Brian Warren
Senior Designer
Brian is a noted multi-disciplinary designer with 15 years of design experience.
For several years Brian ran his own agency, Be Good Not Bad, in Denver, Colorado where he worked with clients large and small, including The MacArthur Foundation, They Might Be Giants, Mozilla, and Beatport. In 2009 Brian joined Happy Cog as Senior Designer.
Brian co-authored HTML5 & CSS3 Visual QuickStart Guide, 7th Edition (Peacpit Press, 2011) and has been the technical editor for two books: Handcrafted CSS (New Riders, 2009), and Web Design and Marketing Solutions for Business Websites (friends of ED, 2007). Brian also speaks at conferences and meetups, including Typecon, AIGA, South by Southwest, EECI, and the ExpressionEngine Roadshow.
Brian helped build and launch Typedia, a community-driven shared encyclopedia of Typefaces. He has also written and guest edited for EE Insider, an official ExpressionEngine partner website.
Brian originally started his undergraduate study as a student of theology, but he eventually found his calling in design. After devouring books on typography, working in the university printing press, and running the yearbook staff, he graduated with a degree in graphic design.
When he is not sketching in his Field Notes, pushing pixels in Photoshop, or writing a bit of code; Brian can be found enjoying coffee, photography, brewing his own beer, and hanging out with his family.
Selected Articles and Publications
- HTML5 & CSS3 Visual QuickStart Guide, 7th Edition
- Peachpit Press, 2011
- The Art of Details
- May 5 2011, Cognition
- BBC Interview: “SXSW: Thousands invade Texas for music, film and web”
- March 11 2011, BBC News
- Simplifying How Content Works
- May 2010, EE Insider
Personal site: Be Good Not Bad