designer | developer | illustrator
In 2019, the Virginia General Assembly will commemorate its 400th anniversary of being the first and longest continuous English speaking legislative body in the western hemisphere in the ongoing experiment of democracy. The Process & Idea: To commemorate the contributions See more
I’m working on a large, historical project where I needed a bit of a micro illustration that delights and can also shrink and swell on different screens. This responsive application, (available on a variety of devices), is being developed with See more
On September 25, 2015, I awoke around 04:50, sprinted to the gym, worked out and ran back at PR speed, (personal best record speed for those of you all who aren’t runners). On my way to work, I was rear See more
Not as simple as happy trees, I guess. Recently, I got a new MacBook Pro to do design work on. If you’re a designer, you know these have a Super High Resolution display, known as “Retina”. I went to redesign See more
This is the first blog post for the new dickkirkland.com. I used to have a very old blog and Flash portfolio site which was fun. However, it wasn’t very responsive on mobile devices and the legacy of Flash has ended. See more
Recently I had the opportunity to work with a team to produce a responsive wayfinding application. The app’s audience was both the public-at-large and for internal staff within the Virginia General Assembly. The General Assembly Building is undergoing a remodel See more
I was recently tasked with a large redesign of a brochure that is given to all visitors of the Virginia State Capitol. I inherited this project from a design agency here in Richmond. A reorganization of the brochure was requested. See more