Welcome to Design Philosophy!
Hi, I’m Phil 👋 a User Experience Consultant with 6 years’ experience across design, product, and data at Accenture in London.
Design Philosophy is my fortnightly newsletter, taking you behind the scenes of design to show how to make it work for both your users and your organisation.
The Designer's Dilemma: Lessons from Walt Disney
I recently finished reading Walt Disney: The Biography by Neal Gabler. I picked it up because I wanted to gain insights into how Disney managed to balance the pursuit of world-leading craft with the necessities of founding and running a huge company.
How to pivot your career towards design
Many moons ago, I was deep in the machine learning and data engineering space. I then decided I wanted to build my expertise in the customer-facing aspects of digital products. And so I made an internal career pivot that led to the design work I do today.
Why the Ribbon user interface pattern in Microsoft Word is an unsung hero of innovative design: Part 1
Why did the UI in Microsoft Word work so well but then start creaking? How would it continue to serve its users while introducing new features to remain competitive?