Search engine design
This is the project where I got insight into the inner workings of a law firm and realised how much of their business depends on information technology. Source is a secure search engine for international law firm Allen & Overy. It allows people at the firm to search simultaneously across files, Know How and other data sources from one central point. It is powered by Autonomy and can search around... [Read more]
Risk management branded
The brief from my client at Spitalfields Projects LLP, an affiliate of law firm Allen & Overy, was to come up a brand for a new service called Rulefinder and develop a strong visual identity that illustrated the problem-solving nature of the service. All hail to the beauty of the font Gill Sans... Rulefinder is an online legal risk management resource covering the rules relating to international... [Read more]
Quick Finder on 3Store
Online shoppers need to find products super quick. So this little project I did for 3Store is probably the most satisfying piece of information design and navigation I have designed. It’s the power of 1 click. Since 3Store contains a growing range of products and plans, it took a number of clicks for users to navigate to a particular phone or a price plan. In our previous design of the homepage... [Read more]
A Day In The Life
When John Lennon wrote ‘A Day In The Life’ in 1967, he wasn’t thinking about investor bankers working on a merger using the seamless nature of online collaboration, or a doctor in the 21st century getting e-alerts about new medication to her mobile phone. Of course he didn’t. He was preoccupied writing songs about Walruses and an Eggmen. However, between 2001-02 I found myself working... [Read more]
Branding legal products
This was a project that kicked off 2010 for me, which came just at the right time when the snow stopped the UK in its tracks. docGenix is a New York-based documentation risk management firm that needed to develop brands for two of their online products – Synopsys and NAVigator. These are specialist products for analyzing complex legal documentation, so it occupies a space where technology meets... [Read more]
