Published inThe Startup·Nov 7, 2020Code We TrustFlow’s code export is excellent, and for good reason. First, we’ve been producing award-winning interactive media, installations, and cutting edge interfaces for more than a decade. Flow is the culmination of all of those years of practice and of immersing ourselves in art, tech, and design. We’ve used pretty much…Flow13 min readFlow13 min read
Nov 5, 2020The Roots of FlowThis article is a set piece of a series of writings which are an exposition of our thoughts, experience, and reflections from working in design and development wheelhouses, about the SDLC, and the current composition of that workflow, and how things can, could, or we think will evolve. A year…Flow7 min readFlow7 min read
Nov 5, 2020How I Animated and Shipped 50 iOS Spinners in 48 hoursLate on a Wednesday a few weeks ago I thought to myself, “let’s see if I can make 50 custom iOS loading animations by the end of Sunday…” If I started the next day, that would give me 4 full days to get the job done so that I could…Animation6 min readAnimation6 min read
Nov 4, 2020How We Publish to DribbbleIn our other article, Learning to Animate by Stealing Other People’s Work we cover all the reasons why we love Dribbble and how to use it to be inspired, learn, pay homage, and promote the work of other amazingly talented people. Our Process When we post shots to Dribbble, we often do…Animation5 min readAnimation5 min read
Nov 3, 2020Learning to Animate By Stealing Other People’s WorkI love being a part of the Dribbble community. There are so many amazing designers creating new concepts, products and aesthetics. Every day I get to see something fresh, something new, something interesting, but what I really like is when designers rebound other people’s work. …Animation5 min readAnimation5 min read
Nov 2, 2020Control, Craftsmanship and Code ExportThis article is a set piece of a series of writings which are an exposition of our thoughts, experience, and reflections from working in design and development wheelhouses, about the SDLC, the current composition of that workflow, and how things can and will evolve. This is article #1 of that…Animation4 min readAnimation4 min read
Mar 16, 2020Flow 1.7 – A Little LottieHeads down, commits up… We’ve been hammering away over the last month to release the latest version of Flow. The big ticket here, is a beta version of Lottie export. This release opens up our Lottie export. For now we handle shapes, layers, and groups which cover a vast majority…Flow3 min readFlow3 min read
Jan 3, 2020The Power of TemplatesOne of the more subtle aspects of Flow is our code template engine. It allows us to very easily update and maintain or create new export formats. When we released our React export in December, it had taken us less than a week to produce, test, and ship it… Which…2 min read2 min read
Dec 20, 2019React!Flow now exports React components! Adding a 3rd export platform is a major milestone for us because the true nature of Flow is starting to reveal itself — as a tool that can export to any language, platform and style. React Toggle Button The newest export option that Flow offers is a toggle…2 min read2 min read
Dec 13, 2019Web ComponentsThe latest release of Flow has an awesome new feature that lets you embed your animations in a website, using only a single line of code. It comes with some slick performance upgrades to boot. A Single Line of Code We’re overhauling our HTML export to offer the option of exporting using Web Components which…4 min read4 min read
