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Andy Thorne ๐Ÿ™ƒ

@andth0rne

Designer. Passing creativity and UX knowhow on to future gens.
Founder @factorypattern

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linkhttp://factorypattern.co.uk calendar_today01-04-2011 14:54:07

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Web design is the creation of digital environments that facilitate and encourage human activity; reflect or adapt to individual voices and content; and change gracefully over time while always retaining their identity. interaction-design.org/quote/show/jefโ€ฆ #ux

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Zack's icons start as hand-carved rubber stamps depicting ideas from different global cultures blog.thenounproject.com/creator-spotliโ€ฆ #design #iconography

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We're very proud to have worked on not one, but TWO new @royalmailstamps celebrating #sciencefiction classics. @mattmurphy_MMI took on Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End, whilst Thomas Danthony tackled Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.

We're very proud to have worked on not one, but TWO new @royalmailstamps celebrating #sciencefiction classics. @mattmurphy_MMI took on Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End, whilst <a href="/Thomas_Danthony/">Thomas Danthony</a> tackled Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
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This week, Jarrett Fuller asks design anthropologist + Dean of Design at OCAD University @Dori_Danthro what she thought about the designer-savior industrial complex; that designers can parachute into any problem and fix it. Here's what she said. Full episode > scratchingthesurface.fm/183-dori-tunstโ€ฆ

This week, <a href="/jarrettfuller/">Jarrett Fuller</a> asks design anthropologist + Dean of Design at <a href="/OCAD/">OCAD University</a> @Dori_Danthro what she thought about the designer-savior industrial complex; that designers can parachute into any problem and fix it. Here's what she said. Full episode &gt; scratchingthesurface.fm/183-dori-tunstโ€ฆ
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So short sighted. 50% funding cuts to arts subjects in higher education. Considering the current status of the world, we need more creative thinkers and leaders. Design Week thanks for sharing: designweek.co.uk/issues/3-9-mayโ€ฆ It's important that we figure out a resolution to this.

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Stroud District Council: We want a lease extension until January 2022 for Rush Skatepark et al - Sign the Petition! chng.it/mrcqRLbc via Change.org UK

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Just found this in the bottom of a drawer from 2008. So weird that I finally got around to submitting an application for DO Lectures this year! Fingers crossed I get in.

Just found this in the bottom of a drawer from 2008. So weird that I finally got around to submitting an application for <a href="/TheDOLectures/">DO Lectures</a> this year! Fingers crossed I get in.
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โ€œThe secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small, manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one. โ€”Mark Twainโ€ And the secret to capturing those manageable tasks is to use ClickUp

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What?! I'm talking at #WDC (WDC ) today in Bristol. Cannot wait to share the stage with all these clever people. The Factory Pattern crew will be there and can't wait to meet you all. P.s. I haven't brought my vacuum, but I am bringing 2 bottles of ketchup!

What?! I'm talking at #WDC (<a href="/webdevconf/">WDC</a> ) today in Bristol.

Cannot wait to share the stage with all these clever people.

The Factory Pattern crew will be there and can't wait to meet you all.

P.s. I haven't brought my vacuum, but I am bringing 2 bottles of ketchup!