Hello, I'm Adam. I design and build apps.
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- ✔ designerTIME · AKQA · AT&T · Google
- ✔ shippedWalkie · Gaia · B150 · Titan · Open
- ✔ skillsvideo-skills · adam-plugins · awwwards-motion +6
- ✔ statusavailable for consulting & app builds
- ➜ readyadamperlis.com
Fifteen years leading design for clients like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and Verizon.
Formerly Head of Product Design at TIME, AKQA, B-Reel and BASIC/DEPT®. Founder of Academy, Walkie, B150 and Gaia. Speaker at SXSW, Web Summit and more.
- Years leading design
- 15+
- Live projects
- 05
- Talks given
- 16
- Walkie on Product Hunt
- #4
- Walkie (launched, Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, Android)
- Gaia Baby Tracker (launched, iPhone, Apple Watch)
- B150 (launched, Web, iPhone)
- Source (building, Web, self-hosted)
- Transistor (building, Mac, with Windows, iOS and Android planned)
- Camcorder (building, Mac (Apple Silicon))
- Clicker (building, iPhone, Mac)
- Titan (launched, Browser game)
- Zine (building, Web, CLI)
- Open Tributary (launched, White paper)
I build my own products, end to end.
5 are live on the App Store and the web, 5 more are in the works. It's the same process I'd bring to yours.
I'm also open to conversations with investors. Let's talk →
You don't have to buy your software anymore. It can be personal, made for an audience of one or a team of forty. Let me help you build yours.
Why I stopped buying softwareThe era of personal software
Select client work
- Verizon
- Time Inc.
- Microsoft
- Amazon
- Airbnb
- LG
- Working Not Working
- Wish
- Chief
Everyone I've worked with
Adam is a unicorn. A business leader that can slay a complex client presentation and a design powerhouse, not afraid of rolling up sleeves to finish that Sketch file deliverable.
Sergio Vilatimo, Creative Director at Airbnb, formerly Creative Partner at AKQAAdam is a master storyteller, who creates a narrative around everything he does. He evangelizes excellent product design practices, while bringing others along for the ride in an authentic and inclusive way.
Chris Hardtman, VP & Head of Design, NBCU News Group Digital, formerly Time Inc.Adam has a knack to boil down complex UX and product design concepts into simple, digestible ideas. He is a great collaborator who elegantly moves through internal politics to accomplish shared objectives.
Adam Fry-Pierce, Former Chief of Staff, UX Leadership at Google, and Director of Design Community at InVisionAdam is a very thoughtful manager and an empathetic human being. He's excellent at his craft and has a real passion for design and user experience. What I admire about him most is his management skills, especially as it relates to his emotional intelligence.
Lawrence Edmondson, Ex-CTO of The Barbarian Group, formerly Technical Director at AKQA
There's more on the other pages. The apps, the skills, how I can help, and the talks.
Work · 10 apps · 34 clients
Apps I've launched and am building, and fifteen years of client work.
- Walkie
- Gaia Baby Tracker
- B150
- Titan
Skills · 9 open source
The skills I build with, published for anyone to install.
- video-skills
- adam-plugins
- awwwards-motion
Services · 6 ways to work together
Have an app in mind? I can help you design it, build it and ship it.
- App design & build
- UX & design strategy
- Brand design
About · Talks & press
Talks at Web Summit, Fifteen Seconds and Tech Open Air.
- Academy
- BASIC/DEPT®
- AKQA
- B-Reel
Let's build your app.
Consulting, design or a full build. Tell me what you're making and where you're stuck.