About
Hot Knife

Jon Follett

Jon is a writer, editor, and designer. He was lead author and editor of Designing for Emerging Technologies (O'Reilly, 2016) and wrote The Future of Product Design. He co-authored a chapter of O'Reilly's Beautiful Data, wrote a chapter of the UX Careers Handbook, and wrote the “Beautiful Information” column for UXmatters. His essays have appeared in A List Apart and Digital Web, translated into Russian, Chinese, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Before that, he designed and produced the annual report for Massachusetts' $50 billion public pension system. His first design job was at Saul Bellow's literary magazine, News from the Republic of Letters, and he still cares a great deal about typography. He also records electronic music for Triplicate Records.

Matthew Holm

Matt is a designer, writer, and illustrator. He spent eight years as an editor at Hearst's Country Living and has written widely on science for general audiences. At Hot Knife he has worked as an information architect, front-end developer, and copywriter, sketching wireframes and paper prototypes by hand. He is the co-creator and illustrator of the Eisner Award–winning Babymouse graphic novels and the bestselling Squish series from Random House.