DOC 00 - HOME

Hi, I'm Steven. Designer, photographer, and maker on the Oregon Coast.

Thirty-plus years of UX and UI, brand and packaging, print and photography - a lot of it for nonprofits. These are my journals and working files. Want to work together?

NameS. TROTTER

Location45.63 N, 123.94 W

Revision2026-A

StatusMAKING THINGS

01 - Active files

FILE 01

Library Market

Software designed by people who have worked for and with libraries with the goal to positively impact libraries, staff, and patrons.

ROLECCO, CO-FOUNDER STATUSACTIVE FILE 02

TrakQR

Dynamic QR code campaigns - codes you can repoint and measure after they are out in the world.

ROLECCO, CO-FOUNDER STATUSACTIVE FILE 03

Vesper

An accessibility suite for product designers. Making accessibility part of how teams already work.

ROLEFOUNDER STATUSACTIVE FILE 04

Emerald Curtain Collective

Branding, website management, content creation, and volunteer work for an Oregon Coast nonprofit focused on using art & activism together to save our unique PNW ecosystems from destruction.

ROLECO-FOUNDER STATUSACTIVE FILE 05

Atlas

A personal life-management app, dressed in a retro space theme.

PLATFORMWEB, MACOS, IOS STATUSALPHA TESTING FILE 06

Project Sentinel

An archival app for preserving net art - and anything else on the web worth keeping.

TYPEMACOS STATUSALPHA TESTING FILE 07

Analog Functionalism

The design system behind this site - a living field manual of the style, its influences, and every component.

TYPEDESIGN SYSTEM STATUSLIVING DOC

02 - The archives

Design

24 FILES

Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach under a blue sky, two people and a dog walking the wet sand below.

Photography

SURVEY PLATES

03 - Latest field notes

01Waveform's Top 5 Apps of All TimeDesign & Marketing - Apr 3, 2026 02Long-form Narrative Podcast RecommendationsPodcasts - Feb 23, 2026 03Photo Journal: 9/28/2025Photo Journals - Sep 28, 2025 04Project: BreadmakingCooking & Recipes - Aug 18, 2025 05The Legend of Ochi: A Quiet Wonder Forged by HandMovie Reviews - May 27, 2025