The Design Engineer
The unicorn is dead, long live the unicorn The role of a Design Engineer, formerly known as a Design Unicorn™, is still not fully understood by most...
The only difference between us is our tool of choice
Design, development, and product management are crucial elements in building successful solutions. While they feel like they’re very different and very...
The Spatial Interface
Following up on my 2021 post Spatial Design it’s clear to me that my hunch was right, and Apple were building these principles over the past two years to...
The Struggle between Urgency and Importance: Getting Your Priorities Right
As a designer or developer, you're no stranger to the constant struggle between urgency and importance. Deadlines and client demands often push you towards...
The Struggle between Urgency and Importance: Getting Your Priorities Right
As a designer or developer, you're no stranger to the constant struggle between urgency and importance. Deadlines and client demands often push you towards...
Why I don’t charge for my side projects
The minute money exchanges hands, the relationship becomes one of customer and seller. And that implicit relationship makes a huge difference in what your...
Two weeks and five lessons
When on the outside looking in during an interview process, you can learn a lot about a company. By reading the docs they send you, looking for Glassdoor...
Two weeks and five lessons
When on the outside looking in during an interview process, you can learn a lot about a company. By reading the docs they send you, looking for Glassdoor...
Designing API-first
The power of visualising your API as part of your design process to align the entire team
AI as pair design
The ultimate design companion is just around the corner
Strip your URLs to super simple domains
RegEx has been around since the 50’s, and it’s still just as unreadable
On Digital Playgrounds
Why creating stuff for yourself is the best way to learn a new technology or how something works
Why you should reply to automated emails
Reply to those automated emails, you never know what might happen.
On Digital Playgrounds
Email mistakenly sent without all the contents earlier! Building for fun, by solving problems you face I’ve always been a bit of a nightmare when it comes to...
On Digital Playgrounds
Why creating stuff for yourself is the best way to learn a new technology or how something works
AI as pair design
These days, there’s always a constant influx of new things to learn as a designer. We had the great “should designers code” debate; we also had accessible 3D...
Tempo: Designing a product that demands to not be used
Tempo is a minimalist email client, making email simple again
How to make friends and influence designers
Why every design crit should be well structured, predictable and facilitated
What I've learnt over the past year
Lessons I’ve learnt over the past year.
How music, design and code are all the same
I wouldn’t say I believe creativity is a gift we’re born with. I don’t believe my abilities are.
Designing in the open
What I’ve learnt about sharing constantly and live designing with my team.
Ten Principles for Good Design
I decided to put together a free, multi-device, minimal wallpaper of Ram’s ten principles.
Don’t let your role define you
A practical guide on how to navigate your career when the path you’re heading down isn’t the one you truly want.
Shift gears and switch careers
I’ve talked about my history before, but I haven’t provided explicit advice about how to switch careers
Shift gears and switch careers
Shift gears and switch careers I've talked about my history before, but I haven't provided explicit advice about how to make a career switch effectively....
Design for handshakes not handovers
Why it’s better to shake hands with your developers, than throw your designs over the fence
The power of Cosmic
Not too long ago I decided to set myself a challenge; create and add new content to my website via a CMS.
Getting DRY with Figma plugins
Solving design problems by building Figma plugins.
What a cult taught me about 'limiting beliefs'
You should never feel like you have no limiting beliefs, but you should always fight to overcome them.
From problem to plugin
Learning Typescript, the Figma API and solving a real personal problem.
‘Users’ are humans
Design is about people, and I’ve been thinking a lot about the problem of the term ‘user’.
Strip your URLs to super simple domains
The hunt for better RegEx Since I've been working with frontend code, RegEx (short for Regular Expression) has been a constant and confusing minefield. RegEx...
Polywork: LinkedIn without the Suits
The future of networking is being built in the open.
Relative seniority
How your title is reflective of your company’s stage as well as your level.
Rumination, iteration or procrastination
Knowing when to let an idea go and when to not even go there.
Designing API-first
Designing API-first The power of visualising your API as part of your design process All good design processes start by understanding a business or customer...
Code as Design
How development can be learned through a design lens (and how I’ve managed to do it).
Why every design crit should be presented on slides
How to make friends and influence designers In my career, I’ve been used to being one of one or one of two designers on the team. It was always a pretty...
On creativity as a process for catharsis
The more I listen to our third album, the more I recognise the fact that I wrote it as a form of catharsis.
Design for handshakes not handovers
Why it's better to shake hands with your developers, than throw your designs over the fence. If you've followed me for any length of time, you'll know that...
On creativity as a process for catharsis
This one is more about processing emotions and dealing with loss. If that triggers you or isn’t interesting, feel free to trash it. The more I listen to our...
Rumination, iteration or procrastination
Knowing when to let an idea go and when to not even go there I recently saw a Tweet from Kyle Turman that prompted me to think about the role of ideation in...
Getting to yes
Why I think designers and developers should learn the basics of sales.
Design as Code
What learning Vue has taught me about the future of design, development and the modern web.
Thinking in design-code
My personal approach on how to think about code from a design perspective and how to implement those changes.
Relative seniority
How your title is reflective of your company’s stage as well as your level I recently saw a tweet from Brian Lovin that talked about salaries some of the...
Polywork: LinkedIn without the Suits
The future of networking is being built in the open Disclaimer: This article is sponsored by Polywork but all opinions are my own and not suggested,...
Tempo: Designing a product that demands to not be used
Disclaimer: This article is sponsored by Tempo, but all opinions are my own and not suggested, influenced or edited by anyone at Tempo. I’ve been using Tempo...
Why every designer should experience customer service
It's common when joining a new company to get thrown straight in at the deep end. Whilst not always true, often the reason for your employment is because the...
Why every designer should experience customer service
It’s common when joining a new company to get thrown straight in at the deep end. Sometimes, it’s better not to.