About Me
My passion is to create visually appealing and functional websites, applications, products and experiences with intuitive and user-centred design. If I can do this while invoking a sense of joy and delight, then I am a very happy designer.
My Journey
My journey in design began at a young age, teaching myself software like Paint Shop Pro and Photoshop at 13. I started designing posters, websites, and logos online, using my website "Dave's Designs" as my personal portfolio.
I've worked with Shorthand, ACF (Australian Conservation Foundation), Xpon, Holoscribe, Amnesty International, Informa, Streamly, Toyota, PharmaData, Mylan Pharmaceuticals, The Pharmacy Guild of Australia, BBC, The Guardian, Sony, and many others.
More recently I have had the privilege to devote design time to not-for-profit projects such as Amnesty Decoders and long form human rights related digital reports such Tear Gas: An Investigation, which won a Webby award.
What I Believe
Details compound
Small improvements in many places beat big improvements in one place. Polish is the accumulation of a hundred tiny decisions.
Embrace constraints
The best design often comes from working within limits. Good constraints guide users toward better outcomes.
Ship and iterate
Perfect is the enemy of done. Get something real in front of users, learn from it, and improve.
Things I do
- Vibe Coding
- Prototyping
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface (UI)
- Product Design
- Web Design
- Brand Identity
- Print Design
Tools
- Figma
- Claude / Codex / Gemini / V0
- Arc / Dia
- Linear / Jira
- Storybook
- Tailwind
- Git
- Notion
- Pixelmator Pro
- Davinci Resolve
- Screen Studio
- Adobe Suite