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Designing a logo
Here’s the concept I came up with when designing a logo for a coffee company. I’ve also included some background to better explain my thought process behind the design. Design process: I wrote an...
View ArticleUseful WordPress plugins
These are the plugins I used to create the custom WordPress theme for my website. The great thing about WordPress is there’s a ton of great plugins available to add functionality to your site and get...
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10 step design process
When people ask me “What’s your design process?” to be completely honest I haven’t given that question a lot of thought. I know have a design process, it’s just that I haven’t taken the time write it...
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Where to find free images (that are awesome)
If you’ve spent any time looking through stock image websites you’d be forgiven for thinking there isn’t a lot of difference between them and these totally unusable photos. Here’s a list of sites...
View ArticleWellington craft beer
Here’s a list of craft beer places located in the Wellington. I’ve tried to map out the shortest/best route so you can easily walk between bars without having to rely on buses or taxis. Southern Cross...
View ArticleDesigning for iOS
Some notes I made while reading the iOS Human Interface Guide. Use layers/transparency to help provide context and orient people within your app Use a launch image (aka splash screen) to allow enough...
View ArticleHow to make the perfect cup of tea
A good friend of mine Phil Mair was kind enough to show me his process for making the perfect cup of tea. With most things if you follow a well designed process you’re more likely to get better...
View ArticleComing to Wellington
Here’s a list of things I like to do when we have people from overseas come to visit. Everything from great places to eat, where to find a craft beer, a decent coffee and various activities and...
View ArticleUI & UX basics
Where am I? Always indicate active navigation states, breadcrumbs, etc. What do I need to complete? Dashboard overview, notifications, alerts, comments and a list of tasks to complete and their status....
View ArticleDesigning for Android (Material Design)
The fundamentals of light, surface, and movement are key to conveying how objects move, interact, and exist in space and in relation to each other. Multiple material elements cannot occupy the same...
View ArticleUI/UX basics
UI + UX 101 Where am I? Always indicate active navigation states, breadcrumbs, etc. What do I need to complete? Dashboard overview, notifications, alerts, comments and a list of tasks to complete and...
View ArticleMy perfect job
I recently read an article by the talented Mike Kivikoski titled Ideal employment. In the article Mike talks about the benefits of clearly outlining what you are looking for in your next role and...
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Colour inspiration
Here’s a list of website I visit to try and come up with different colour pallets. Each site has their strength and weakness, however based on what you’re trying to accomplish I usually find a...
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Designing a logo
Here’s the concept I came up with when designing a logo for a coffee company. I’ve also included some background to better explain my thought process behind the design. Design process: I wrote an...
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Designing with baseline grids
A few years ago I was researching layouts and grid structures on the web when I stumbled across this awesome article written by Pierre Marly from Teehan+Lax – Designing Faster with a Baseline Grid....
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User Experience (INFO 246)
I’m currently doing a User Experience paper at Victoria University. Whenever I meet with people about new roles they always ask me to explain my process. My process changes based on what I’m working on...
View ArticleThe perfect muesli
Ingredients 3 cups oats 2 T oil (any kind you like) 2 T honey ½ cup water 1 ½ cups of any dried fruit and/or seeds Almonds (slivers) Blueberries (dried) Chia seeds Coconut (slivers) Cranberries (dried)...
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Off for the school holidays
The plan for the week Recently I’ve started taking at least one week of a year to spend with my daughter, Molly during the school holidays. Sunday the night before we’re supposed to spend the week...
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UX Certification and training
I’ve recently signed up to do some online UX study via The Interaction Design Foundation over the next few months. The idea is to spend at least 30 minutes each day to work towards getting over 30 UX...
View ArticleThings I’m thankful for in 2019
I wanted to make a list of all the things that made 2019 awesome: TOOL released a new album called “Fear Inoculum” Surfed an artificial wave at Adventure Parc in Snowdonia, Wales We bought a new house...
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