

He said he saw the value of drawing within the product development process early in his career, and realized he should hold onto his childhood drawing skills. He went to school for visual design and moved to Philly after graduating to work in advertising.

A hand-drawn careerĪ lifelong artist, Eisenhuth wanted to be an architect as a kid, and loved to design and draw pictures of buildings. “You start to see things about that drawing that might help you further develop that idea or maybe kind of push you in a different direction to explore.”Įisenhuth, a designer for Google, is releasing his book “ Drawing Product Ideas: Fast and Easy UX Drawing For Anyone” in November about the importance of UX drawing, a method that uses hand drawn sketches as a way to develop, communicate and share product design ideas, as well as how professionals can gain confidence in the drawing process. “A lot of times I’ll hang my drawings around me and just kind of live with them for a bit,” he told Technical.ly. You’d know that from looking around his own workspace at home in Wynnewood, featuring plenty of drawings that helped him explore and develop ideas in their early stages. Kent Eisenhuth is a big believer in hanging scribbles and doodles around your office.
