Writing

• Weeknotes #5

  This week has been a rollercoaster of emotions but ended with me feeling hopeful about my job prospects and position within the industry.

• Look Around You

  For all their claims of changing the world, it would seem designers have not only failed to address its more pressing problems, but exaggerated many of its existing ones.

• Weeknotes #4

  Seeking solace in the Court of King Dyer.

• Weeknotes #3

  Well, that was a shitty week.

• Weeknotes #2

  Only the second edition of weeknotes, and yet the year is already 5% done. Blimey.

• Several People Are Outraged

  Slack has a new logo, and everyone hates it.

• Weeknotes #1

  Yup, that’s right, I’m jumping on the weeknotes bandwagon! Consider this an experiment, and we’ll see how long it lasts.

• Automated Front-end Development: A Critique

  A compelling 120-word critique regarding automated front-end development, as provided by a class attribute.

• 2018 in Review

  Looking back on a well-travelled yet otherwise directionless year.

• Turn Jekyll up to Eleventy

  I assemble a heavenly host of cherubs to sing the virtues of the Eleventy static site generator. By looking at how it compares to the familiar Ruby-based Jekyll, I may have you humming its tune for this season’s holiday projects. But will it put you on cloud eleven?

• Warp and Weft

  In thinking about the fabric of the web, I unpick a few threads and tie myself in knots.

• Future Ethics by Cennydd Bowles

  If design is the application of ethics, then anyone designing digital products should see their role in a new light after reading this book.

• Redesign Diary: Conundrum

  Who is this website for?

• Crisis

  A two-week stay in Berlin not only gave me time to explore the city, but also space to question the direction of my career and address a growing sense of disillusionment with my profession.

• Tempelhof

  On German Unity Day, a tour of Tempelhof Airport proved to be a powerful act of remembrance.

• Berlin Bound

  Ich bin ein Berliner?

• Undersold

  Another identity from the offices of Pentagram that elicits a feeling somewhere between despair and indifference.

• Alternatives to Twitter

  As people look to replace Twitter as their social network of choice, Mastadon and Micro.blog have emerged as early contenders.

• Death of a Clone Town

  What does the future hold for small towns like Walsall?

• Concrete on the Tyne

  Exploring Newcastle’s former ambition to become “Brasília Of The North”.

• Brands Renewed

  An appreciation for identity programmes that seek to refine rather than reinvent.

• The Curse of ITV

  Worried? Me?

• What Goes Up, Must Come Down

  From its Roman walls to a series of modern carbuncles, Exeter has a curious mix of architecture, but not nearly as much as it once did.

• A Peek Behind the Curtain

  GDPR can’t come soon enough.