art direction. mobile. usability. methodology. experience. social media. mat venn.

News

Working at Jam

Working at Jam, the social media experts at The Engine Group.

(Posted on Aug 04, 2011)

Portfolio update - March 2011

Added some more native and web app design to the portfolio

(Posted on Mar 11, 2011)

Blog

Responsive web design - my (broad) thoughts

A lot has been written about responsive web design lately, my current position is this:

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(Posted on Jul 19, 2011)

The Genius of Otl Aicher

Whenever I design anything to do with sports or sporting event categories, symbols or diagrams, I always go through the stunning and groundbreaking graphic materials created for the 1972 Munich Olympics by Otl Aicher.

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(Posted on Jun 13, 2010)

Prose

Defining mobile products

Mobile projects can be defined as either Native, Web or Browser. It is important to distinguish which one of these is required before creating visual direction. I like to explain it this way:

Code

Custom short URLs

Custom short URLs are a great way of strengthening brand association through Social Media networks.

HTML 5 is going to change things…

HTML5 is the next major revision of HTML.

HTML5 provides a number of new elements and attributes that reflect typical usage on modern Web sites. Some of them are semantic replacements for common uses of generic block and inline elements, for example ‘nav’ (website navigation block) and ‘footer’.

Play

Ten years ago…

Ten years ago I built the website for The Elbow Room, a chain of upscale pool bars in London, Leeds and Bristol. Back then they had 2 bars, and needed a really cool site. After a good deal of preparation, I decided to have a go at building a 3d look pool room in Flash…