Category Archives: Research

Creative art of presentations

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Presentations are used to communicate, inspire or demonstrate a topic, perspective or concept. They can be one of the most effective and inspirational mediums for delivery.

Games as multi-genre digital content for the web & mobile

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After attending the Games Based Learning 2010 conference in London I've come away with a realisation of what the medium is capable of and present the case that web designers should be informed and ready to implement games as another form of digital content.

User interface design in video games

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Splinter Cell Conviction's objectives projected in the game world
Games are introducing innovative UI elements that exist within the game world. After reading through a Thesis and a few articles on game interface design I examine the different types of UI elements, separating them in to categories and providing examples of their implementation.

Designers & consumerism

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The evolution of graphic design over the past 100 years from purely aesthetics to meeting functional, cultural, social and production requirements has helped to develop the change and growth of consumerism.

The most important thing I learnt from being a designer

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Visions of hell

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Hell has always be a source of fascination — it exists in most cultures and religions. Many artists, designers and writers take inspiration from Dante’s Divine Comedy when referencing hell in their work — in fact it’s surprising how much influence the Italian poem has had on modern culture. I’ve been exploring visual executions of [...]