips and tricks
If you're like us, you love a good tutorial video but don't always have an hour to spend in the middle of a busy week... Continue reading →
Announcing the winners of our Office of the Future Dribbble rebound contest!
At Envoy, we're challenging the status quo of workplace technology. We believe that great design and cutting-edge technology can solve... Continue reading →
Books that shaped how I think
Every so often, I get asked for book recommendations for professional development. While I could list off the books I referenced in my own... Continue reading →
Meet: Abby Beard, Content Strategist
Abby first joined Envoy in 2015. She's worn a lot of different hats but most recently been focused on content strategy... Continue reading →
How to ask good questions and level-up your user research skills
In my experience as a product designer, there’s nothing more eye-opening than talking to users… Continue reading →
Looking back on a year at a startup
I've gathered some thoughts on what's helped me in my first year as a product designer… Continue reading →
Designing our new office space
We recently relocated and there's a lot to be excited about! Continue reading →
Meet: Tina Xu, Product Designer
Tina Xu has been a Product Designer at Envoy since 2017. We recently sat down to chat about Sailor Moon, finding your passion in life… Continue reading →
The technical designer
I learned to code midway through my design career, and it’s helped me in ways I never anticipated… especially with working at a startup. Continue reading →
How I use coffee for culture
Two years ago I decided to take every new coworker out for a coffee. And I think you should try it too. When I first started working at Envoy... Continue reading →
Remote work at Envoy: How we design for collaboration
Through my discussions with design candidates at Envoy, I’ve been asked by each one: “Sooo, what’s it like being the remote designer”... Continue reading →
Meet: Amy Devereux, Visual Designer
Amy Devereux has been a Visual Designer at Envoy since 2016. We recently sat down to chat about The College Board, why typography is... Continue reading →
May I have your attention, please?
I turned off notifications and deleted feed apps on my iPhone three weeks ago and feel more creative and productive than I have in years. Continue reading →
Help me help you: How we design help documentation at Envoy
I started at Envoy three years ago with one purpose—to create content that makes users more successful. While there are many aspects to... Continue reading →
Abby Beard
Quick tip: Make the Touch Bar way more usable and less distracting
As the new MacBook Pro becomes more ubiquitous at Envoy, I've noticed that most people don’t customize the default behavior—which isn't... Continue reading →
Hi there, new friends
We’re the design team at Envoy, and we’re excited to come out from behind the pixels and finally say hello... Continue reading →
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