the authors

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All of the authors are from Gamil Design and/or Gamila. Being a graphic and product design consultancy, as well as having our own design brand, we see, hear and experience a lot of different things regarding the lifestyle and culture of design. We’re all different people and have unique interests and perspectives regarding that culture. We thought this would be a good place to share our insights with each other as well as with a larger design-interested audience. One thing none of us really enjoy is writing our own “bio.” And bios can be really boring to read too, so we came up with some fun questions for each of us to answer instead…

Beth Khalifa
graphic design director, blog editor, big on ideas, dog lover, sucker of big-eyed and big-headed cuteness, incessant sneezer
My personality in a phrase: I can’t be limited by a phrase
If you won a million $: change my name to befuddle solicitors and live just beyond my means
3 things you can’t live without: IMDB, mac-n-cheese, water
Personal Motto: “Try”
Most Unusual Skill: I can sing the 50 states in alphabetical order
One thing that annoys you: printer jams (yes, dealing with this now)
One thing that makes you happy: petting a dog

Aly Khalifa
product design director, engineer, design processes teacher, inline skater, sunday soccer, cellist
Personality in a phrase: in a word, entropis
Where do you see yourself in 20 years: the funny pages
3 things you can’t live without: mechanical pencils, music at all times, soccer
Personal Style: catastrophe meets unintended brilliance
Most unusual skill: riding kick-scooters
One thing that annoys you: “customer service”
One thing that makes you happy: “when a plan comes together” for the A-team

Ty Beddingfield
Gamila Tea sales and marketing director, connoisseur of various things, cyclist commuter, not an inline skater
My Personality in a phrase: lounges with wolves.
Last good laugh: remembering a friends tie his mother gave him for Xmas which was decorated with condoms (she thought they were ghosts…)
3 things you can’t live without: water, wine, whiskey
Where do you see your self in 20 yrs: cutting back on the whiskey, boosting the wine,and retaining more of the water…
Personal motto: If you desire it and it scares you then that’s two reasons you need to do it
Body art: scars of life
One thing that annoys you: good friends
One thing that makes you happy: good friends

Chad Wilkins
Gamila Mila sales and marketing director, home renovator, music lover and supporter, commuter cyclist
Last good laugh: hope to have a long time before my last good laugh
Won a million $: upgrade from clearance items to sale items
3 things you can’t live without: music, pbr, sunglasses
Where do you see yourself in 20 yrs: on a park bench feeding pigeons and talking to myself
Personal style: disorganized orderliness
Most unusual skill: selective hearingL
One thing that annoys you: repetition - especially playing the same song over and over and over
One thing that makes you happy: fresh snow

Britt Hayes
graphic designer, easily excitable, color lover, adventure seeker, sports fan
Personality in a phrase: I like nonsense
If you could be anywhere: Easy, anywhere I’m not
3 things you can’t live without: people, color, imaginary places
Where do you see yourself in 20 years: I live in the moment so I’ll figure out 2027 when i get there
Pets: I’m a foster mom for dogs through an organizations in town… but one day I want a pet snake
Favorite piece of clothing: Not clothing, shoes. I LOVE my purple suede Mary Jane pumps
One thing that annoys you: mean words
One thing that makes you happy: people