Nikolai Bird Design
Between jobs I always keep busy with freelancing or personal projects. Currently I am working on Horror of Cthulhu, a text based mobile game set in the world of H.P, Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos. Below is an early screenshot of the mobile app created using Adobe XD, Photoshop and Adobe Animate. Horror of Cthulhu: I am working on the fonts and […]
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As with all tools, if you don’t use them, they go rusty. I have not used sketch in ages (or so it feels) and so I brushed off the old MacBook and knocked out a simple design. Using Axure or Adobe XD mostly on a PC, it is crazy how quickly you become rusty with a tool you have left […]
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Use Flows have often been shown on Post-It notes with connecting lines or digitally using flowchart software, but sometimes it is nice to up the game a bit and use designs that better represent the page or section. This can be digital or, even better, printed off and stuck to a wall. Below are a few sample ones I have […]
Read moreAs a major new project for Summit Media, I was brought in to head up the UX and research journey for Subaru’s e-commerce platform. This journey was from first contact through to a final car sale. By the end of the contract I handed over a full prototype built in Axure RP based on in depth research and close partnership […]
Read moreI was asked to create a solution for browsing and searching a data lake made up of many terabytes of people, business and entity details. Due to NDAs the names and some details have been changed. The client is a well-known global bank we shall call BIG BANK. The agency is a big data specialist we shall call BIG DATA. […]
Read moreI was tasked with improving the user journey for setting up an ISA. With only two weeks to present a solution, I had to quickly research, create a candidate and then test the candidate. The following design is an attempt at showing how a simple HELLO on a simple background can ease the user into the form. This is a […]
Read moreFund picker solution as a wireframe for a major UK financial institution.
Read moreMy name is Nikolai Bird and I am a Digital Product Designer with a load of experience working mostly in and around London. Currently I am UX Lead at Smart Pension where I do digital product design.
Read moreThis is a simple Agile Workflow chart I created to show a business how it can all work and fit. Feel free to use it but please credit Nikolai Bird.
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