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
Mat Venn – available from the 4th January 2016
Over the last 18 months I have run the RBS/NatWest native mobile apps team as an ACD at SapientNitro. Now it is time for me to move on to my next challenge
The Digital Disruption – don’t believe the hype
The Digital Disruption – don’t believe the hype
We need to talk about Linkedin
We need to talk about Linkedin
So I decided that Instagram would be a great place to share some of my conceptual/next gen creative for NatWest. For me Instagram is the purest example of mobile experience and a great way to show small shots of work without using Dribble.
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
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Google launches Hire, a recruitment app that integrates with Gmail and other G Suite services https://t.co/PG7CRdYV7u
RT @matvenn: “Adventures in conversational interface: designing for the Amazon Echo” by @natashablu https://t.co/ZfUIASeiNN
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A message regarding availability #UI #design #UX #Creative https://t.co/78cMEc7Lat
RT @matvenn: Gestalt Principles for Information Design - HOW Design https://t.co/BitPHLEESW
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