The Essential List: Chris Martinié
Chris Martinié is an interactive designer currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He loves working at the intersection of technology and design, creating beautiful and useful design for people.
When not immersed in the world of design, Chris will tell you all about some obscure historical facts he just researched, pretend to woodwork or persuade you that Star Trek is the best road map for society.
Lifestyle
- Hometown: Concord, CA
- Staycation: Somewhere with a view
- Vacation: Anywhere
- Pet: Meeko, a cute mutt who acts like a moody teenager
- Place of work: Bedroom / Coffee shops
- Place of workout: Living room
- Good Habit: Putting things back where they belong
- Bad Habit: …except my clothes
- Mode of transport: Mercier Kilo TT
Culture
- Artist: Vermeer, Hokusai, Eames, Geiger, Fairey
- Musician: Too Many
- Film director: Spielberg, Tarantino, Nolan, Scott
- Film: Mrs. Doubtfire
- Series: Breaking Bad
- Video Game: Sudoku
- Board Game: Coup
- Book: Just started reading Zhuangzi.
- Podcast: SYSK, Hard Fork, Matter of Opinion, Hardcore History…
- Obsession: Trek
Food and Drink
- Breakfast: Ingo’s Tasty Diner, Santa Monica. Good brek, live jazz, great cocktails.
- Restaurant: Nom Wah Tea Parlor, NYC. It might be a bit touristy but the dim sum is affordable and amazing. (Get a ‘phoenix bun’ for dessert)
- Working lunch: Coffee and trail mix
- Dish: I’ll stir fry anything
- Snack: Apples and peanut butter
- Guilty Pleasure: Taco Bell…Cheesy Gordita Crunch…3 Diablo Sauce packets per taco. You’ll be in heaven for the first 2.5 minutes before a swift descent.
- Bar: The Clocktower near Madison Square Park. You can drink, play pool, and feel fancy.
- Booze: Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin
Kit
- Phone: iPhone 13
- Computer: MacBook Pro. 16-inch, 2019
- Headphones: AirPods Pro
- Pen / pencil: Zebra F-301 Retractable Ballpoint
- Where you document an idea: Notes App
- Footwear: Classic sneaks
- Collection: Designy Books
- Home comfort: Hammock
- App: Waking Up
- Website: levinriegner.com / martinie.design
- Blog: Brand New / The Brand Identity
- Work program: Figz. Adobe and Procreate are in the nosebleeds nowadays.
- Digital work tool: Com-pu-ter?
- Analogue work tool: Pencils
- Bonus Kit Essential: Any backpacking related item from REI.
