Ricky Salsberry

About Ricky:

Ricky Salsberry is an interactive designer who gives a damn. He believes that great design comes from the details and begins as a sketch on paper. Nothing is more important to him than vision, taste & passion.

The Windy City is home, but he was born and raised in a tiny river-town on the Ohio River. He's a proud product of the Kent State University School of Visual Communication Design, a former Interactive & Social Media Director for AIGA Cleveland, and an all around nerd.

When not ranting or designing something, he's probably banging on the glass at a hockey game, getting flat tires on his bike all over Chicago, geeking out over anything with an Apple on it, or just standing around being tall.

As editor of The Donut Project, he's the guy who designed, built and maintains this site, so if you think it's awesome… or awful… shoot him an email and tell him so.

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Blog:The Twentieth

The Twentieth

This week, a few of us from The Donut Project will be moving on to a new project. A site devoted to practicing our writing, composing our thoughts and sharing our opinions on design, technology & life: The Twentieth. As of this post, The Donut Project is no longer. It has served us well as…

Blog:Etcher: Etch A Sketch for iPad

Etcher: Etch A Sketch for iPad

The first tablet most of us ever owned wasn’t the iPad. It was the Etch A Sketch. A new project up for funding on Kickstarter, the Etcher is an iPad case with functioning Etch A Sketch knobs that turn your iPad into a real Etch A Sketch. Etcher adds functional knobs to the iPad. As…

Blog:Nesl Desk Organizer

Nesl Desk Organizer

Nesl is a neat and simple desk organizer created by a few students from the Cleveland Institute of Art. It’s durable rubber polymer fingers hold on to cords, pens, phones… really anything you can cram into it. It’s currently being funded on Kickstarter, where $20 will get you a pair for your desk. Head to Nesl’s…

Blog:Hillman Curtis 1961–2012

Hillman Curtis 1961–2012

Yesterday, legend Hillman Curtis passed away at age 51 of cancer. His loss will be felt by many in the variety of industries he touched. Curtis had a long career as a musician, designer, author… and most recently a filmmaker, which is how I came to know of him. Curtis’ Artist Series videos inspired me…

Blog:TNT knows Drama

TNT knows Drama

To launch the high quality TV channel TNT in Belgium we placed a big red push button on an average Flemish square of an average Flemish town. A sign with the text “Push to add drama” invited people to use the button. And then we waited… Pretty awesome.

Blog:Muppet Show Pitch

Muppet Show Pitch

This is the original pitch for the Muppet Show, and how you sell a TV show.

Blog:If Facebook were invented in the 90s

If Facebook were invented in the 90s

What if Facebook were invented in the early 90s? (via @visualarmory)

Blog:Etsy’s Twitter Artist Series

Etsy’s Twitter Artist Series

Every month, Etsy’s Twitter Artist Series features a new designer who gets to takeover their Twitter background (@etsy) with an original design. Then they do a Q&A with the artist and make the design available as a free desktop and mobile download. This is a pretty cool way to do one part of social media.…