Business profile 20 years of business experience working in Design — from Marketing, Brand and Technology. Linkedin Nicholas Nelson Current Positions Head of Product Design for Temenos — Worlds Leading Banking Software Creative Director of Talis Crew — Ocean wear clothing for Water Athletes. About I co-create with Stakeholders, working for end-to-end leading…

A recent article I did for the Digital Transformation Agency where I work as a Designer. At the DTA we design to 13 criteria for simple, clear and fast government services. Criteria 9 is all about making things easier for users, regardless of their circumstances. While developing our most recent…

This follows on from the Australian Government’s Digital Transformation Authority’s (DTA) previous post on “Accessibility-going-beyond-the-guidelines” At the DTA we design to a standard called the Digital Service Standard. It outlines a criteria of 13 points that ensures digital teams build government services that are simple, clear and fast. …

International surfing day celebrates the sport of surfing but also suggests a way forward for humanity. By uniting wave riders and ocean lovers around the globe we can glimpse into how this recent recreation activity and an ancient ‘sport of kings’ has a real impact on peoples lives. …

When Rio de Janeiro won the right to host the Olympic Games they did it off the back of a promise to clean up the Bay of Rio (Guanabara Bay) translated means "bosom of the sea"? …

I base my productivity methods around how I’m inspired and what I do to keep feeling my inspiration to be productive. For me it works like the swell of an ocean. A swell is formed thousands of miles away by storms from weather pressure systems. I like this metaphor as it’s a way to help remind me about my passion and purpose. I know that being productive is a ebb and flow pattern, ride the waves while they are there and take advantage of flat spells to absorb and contemplate.

An aesthetic is not just a visual look of something. It runs much deeper. It involves all your senses and is how you experience the world. It’s totality of all interactions, all experiences. Past, present future. Apple does not exisit in a vacume even if people so badly want it…

It’s been really interesting to see how people have their own particular reaction to the re-brand of Instagram. It made me think why this is and to look at what’s really happening with how we interpret the change. It speaks of change in general and why something visual and representative…

It’s been really interesting to see how people have their own particular reaction to the re-brand. It made me think why this is and to look at what’s really happening with how we interpret the change. It speaks of change in general and why something visual and representative can generate…