Side projects

SwiftUI Prototyping Design, coding, tutorial writing

SwiftUI Prototyping

Status

Ongoing

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The introduction of SwiftUI has presented designers with the opportunity to build design prototypes with some ease, unlocking the power of user testing directly on device.

I continue to update SwiftUI Prototyping with tuturials and articles focused on helping designers use SwiftUI as a design tool.

Dew 2 Design, web & mobile development (2024)

Dew 2

Status

Ongoing

I recently revived my Dew project, and this time I've gone global with cafes in a growing list of cities. The coffee finding app website has been expanded and rewritten using NextJS, and is currently in beta testing while more data is collected. A new iPhone app is in the works, written in Swift & SwiftUI. I also crafted a whole new modern brand for the site and app.

Web design, Coding, Data collection (2014)

IKEA store opening visualisation

Status

Completed

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My IKEA store opening project was an interactive map visualisation of store openings from when the company was founded. While not currently maintained, the updated visualisation shows the spread of IKEA stores until 2014 using Google Maps, and some javascript. The project made the front page of HackerNews and was featured in Buzzfeed and Gizmodo.

Mobile design, iOS development, Data collection (2014)

Dew coffee finding app

Status

Completed

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I designed and coded an iPhone app as a way to learn Objective-C. Dew was released on the App Store in early 2014. Originally featuring a Parse backend, pushing new cafes to the app did not require app updates. I've continued to use Xcode to build demos, proof of concepts and prototypes.