Recently I sat on a panel titled ‘UX’s role in great branding and how to get it right‘. The panel included Lawerence McCahill from Spook Studio, Jon Darke from Every Interaction, James Bloom a freelance Creative Director and discussion was chaired by Russell Vaught. The audience were a mix of start ups and UX professionals…. Continue Reading
Lego have been busy finding new ways to attract new audiences, such as partnering with Muji to launch a paper Lego set, and working with fans of Minecraft, to create a new model based on the game. The most interesting for me though is Life of George; a Lego set that you play using an… Continue Reading
Recently we launched our first baby step towards improving the current mobile experience for BBC Radio and Music. Visit bbc.co.uk/radio on a phone and you get the following landing page: When we started off this project we had lot’s of ideas, requirements and features. We considered a number of different options for how we could… Continue Reading
Today we have launched the new Radio 1 and 1Xtra homepages that completely reinvent how we think, design and interact with a radio station online. What you see on the beta websites right now is a dynamic, real time Radio 1 and 1Xtra: bbc.co.uk/radio1 bbc.co.uk/1xtra In the next few weeks they will replace the current… Continue Reading
Recently I’ve been using a technique called Challenge Mapping. The technique frames problems as challenges which enables you to cut through negative thinking. In a recent workshop my challenge was “How might I enable the UX team to synchronise their work”. After establishing the challenge you begin to diverge on a question such as “Why… Continue Reading
12 hours is a micro project that involves taking one spontaneous photo every hour from 8am to 8pm. …. Continue Reading
Desert Island Discs recently relaunched on the Radio 4 website (at the end of March) on almost the same date that we held the Desert Island Discs hackday a year ago to explore what we could do with the archive data. Since the hackday a lot of work took place including the rebranding of Desert… Continue Reading
Currently I’m working on a new product for the BBC. As ever with something that is completely brand new its important to explore and generate lots of ideas early on using a variety of methods and techniques. In the context of this project I encouraged a multi disciplinary team of people to brainstorm and help… Continue Reading
The creative process is riddled with unexplainable moments, this scene from Mad Men captures the frustration of losing an idea to that moment of genius where one piece of inspiration sparks another. Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page]… Continue Reading
A new section on the BBC Music website launched today called Music Showcase. This section brings together all of the best audio and video music clips from the BBC and enables you to browse them in collections compiled by presenters and staff. As its just an alpha release this will be the first of many… Continue Reading