February 2012
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IXD12 Redux in London, Sketchnotes
My employers recently sponsored an IXDA London event based on the recent Interactions 12 conference in Dublin. The event was held at the Sapient Nitro offices and with a joint event between their team, my boss and colleagues plus a handful of volunteers, the event seemed to go very smoothly.
One of the other reasons I was on hand, was to capture some sketchnotes. You can see the results...
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Christ to Coke at the Wellcome Collection
This week Brad and I went to a talk at the Wellcome Collection titled “Christ to Coke - How Image Becomes Icon” given by Martin Kemp, the Emeritus Research Professor in the History of Art at Oxford University.
The talk focused on Martin Kemp’s book of the same name - Christ to Coke - and he discussed some of the icons which made it to the book. My sketchnote of the event is...
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Neal's Yard Dairy, Cheese Tasting Sketchnotes
For my most recent birthday, Brad purchased tickets to a Christmas Cheese Tasting at Neal’s Yard Dairy. We have been before — to their very popular Beer & Cheese tasting — and absolutely loved it. First we found out I was expecting (and that rules out a fair few cheeses) and then the Christmas Cheese tasting was unfortunately cancelled. Thankfully we were able to book into...
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Philosophy Now - Published Sketchnote
I was recently contacted by Philosophy Now, a bi-monthly, non-academic publication with news, articles, and columns aimed at those with an interest in philosophy, to ask whether they could publish my sketchnote from Ray Tallis’ Aping Mankind talk at the RIGB.
They just sent me over a few copies of the magazine so I could see my work in glorious print. Some photos are below…
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Portobello Giving Project
I’ve taken on a number of commissions over the past few months but unfortunately they haven’t made it to the blog given the big move and the impending arrival!
David Barrie (who was involved with The People’s Supermarket) asked me to help with a proposal for the Portobello Giving Project, which is a social venture in which donors who live in an urban area donate money to and...
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Design of Understanding Review from Sjors Timmer →
Great write up from Sjors Timmer on the Design of Understanding.
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Design of Understanding @ St Bride
Last Friday, I had the pleasure of attending the Design of Understanding conference. Organised by Max Gadney and held at St Bride, it was as interesting and diverse as the previous year’s conference, which made a nice change from the usual UX conference scene.
My favourite speakers were Luis Rey’s talk on illustrating dinosaurs and his work with paleontologists to accurately...
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Thinking Fast & Slow @ RIGB
In celebration of Daniel Kahneman’s most recent book Thinking, Fast and Slow he gave a lecture at the RIGB last November. Unfortunately it’s only now I’ve been able to write this post. The book is now firmly on my to-read list and I’d encourage everyone to have a look. My sketchnote is below and you can see Eva-Lotta’s sketch on Flickr.