Category: Design
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Elastic Brand podcast
Last Friday afternoon, I had a lovely chat with Liz Elcoate about ethics, inclusivity and accessibility in design and branding. That chat is now available as Episode 4 of Liz’s podcast, The Elastic Brand.
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Ethical design is not superficial
We are seeing more and more organisations starting to talk about ethical design. Unfortunately I suspect this has less to do with caring about the impact of unethical design on society, democracy and the environment, and more to do with organisations attempting to distance themselves from similar businesses who are finding it impossible to continue to disguise their toxicity.
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Site adjustments
My site is looking a little different, I’m now using the lovely Recia for the type. Fontdeck recently retired, and while they gave loads of notice about the service stopping, I still didn’t update my fonts in time.
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Diary, 29th March 2016
Back in the office today and we’re working hard and getting a lot done. We can’t wait to share what we’re working on with you all.
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What advice do you give to aspiring designers or typographers?
I was just asked, amongst a couple of other questions, what advice I would give to aspiring designers or typographers.
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130 words on getting creative in Offscreen Magazine
I’m slightly behind on my posts, but I wanted to share my contribution in the latest edition of Offscreen Magazine. Offscreen is a beautiful, printed, independent magazine about the “People behind Bits and Pixels.
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A realign for 2015
Almost a year after last year’s realign, I’ve made some more tweaks to my site. There were a few reasons behind it:
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Digital Arts: Web fonts: what designers need to know in 2015
Another fab and in-depth article from Craig Grannell on Digital Arts, this time on Web fonts: what designers need to know in 2015.
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What I’m doing now and why
I’d been a freelance web designer/developer full-time, working for myself, for six years. I love working with clients, and working with small businesses is a very sustainable business model.
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Breaking Stuff on A List Apart
Last week my latest column, Breaking Stuff, was published on A List Apart. I’m in a strange transitional period, moving from client work to fulltime at ind.
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