Emmet Connolly
Digital Product Designer
I’m a digital product designer, leading the Design team at Intercom. Before that I co-founded and designed Android Wear and designed Google Flights. I live on the west coast of Ireland with my wife and kids. I have an old blog.
I like to learn new things and meet new people, so do drop me an email or say hi on Twitter.
Intercom
VP of Product Design
I run the Design team at Intercom. We're building personal, simple messaging tools that allow website and app makers to see and talk with their users. We're ambitious, design-focused, and growing fast. Oh, and we're hiring designers. :)
Android Wear
Co-founder, Designer
While working at Google I started a 20% project to design and build a smartwatch. Over the course of four years the project grew, was incubated in Google[x], and developed into Android Wear, Google's smartwatch platform. I helped conceive the product direction, designed large parts of the UI, wrote the design guidelines, and presented at the product launch at Google I/O.
Google Flights
Designer
I was the sole designer of Google Flights. I also designed travel-related results on the Google search results page. Some novel features of Flights (e.g. independently choosing outbound and return legs, search by map) are now common industry patterns. Which is nice.
Selected writing
2007 – 2024
Speaking
2014 – 2024
From Visual Design to Vision Design
The Tools We Use
Other Bits & Bobs
Publications, Speaking, Interviews, etc.
