hello, welcome to my website.
in these pages you can find articles I have written about design,
innovation, technology and my maserati. You can see some of the things I have helped create, and get in contact with me.
update:
3 June 2008,
in May joined I Cisco where
I am director of customer experience for Europe within Cisco's consultancy service IBSG,
thanks to my old colleagues at Orange,
and thanks for the great send off.
whilst at Orange in Paris I worked with
Sam Hecht, whose company, Industrial Facility have a show running at London's Design Museum. I loved the show, especially
the collection of products Sam and his partner Kim have collected from around the world. I first met Sam when I was a tutor
at Central St Martins. He was an incredibly gifted student and it is no surprise to see him famous and working for companies
around the globe. I greatly enjoyed the work Sam did with me at Orange, he is very wise, able to see the wood for the trees
and produces simple elegant solutions. Go and see for yourself, some of the Orange work is in the show.
http://www.designmuseum.org/design/industrial-facility
It was a fantastic event, on a beautiful
spring day, and I met some great speakers who were all evangelists for inclusive design and reminded me why it is so important.
Many thanks to all those who came out
to hear me in Leeds in the superb facilities of Old Broadcasting House.
recent additions to this site: I have
added a short presentation, which I hope to expand, called the Design Toolbox. I was asked recently what I meant when I referred
to the toolbox of design, so I've tried to describe, as simply as possible, what I mean by that term. In the presentation,
I give a basic description of the elements of design that are transferable to a wide number of situations, by designers and
non designers alike. Many of these actions are done intuitively by designers, but I hope they begin to explain why design
thinking is important and successful in making things work better. If these simple rules and actions are followed, success
is more likely, risks are reduced and many poor service or technology experiences removed. Please let me know if you have
other or better ideas for the design toolbox.
if you want a really concise version
of my "Lipstick on a Pig" presentation, I have just found a video clip of the Pecha Kutcha presentation I did last year at
the degree show for Brunel University. Pecha Kucha is a presentation form that consists of 20 slides held for 20 seconds each.
Apparently designed to prevent designers from speaking too much, it has become a much repeated method to hear several points
of view at one go in a fair and even way. It was terrifying to do but very enjoyable. The link to the clip is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2oNKEqrY4Y
I recently took part in the Raymond
design event in Rotterdam. Raymond is a coming together of corporate design managers from around the globe organised by Dutch
companies Park and Eden. I met many wonderful and inspirational people there and found the event a much more stimulating and
valuable event than any conference. I want to blog on several issues that came up as soon as I get some time. This year Raymond
was covered by Business Week and you can see the report at: http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/
I haven't been keeping my blog up to date I'm afraid but the latest can be found at
on my best and worst technology experiences.
Setting up the Samsung Home Cinema system was traumatic. It shouldn't be, should it?
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