Have started a 16 week contract with the brilliant Zone – the largest independent agency in the UK and BIMA Agency of the year
Mat Venn – available from the 1st July 2017
After 18 months of innovative creative mobile apps work at Virgin Active, I am moving on. Will be available for lead creative/art direction roles for mobile apps and digital transformation projects
Am now working at Virgin Active as mobile design consultant on iOS and Android native apps, mobile UX and innovation
I came across an article on Ocados robotic picking facility
The tech is impressive but this was my takeaway… (Medium Post)
Death of the (pixel) perfect source files
Hiring people: If you are asking for designers with ‘pixel perfect’ skills, then you are doing it wrong… (Medium Post)
Ten reasons why you should hire me
Based around answers I have given to my favourite interview questions, I have put together a list
The first steps of any project require an understanding that conceptual thinking and design theory are one thing, but honing the brief and structure is fundamental to the inception of a succesful project. Unlocking the potential is the key
I use the following principles to inform my process and decision making when designing products for mobile
Since the announcement of the Apple Watch, application designers need to consider the following
TvOS was announced on September 9, 2015 at the Apple September 2015 event
Zeplin is a great way to hand over design work to developers without having to make a build book. It works seamlessly with Sketch and saves all your mark up to the cloud
Telephone number URIs – best practice
Now when browsing on mobile devices that have the ability to make calls, people can click on phone numbers in web pages or HTML emails, or links in native apps and their device will make a call. The same is true
Case Study – Virgin Active native apps
In February 2016 I came to Virgin Active as part of a specialist native mobile team. The iPhone app had been designed and built by a 3rd party and there were a variety of issues
Case Study – NatWest for Apple Watch
Back in March 2015 the RBS native apps team at SapientNitro was briefed to design an app for Apple Watch for NatWest
In January 2014 I was approached by the lovely people at FiveFootSix to help design an app for a new startup called Clippet, which they had completed the superb branding for
RT @matvenn: Every three months 7 of the world's best #illustrators and #designers publish 3 of their works for your #screen #wallpaper
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RT @matvenn: Invisions new Studio screen design app is going to be completely FREE:
https://t.co/CDhdHAJS3K
The Humility-Confidence SeeSaw: The Untold Secret of Great Leaders https://t.co/Xs64QwL5u7
RT @matvenn: Why online shoppers abandon their baskets and how to stop them https://t.co/uXpG5uTqLE via @Econsultancy
RT @matvenn: I just published “Death of the (pixel) perfect source files” https://t.co/CJyVxSRX4W
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