personal creative journal of Ray Bolden documenting a practice still being built.

why the pivot?

The Pivot is a personal acknowledgment of someone who spent years knowing how to think before knowing how to say it. A record of an empirical practice rooted in transdisciplinary thinking, built on the belief that perspective is worth sharing and that truth and guidance can be found beyond the boundaries of any single discipline. Shared not because it is finished, but because it is honest.

Above all, this space exists to document finding my voice and a perspective I now know is worth sharing.

Practice Of
  • Experience & Interaction design
  • content/data modeling
Can Usually Find Me In:
  • New York, NY: 06:36:27
  • Los Angeles, CA: 06:36:27
  • Dallas, TX: 06:36:27
Current Capabilities
  • Experience & Interaction design
  • content/data modeling
  • information architecture
  • headless CMS
  • Front-end development
  • design systems
Creative Principles
  • let the conditions generate the decisions
  • function informs form
  • completeness is a form of confidence
  • earn presence before claiming space
  • design from the present state, not the desired one
currently immersed in
  • Listening – Billions Club
    by Olivia Rodrigo
    Wed Jun 10, 2026
  • Watching – Creative Minds
    by Creative Minds
    Jun 07, 2026
  • Reading – The Creative Act
    by Rick Rubin
    Jun 07, 2026