I headed down to London to see the Decode exhibition at the V&A. Based around the notions of data visualisation, technology and interactivity, it was a small yet flab-free exhibition that was impressive and fun. The entrance to the exhibition…
Dean Vipond Brand & Interaction Design has been a fully-fledged business for one year and one day! It’s been a fantastic first year; I couldn’t have asked for more. The business was set up with the intention of working with…
Is it the imperfections we see in things which endear us to them? My very first post on this blog was on the notion of ‘perfection’ in design, and how if you look at certain, often mundane things objectively, it…
The online experience promoting new E4 drama ‘Misfits’ is now live. Dean Vipond was appointed by entertainment production company Six To Start to provide visual design for the experience, which allows users to explore scenes from the show and gaining…
Should we try and preserve web sites as part of our cultural history, or should they be left to rot, like a ruined building? Thoughts on this subject have been blowing around my head recently, mainly because of two things.…
Dean Vipond will be speaking at the Leeds leg of Carsonified’s “Future Of Web Design” tour. The title of the talk is “Totally original, I swear!” – how personality can improve user experience. How can a site, app or…
Dean Vipond creates visual style for Muse’s latest viral campaign. Dean Vipond was recently appointed by the lovely people at Six To Start to provide design support for a viral campaign to promote the forthcoming album by rock band Muse.…
I have always been a fan of post-war architecture, and its attempts at doing things differently. I admit this is partly due to being a child of the 1970s. I grew up surrounded by these kinds of buildings in Birmingham…
It was a full house in the lecture theatre at Leeds College of Art & Design last night, for June’s Creative Networks get-together. There was a nice pre-talk vibe due to it coinciding with the end-of-year shows for the various…
Congratulations to Mantic Point – their StreamThru service has won an industry award! StreamThru won the ‘Best Mobile Technology’ category in the TravelMole Web Awards 2009. Other winners included P&O Cruises, BMI, Warner Leisure and Yorkshire Tourist Board. Travel Mole…