IKEA (currently working on)

my last Hyper Island brief before going on internship...

Our brief from IKEA is to "identify the 10 weakest areas of the IKEA website, and improve them".

Personally, I couldn't have gotten a better brief. This is right up my alley. Some actual service design for a change, with the possibilities of actually making a difference. So far I've been busy writing and conducting user tests. Following the "Rocket Surgery Made Easy" approach of Steve Krug, I've been writing tests, visiting people in their homes to conduct them, and analysing the results.

The next step is to make prototypes of our solutions, and then test them. Rinse and repeat.

I'm also doing my usual trick of trying improve the accessibility by testing on various devices, with and without mouse, with screen reader program, without javascript, without flash etc etc. The screenshot is from my iPad.

Oslo City Council

Consultancy & development

I've been working a bit with the Oslo City Council, making facebook pages, helping people monitor social media, making campaign sites (development) and campaigns (concepts and design).

I love the challenge of working with real problems like how to get youth to not litter, or how to get people to be more careful in traffic.

I also try my very hardest to get the council and its departments to adhere to web standards and improve accessibility & usability. It's a long hard battle against bureaucracy and ancient cms systems and browsers, but it is a battle well worth fighting.

Adamsky web calendar

woo, my first HTML5 and CSS3 web app!

I was very excited to be working freelance for Swedish agency Adamsky, as they allowed me to try out HTML5 and CSS3 for the first time (well on a real project).

I was very sceptical to HTML5 in the beginning. I like self-closing my img tags and definitely don't like code that is SHOUTING. Besides, I believed in XHTML.

However, after having used HTML5 and seeing just what it can do, and realising how much easier it makes my life, I'm a complete convert. Well, of course I still use strict syntax and always validate my code, but I truly appreciate what they did with HTML5 to make our lives just a little bit easier.

I also did more rounded corners and gradients than, well, any other website I have ever come across. "Wait - square corners are possible in CSS3? Someone ought to tell the designer..." =P

DM11 Class Site

continuing the gallery site tradition

It's a long tradition at Hyper Island that all classes have a gallery website, typically with everyone's picture and link to their portfolio. I did the (x)HTML and CSS for this one.

It's been featured on a few inspiration gallery sites, and 4 months after launch still receives 500-600 pageviews per day. It should have had some image preloading though. Next time.

Whydeo - a communication experiment

(class marketing and promotion)

My role in this project was to do the XHTML and CSS, although I also did quite a bit of usability consulting and endless hours searching nameless layers in photoshop looking for elements to slice. "So the arrows are called layer 84 copy 7 - but of course! "

Workshops

sharing is caring

I thoroughly enjoy giving presentations and especially having workshops. The picture is from one of my workshops on turning a PSD into HTML/CSS.

Upcoming workshops at Hyper Island this fall includes "Learning by doodling", "Psychology 101 for web designers" and "Designers and developers - how to work in harmony".

Googol - innovation pioneers

eventpage / innovation hub community

I designed the event page, and did wireframes and mock ups for the community hub. The personas I made during the research phase can be read here.

Netch

logo design / moodboard

A lecturer told us clients like to see their logo really BIG. So I decided to put it on a campervan. The client loved it.

Previously, at LBi London

where I got me some huge ass agency experience

I worked as an Interface Developer in the Interactive Engineering department at LBi for just over a year after graduating from uni (BSc in Philosophy & Computer Science btw).

Here I was able to work on some awesome projects, like Red Bull Racing / Scuderia Toro Rosso, BT Your Account, BT Tradespace, Adecco, Unilever, Barclays and HMV Get Closer.

It was here that I first was made to read "Dive Into Accessibility" by Mark Pilgrim, a book that moved me to tears. Literally. In the office. In front of everyone.

Still, I have a couple of recommendations over at LinkedIn