Four words no designer wants to hear. These words are often followed by feeling rushed, dread, pressured and a sense of letting the team down. So how do we avoid them? Education I personally struggle to concisely explain what I do to some friends and family so why would it be…

Having a career goal is something that we all might say we have, but how many of us have actually taken the time to sit down, visualise, and plot the steps to get to where we want to go? I’ve always had a vague idea of where I want to…

A journal entry from a humbled designer In an ever-changing professional landscape I’ve found it hard to define my role, aspirations, and a path to get there. The vision I have for today is proven irrelevant tomorrow. The thing I can count on is that the personality traits I have…

Doing great work right now is hard. Being connected all the time means there are more distractions, innovation in workplaces can mean more meetings, and the more we do to self-improve the the less time we have for doing our work. In most cases, to do the best on a…

If I had a dollar for every time I’ve been given feedback on white space I’d be able to buy at least twenty white designer shirts. White space, or negative space, is one of the most powerful tools a designer has. …

As a designer, sitting with either creatives or engineers has been a topic of discussion around me for the past year, I’ve had experience in both and have found positives and negatives associated with each one. Traditionally I’ve always sat in a creative team with other designers, it’s the way…

Your design is beautiful, every element on the screen has been through a journey with you, fighting through critiques, variations, font changes and numerous other iterations to settle in this special place in your heart. There’s one thing you need to do in order to make it better, Dump it. …

I’ve been searching and experimenting with a vast range of tools for prototyping animation, all with pros and cons but none that perfectly fit all the needs that I’m looking for. Traditionally a designer would create a flat design and try to verbally communicate the intent of an animation to…

One of the most vital parts of delivering a successful project as a designer is collaboration. The relationship you have with the other members of the team can make the difference between a mediocre and a stand-out product. Designers and developers have many similarities in their approach to work and…