At New Year I started reminiscing, as you do, about the past and at what stage I had been the most happy. But as I thought I realised that actually it was now. When we are young success is defined by wealth and status. How much money we have, how famous we are.....
Read MoreWhen I’m not a digital Designer I’m a digital Artist.
A recent talk I did at the fantastic Reasons.to Conference, a place to get inspiration and innovation. You guys know the merits of digital art but back in Suffolk in the Dark ages of 2009 it was akin to blasphemy.
Read MoreWhen I’m not a digital Designer I’m a digital Artist
You guys know the merits of digital art, but back in Suffolk in the Dark ages of 2019 it was akin to blasphemy. All the same, my light-bulb moment came courtesy of PC World, when, late one December armed with my linux drive full of holiday snaps, I went down to transfer the files to my PC laptop. But £50 and one phone call later I was informed that they couldn’t transfer the files and that my hard drive was corrupted - this was worse than when Boots slapped 'Warning!' Stickers on my artful portraiture!...
Read MoreDesign Thinking, Disruptive Innovation and Accelerated Mobile Pages
I often attend industry events - as a freelancer it is a good opportunity to chew the cud with other designers, developers and UX specialists and keep abreast of our fast paced world.
Read MoreGetting a job in the tech industry
In this article, Abi talks about getting a job in the tech-industry. Firstly looking at the history of the web and why copy-writing, copy-editing and content creation has become so pivotal, she then focuses on the most important skills you need as a writer to make you stand out from crowd. Take a look and discover what it takes...
Read MoreHire More Mums (They have superpowers!)
Design Director Abi Fawcus gave one of the talks at the reasons.to conference in Brighton 1-3rd September 2014. As part of an incredibly creative and inspiring 3 day conference Abi was pushing the virtues of Mums in the work place with her talk: HIRE MORE MUMS… they have superpowers!
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