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Product and website design workshops

I’m a well-known designer and I’ve taught art direction, design, and development across Australia, Europe, and North America. I’ve run workshops in Cameroon at the Congo Basin Institute, and taught in-house design teams in Russia.

I often find inspiration for my designs outside the web, which gives me a fresh perspective that I bring to every project. My knowledge of modern web technologies helps me deliver designs that are a world away from common generic templates.

Over the past 25 years, I’ve worked with clients worldwide. I’ve designed e-commerce websites for Disney, WWF, and numerous small businesses. Greenpeace and WWF came to me when they needed help improving their online donations. Sunlife did the same when they needed a design system for digital and print marketing. I worked with the Home Office on a website for Hillsborough Independent Panel, designed an anti-smoking campaign for Senydd Cymru, and a website for Open University which encourages young Welsh people to be changemakers.

I’ve worked with numerous councils and dozens of businesses in the manufacturing and service industries. I worked in Australia with Ansarada to develop their brand and visual identity. I’ve also worked in Switzerland for ISO and WIPO and in Germany for SAP. For five years, I led the product design team at Nozomi Networks.

## Past workshops

 TopicEventLocationDate
2019Art Direction for the WebContao ConferenceDuisburg, GermanyOct 9
2016Designing and Developing Imaginative LayoutsDirectionsSydney, AustraliaNov 9
Designing and Developing Imaginative LayoutsMixinPerth, AustraliaOct 27
2015CSS3 For Responsive Web DesignSmashing ConferenceBarcelona, SpainOct 19
CSS3 For Responsive Web DesignSmashing ConferenceNew York, USAJun 15
CSS3 For Responsive Web DesignSmashing ConferenceSanta Monica, USAApr 27
CSS3 For Responsive Web DesignAustralian lecture tourPerth, AustraliaMar 31
CSS3 For Responsive Web DesignAustralian lecture tourMelbourne, AustraliaMar 25
CSS3 For Responsive Web DesignRespondSydney, AustraliaMar 20
2014CSS3 For Responsive Web DesignIGMOslo, NorwayDec 4
CSS3 For Responsive Web DesignBeyond TellerrandBerlin, GermanyNov 3
CSS3 For Responsive Web DesignThe Web Is…Cardiff, UKOct 29
CSS3 For Responsive Web DesignSmashing ConferenceOxford, UKMar 20
2013CSS3 For Responsive Web DesignHandheld ConferenceCardiff, UKNov 27
CSS3 For Responsive Web DesignSmashing MagazineFreiburg, GermanyJun 24
Fashionably flexible responsive web designJapan workshop tourTokyo, JapanApr 6
Fashionably flexible responsive web designNew Adventures in Web DesignNottingham, UKJan 23
2012Fashionably flexible responsive web designSmashing ConferenceFreiburg, GermanySep 19
Fashionably flexible responsive web designSmashing ConferenceFreiburg, GermanySep 16
Fashionably flexible responsive web designAustralian lecture tourBrisbane, AustraliaFeb 28
Fashionably flexible responsive web designAustralian lecture tourSydney, AustraliaFeb 24
Fashionably flexible responsive web designAustralian lecture tourMelbourne, AustraliaFeb 17
Fashionably flexible responsive web designAustralian lecture tourPerth, AustraliaFeb 14
2011Hardboiled Web DesignHardboiled Web Design book tourManchester, UKOct 28
Hardboiled Web DesignHardboiled Web Design book tourLondon, UKMay 25
Hardboiled Web DesignHardboiled Web Design book tourEdinburgh, UKApr 22
Hardboiled Web DesignHardboiled Web Design book tourBirmingham, UKFeb 25
2010Advanced CSS StylingFronteersAmsterdam, NetherlandsOct 7
jQuery for Designers with Remy SharpLondon, UKMay 14
Designing for Mobile with CSS3 with Dan RubinBirmingham, UKApr 1
2009Advanced CSS StylingWeb Directions EastTokyo, JapanNov 11
Advanced CSS StylingFor A Beautiful WebNewcastle Upon Tyne, UKOct 30
Advanced CSS StylingFor A Beautiful WebBirmingham, UKSep 25
Visual Web Design MasterclassWeb Directions SouthSydney, AustraliaApr 24
Visual Web Design MasterclassWeb Directions SouthCanberra, AustraliaApr 22
Visual Web Design MasterclassWeb Directions SouthMelbourne, AustraliaApr 20
2008Visual Web Design MasterclassFor A Beautiful WebLondon, UKDec 1
Transcending CSSCarson WorkshopsLondon, UKMay 14
Designing With MicroformatsFuture of Web DesignLondon, UKApr 18
Web Directions NorthWith Aaron GustafsonVancouver, CanadaJan 30
2007Transcending CSSWorkshops For Web PeopleLeicester, UKNov 15
Transcending CSSVoices That MatterSan Francisco, USAOct 22
Transcending CSSWeb Directions SouthSydney, AustraliaSep 25
2006CSS for DevelopersCarson WorkshopsLondon, UKOct 19
Creating Inspired DesignsFundamentos WebOviedo, SpainOct 4
Extreme StandardsWeb Directions SouthSydney, AustraliaSep 26
2005CSS for DesignersCarson WorkshopsLondon, UKNov 17
WOW Web Design and Project Management Conference Cupertino, USASep 16