Andrea Tomingas and the art of “information organization”

Andrea Tomingas has a talent for telling one story, many different ways. From being a presentation designer at Hulu to co-founding a business, Andrea offers a unique perspective on presentations. 

Having co-founded Duck Brigade over ten years ago, Andrea knows the importance of communicating a company story well, in a short amount of time. 

Duck Brigade specializes in UX design, landing pages, logos and pitch decks—all various forms of “information organization” as they call it. 

As Andrea walks us through what’s in/out in pitch decks, their ideal pitch deck flow and creating a UX wireframe, we realize that a UX design and pitch deck creation have a lot of useful foundations in common.

What's in the Spice Cabinet??

Where to find Andrea?

• Discover their work on Duck Brigade! 
• LinkedIn

Favorite speakers & presenters?

• “Anyone with a good musicality to their voice”
  • Tig Notaro
• Comedians!
  • Mae Martin’s “Sap” comedy special on Netflix
  • Jerrod Carmichael “Rothaniel” on HBO
  • John Early “Now More Than Ever” on HBO
• Improv scene in LA

Design inspo?

• Stenberg Brothers - poster design team from Russia
• Emory Douglass - designer for the Black Panthers
• Protest ephemera 

Fave films?

Some recent visually inspiring ones…

• Challengers
• Poor Things

Denver inspo? 

• Steven J Yazzie at the Denver Art museum
  • "He built a tricycle low the ground, got in the tricycle, filmed what he was looking at and biked around landmarks in downtown Denver while sketching the landmarks."

Andrea’s walkout song?? 

• Roadrunner - The Modern Lovers