Improving the experience for people caring for loved ones with terminal cancer.

Posted by on Jul 25, 2017 in Academic, Design, personal | No Comments

Did y’all know i was doing a Visual Communication Masters? No? Well it’s understandable given I started it in 2012/2013 and had to postpone my final major until this summer (2017 – so 4 years then?). So I’m spending the summer studying and completing my final major. Here’s the brief: Improving the experience for people ...

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What makes a good In-house design team – Tips #1 to #5

Posted by on Feb 11, 2016 in articles, in-house design, leadership | No Comments

Most of my design career has been spent in-house, and by in-house I mean working as the sole designer or with a team of designers and digital professionals, in an environment where the key product is not primarily a creative one. My experiences have varied from: Custom Printed Merchandise, Electronic Smart-Meters, Insurance, Financial liability/Diligence Software ...

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Vision Bristol 2014 – Review

Posted by on Nov 11, 2014 in Design, Events, reviews | No Comments

I went to Vision Bristol 2014 which is a creative/digital/web conference operating out of the Arnolfini in Bristol on the 12th and 13th of November. This was the first time I’ve attended this conference and mostly went for it to get a better idea of the Bristol creative scene. It’s a great conference by many ...

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Design Stuff Cardiff

Posted by on Nov 2, 2014 in Events, in-house design, Public Speaking | No Comments

Earlier this year the lovely, well-bearded Dan Spain started a series of Design/creative talks in a local Cardiff bar to great success called Design Stuff Cardiff. Pulling together local personalities from the Cardiff creative scene and beyond Design Stuff Cardiff has managed to pull together the design community in Cardiff in a way i haven’t ...

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3 (more) things UX designers don’t want to hear

Posted by on Oct 4, 2014 in articles, UX Design | No Comments

“This will only ever be used on desktop, our users will never use mobile/tablet/unknown future device.” Things change. Technology advances. Society adapts and adopts complimentary behaviour. All of this is short spaces of time. Over the last 10 years laptops have become lighter, tablets and smart phones have become common place and ever more powerful. ...

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