creativecapital.wordpress.com - 3/31/2009
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Turns out the Web rumors were true for once. In a meeting last Friday afternoon in Twitter’s San Francisco office, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone told me that the company had hired ex-Google Visual Design Lead Douglas Bowman to be the company’s new creative director.
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Twitter officially hires Ex-Google designer. Expect improvements soon!
The Next Web —
... t just last week, frustrated Ex-Google designer Doug Bowman has left Google for Twitter. In a meeting with Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, Business Week’s Associate Editor Spencer Ante was told the company had officially hired the ex-Google lead designer to join Twitter full time. ...
Twitter tweaks replies, hires ex-Google designer
Webware.com —
... to land a new gig. Creative Capital's Spencer Ante reports that Bowman is taking the helm as creative director for Twitter, a spot that up to now was being held down by Twitter co-founder Biz Stone. ...
Industry Moves: Twitter Hires Google's Head Designer As Creative Director
paidContent —
... ) Design Lead Douglas Bowman quit in somewhat of a huff two weeks ago, he hinted that he had something else lined up. Turns out, according to a report by Spencer Ante, that Bowman is heading to Twitter, where he will serve as the company's creative director. Twitter co-founder Biz Stone previously held the title. ...
Twitter Tweaks @ Replies, Eyes New Site Design
The Inquisitr » Technology —
... Meanwhile, Twitter has hired a new creative director to look at the site’s design and possible changes, according to the folks over at Creative Capital. Former Google Visual Design Lead Douglas Bowman is joining the team, Creative Capital reports, taking Stone’s place as acting creative director. ...
Why Google buying Twitter would be a disaster (for one person)
Technically Incorrect —
So Google may (or may not) be buying Twitter.
Some will consider this as yet another seamless step in Google's attempt not to dominate the world, but merely to own it. Others will be fascinated to see whether, in Google's hands, Twitter would lose its cachet, becoming drool rather than cool.
And then there's Douglas Bowman.
He left Google just a couple of weeks ago, baring his frustration as he went, in a blog post that oozed constipation.
"I won't miss a design philosophy that lives or dies strictly by the sword of data," he wrote.
Right now, he appears to be the creative director of Twitter. He went there, presumably, to live or die by a ...
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