Spencer Nugent is a Jamaican-born creator and educator currently based in Salt Lake City, Utah where he runs 5050.design - an experiment in design where half of all projects are personal, the other half client work.
Spencer is the founder of Sketch-A-Day.com and IDSKETCHING.COM, and has been providing free, high quality online design sketching tutorial content and on-site sketch workshops since 2008. He has created an extensive online network and following within the Industrial Design community and continues to connect with students and design professionals via his online properties. With his YouTube streams, he continues to share his passion for creating and drawing on “Sketch-A-Day LIVE” as well as the sketch-a-day Instagram.
Spencer’s professional experience includes working at General Motors in Warren, Michigan, San Francisco based design firm Astro Studios, running his own design consultancy, Studio Tminus, where he worked with several clients primarily in the consumer electronics and apparel industries. Spencer has worked with brands such as Microsoft, Intel, Hewlett Packard, BodyGlove, Adidas, Verifone, Kyocera Altec Lansing, Hasbro, Dell, Tupperware, Motorola, and Vivint Smart Home.
Spencer has led workshops and presentations for many higher educational institutions and corporate clients including designers at Adidas HQ, Herzogenaurach Germany, Apple Retail, LG, Adobe MAX and frequently presents on Adobe Live on Behance.net.
In 2020, Spencer was awarded the Industrial Design Society of America’s individual achievement award for his consistent work and passion related to industrial design education related to producing online educational content.
In 2022, Spencer published “The Perspective Drawing Guide” - a simple guide for anyone learning to draw or brush up on skills. Spencer’s second book, “Sketch Every Damn Day”, a book of weekly prompts and activities to level up sketching skills, was released in April 2025.