Flatfoot Design is the design studio of Daniel Lopez based in the (very) windy city, Chicago. I am an artist, graphic designer, writer, and human being working for companies and businesses that also happen to be run by human beings. I try to be witty, self-deprecating, expressive, emotional, and hopefully engaging with my work. If the above sounds like a human being you'd like to work with, feel free to give me a shout out.

From the blog:

The Next Step

I’m excited to announce a new chapter in my life. I’ve started work as a full-time Senior Interactive Designer at Liquidus Marketing in Chicago. They are a video-advertising tech company with a host of products for making interactive digital ads. I’m mostly excited for this job as it’s a great chance for me to grow as an interactive designer by working with UX masterminds, developers, and tech-savvy geeks. I will …
Read the full post.

The Perfect Job

As a lustful work-hungry Junior Designer I spent an absurd amount of time searching for a perfect job – one that fulfilled quite a laundry list of demands; superstar award winning-work, satisfyingly beneficial for human kind and my soft fragile ego, short (or normal) work hours, basic benefits, fun co-workers (digital, animal, or both) and etc. And over the past 4 or so years I’ve been on the hunt looking …
Read the full post.

Revising the Designer-Client Setup

For the past few weeks I’ve been pondering a new method of interacting and working with clients. For the most part, a design project is a lot of back-and-forth between clients and the designer to get to a solution that makes everyone happy. That solution usually involves compromise, which frequently occurs on the designer’s behalf since the client controls the purse strings. That compromise can vary from being mildly acceptable …
Read the full post.