Hi there! My name Adrien. I design custom WordPress CMS sites out of Nagoya, Japan.
Why web design?
I taught English here for about 7 years, but I was dying to do design instead — after all, that’s what I studied in college; and it’s how I met my wife and now business partner, Yuko.
When I discovered web design I knew I’d found something I could happily do for a living. Web design, coding, web programming — whatever you want to call it, feels so right to me for 2 reasons.
- You can literally never stop learning. Even if you learn everything you could possibly know about the present state of web design — in 2 years, you’ll have to tear some of that knowledge down and try something new. The web changes SO frequently.
- I’m obsessed with “the how”. I’ll never forget the first time I remember feeling proud of myself.
I was about 6 years old. I found a simple paper airplane my classmate had made sitting on the table. I took a few moments observing it — just looking — and then I grabbed a piece of paper.
In just one try, I successfully engineered the same paper airplane that was sitting on the desk before me.
Web design gives me the opportunity to do that every day.
Some of my Favorite Tools
As I said, the web is constantly changing. The following tools make web development easier, more stable, more flexible, and more fun!
- Genesis Framework
- CodeKit
- Advanced Custom Fields
- Simply Show Hooks