Design Blogs

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• Rediscovering Sketching — Sketches saved me from endless CAD edits. I show hand sketches and NanoCAD plans for cycle crossing design, walking cycl
• What Exactly Is A Design Classic? — A tweet comparing a secure cycle parking shelter to a pig shelter kicked off a debate on what makes a design classic. I
• Kerb Your Enthusiasm — On holiday in Cardiff Bay a pedestrian dropped kerb with a 25mm upstand caught my eye. I explain why flush kerbs matter
• File Icons — Need consistent file icons for your app? I put together a community file icon collection and packaged it as fileicons.zi
• Planning a tunnel full of LEDs — Want to see a tunnel of LEDs at Nowhere festival in Spain? In this post I walk through planning an interactive LED tunne
• Building a website like it's 1999 — Want to build a 90s-style website in 2022? I rebuilt a GeoCities vibe with modern HTML, CSS and JS, and show how to recr
• Design and disappointment — Tired of fighting for design in every company? I became a front-end developer who cares about design, doubled down as a
• The Nightdress: Gothic Edition — Craving a Nosferatu style nightdress with authentic 1830s details? I compare Linda Muir's film nightgowns with sewing pa
• The Interrobang, Part 2 — I follow the interrobang into its afterlife: obscure typefaces, Unicode, misprints and revivals, and the strange ways th
• Sometimes the flyer is so cool you want to go to the talk — Academic talks, conference culture, and the lost art of the compelling flyer. Occasionally the design is so good it almo
• Dodecahedron — A creative exploration of making and gifting, focused on form, care, and the joy found in small handmade objects.
• Hello World — An introductory “hello world” post setting the tone for the site: curious essays at the intersection of technology, desi
• Sorry Dieter — A playful critique of rigid minimalist dogma in design, riffing on Dieter Rams and arguing for warmer, more human‑centre