Complex things, explained lightly
I tell stories with words and drawings, and take your tangled, technical, nobody-can-explain-it ideas and turn them into pictures and sentences people can feel and remember on the walk back to their desk.
Kari Sabine (b. 1989) has always been drawn to illustration and writing — and to the creativity that ties them together. After a bachelor's degree in creative writing and many years as a web designer and developer, she is now a UX and service designer, focusing on digital transformation and on helping organizations explain complexity in a visual, simple and playful way. Have a cool project? Feel free to get in touch.
karisabine@gmail.comThings that inspire me
Poetry
The fewest words that still hold the feeling.
Comics
Pictures and sentences working together — Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics.
Fictional characters
A face for an idea, specific enough that it sticks.
The physical world
People and stories close enough to see and feel.
Philosophy
I just discovered Amanda Askell's work shaping the character and personality of Claude — giving an AI a way of being turns out to be as much philosophy as engineering.
The old days
Vintage, classic, analog and worn-in — the quiet pull of simpler times.