Question 1

Who is Luke Beard?

Accepted Answer

Luke Beard is a multidisciplinary designer, photographer, and creative technologist based in Atlanta, Georgia. He is a dual US/UK citizen, born in the United Kingdom and living in Atlanta since 2013. His self-described focus: design good products, take great photos. He founded Exposure and has led design and product at companies including Fohr, Avelo, Any Distance, and Voyage.

Question 2

What does Luke work on now?

Accepted Answer

Luke is Creative Director at Electric Hospitality, the Atlanta restaurant group behind Muchacho, Ladybird, Ranger Station, and Tiger Sun; fractional Head of Product at Opulist, a venue discovery iOS app he designed and built end to end; and Founder and CEO of Exposure, a photography hosting and publishing platform.

Question 3

What is Exposure?

Accepted Answer

Exposure (exposure.co) is a photography hosting and publishing platform Luke founded in 2013 and still leads. It gives photographers and writers a calm, long-form alternative to disposable social feeds. Clients span Fortune 500 (Rivian, National Geographic), sports (NFL, MLS), NGOs (World Wildlife Fund, United Nations), government (US State Department), and education (MIT, Yale, UC Berkeley).

Question 4

What is Any Distance?

Accepted Answer

Any Distance was a social fitness app Luke co-founded and led as CEO and designer from 2020 to 2023. It won the Apple Design Award for Visual and Graphics in 2023, reached over 100,000 downloads, and was named twice as Apple App of the Day. It was built around positivity and motivation rather than algorithms, ads, or competition.

Question 5

What is Luke's background?

Accepted Answer

Luke studied Computer Science at the Royal Forest of Dean College. His career spans Fohr (Interim Head of Product), Avelo (Chief Design Officer, leading the design of the world's smartest running shoe), Blank Street, Voyage (first designer at the autonomous taxi service), Uncrate, Elepath, WillCall, Hipstamatic, Buffer, and Zerply.

Question 6

Where is Luke based?

Accepted Answer

Atlanta, Georgia. He was born in the United Kingdom, is a dual US/UK citizen, and has lived in Atlanta since 2013.

Question 7

How can I contact Luke?

Accepted Answer

Email luke@beard.co. He is open to collaboration, advisory, and product work.

Question 8

Is Luke available for hire or advisory?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Luke takes on fractional product leadership, design advisory, and collaborative build work. Reach out at luke@beard.co.

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