What I'm up to now. 
In 2025.

Working as Product Experience Design Director on the Customer Experience Design (CXD) team at Mastercard, and taking on select side projects.

Reading

Currently reading The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin and The Drowned World by J. G. Ballard. Recently finished Inspector Imanishi Investigates by Seichō Matsumoto. Next on my list are Beyond the Sea by Paul Lynch, Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead, Afternoons with the Blinds Drawn by Brett Anderson and Rusty Brown by Chris Ware.

See what's on my bookshelf 

Watching

— Severance
— Adolescence
— American Primeval
— The Boy and the Heron
— Abstract: The Art of Design
— Martijn Doolaard on YouTube
— Powers of Ten™ (1977)
— Any Studio Ghibli Film
— The evening sun

Listening to

— Rotation (Playlist)
— Songs Of A Lost World by The Cure
— Romance by Fontaines D.C.
— In Waves by Jamie xx
— Three by Four Tet
— Sing Backwards and Weep by Mark Lanegan
— In One Ear: Cocteau Twins, Ivor Raymonde and Me by Simon Raymonde
— A Change of Brand podcast

Looking forward to

— The rest of the day
— Tomorrow
— A pint with an old friend in a favourite pub
— A ♫ gig
— Another few days in Ballydehob
— Working on some personal design projects
— Travelling off the island
— Exploring Salento, Italy
— A long night's sleep

Current obsessions

— The big picture
— The small details
— Fresh air and open spaces
— Backhands, slices and volleys
— Art auctions
— Natural yoghurt
— Pastéis de nata

Learning to

— Appreciate the little things
— Be curious
— Go analogue
— Return to past pleasures
— Not eat all the pastéis de nata

This page was last updated on 3 April, 2025.

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