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This section contains personal and public sector projects, plus a few publicised projects from current and past studios I've worked with. Enjoy!

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Mercury interactive dashboard

fully-interactive touch screen interface for concept car

American car firm Mercury asked Imagination to create a personalisable, fully interactive full-dashboard display for its concept car. The response was a complex interface that was easy-to-use, and was demonstrated in three different 'skins' to show how the interface could be personalised by different drivers, say, in a family or hire car users.... Read More

Posted on 10/12

service design the movie

a quick guide to the characteristics of service design

As part of Engine's work with UCE (University of Central England), we were asked to write and produce a film to explain service design - its characteristics, the way it works and the key benefits that help it stand out against other disciplines.... Read More

Posted on 10/05

T5 info zone

designing the information provision at Heathrow T5

Engine Service Design were commissioned to design the information provision for arrivals passengers in Heathrow's new T5, taking onto account all kinds of human variables, from scenarios and goals to personas and mindsets.

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Posted on 10/05

Goldsmiths degree show 2006

an inter-disciplinary approach to publicise an inter-disciplinary show

Getting 35 creative and opinionated people to move in the same direction when you're considering how to represent the group for their degree show may be difficult, but a participatory process was the only one that would do in order to develop a brand and visual identity for the show. I was in charge of 'special projects'... Read More

Posted on 10/12

the treachery of buttons

exploring ‘physical minimalisation’ and meaningless convenience in interactivity

An animated research concept which could potentially go on forever, this dry-humoured film describes the physical abstraction and minimalisation of our experience of the world through technology and the action of pressing a button... Read More

Posted on 11/06

the connections experience

Re-designing the experience of connections across BAA’s UK airports

Engine Service Design was asked to re-design the experience of being a connecting passenger for implementation across BAA's UK airports. The passenger journey from choosing a connecting airport to boarding their connecting flight was carefully researched and then re-created into a multi-channel journey diagram, which planned out the ideal connections experience...... Read More

Posted on 10/05

Land Rover website

jpeggery, digitalpokery and photoshopmonkey business

Whilst at Imagination, one of the world's largest digital interaction agencies, I had a balance of work between learning fantastic new tricks in Flash and After Effects, and also Photoshop monkeybusiness for projects such as selecting and providing the artwork and assets for the Land Rover website.... Read More

Posted on 10/12

exploring dining etiquette

subverting behaviour and environments with messy consequences

To explore dining cultures and the social power of etiquette, two dinner parties were set up and recorded, revealing etiquette’s power to disassociate diners from the destructive violent processes of consumption of other living things... Read More

Posted on 11/06

guerrilla christmas wrapping

letting your artistic criticisms and feelings be known in a festive way

A great bit of fun re-appropriating a generally disliked but even more generally ignored piece of sculpture in the centre of Goldsmiths College. With a bit of Christmas wrapping paper the piece had become relevant to the season and transformed into what it should be - a gift to all those at the college to look at. Felt naughty doing it but who's going to complain about Christmas?... Read More

Posted on 10/12

saucy christmas cards

celebrating the British love of the double-entendre

A one hour project and more than a nod to the cheeky RCA posters that had been appearing around Goldsmiths College. These cards celebrate that most British of institutions; the Christmas double-entendre. It sorted my christmas cards out for everyone but my more sensitive relatives.... Read More

Posted on 10/12

agent provocateur

it’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to be lucky enough to do it…

Wow. For just a few days I worked with Large Design as their Photoshop Monkey, producing the artwork and assets for the Agent Provocateur website. The placement wasn't paid, hence the duration, but it wasn't entirely painful to work for free with amazing photography of models in lingerie... Read More

Posted on 10/06

plusyou.co.uk

project concept and portfolio site in full Flash glory

PlusYou was the umbrella concept which covered all the pieces of work I produced for my degree show, and this flash website was a quick way to give visitors to the show some more background on my work. PlusYou was the idea that all of the designs depended on the intervention of the user in the design process in order to reach their full potential.... Read More

Posted on 10/12

Axon identity

establishing a technology startup from scratch

Axon (formerly Cortex) were one of the technology startups myself, Nick Marsh and Alex Holmes spent the most time working on as a design 'task force' for the Design Council's Technology Campaign. Besides product ideas for their new technology and processes, they also required a refined offering and business plan, branding and a visual identity from scratch, a website, exhibition...... Read More

Posted on 10/12

activmobs

a preventative health service married with social networking

Activmobs is a preventative health service that marries together social networking and professional fitness advice. After RED's pilot project with Kent County Council, a startup pack was to be produced to help county councils around the UK set up schemes.... Read More

Posted on 10/01

kay

a very noir film which made it to the NFT

Kay was a film written and directed by Sam Burke and Ryan Barkataki. We all pitched in for free, and I was Director of Photography of a very noir film which eventually got its screening at the NFT (National Film theatre) on London's South Bank... Read More

Posted on 11/06