Chris RoyinBootcampWhat next? Landing your dream jobIt’s the week before I start my new role as Lead Designer at Stuart—and I must admit, I’m pretty excited. For those that know me, I love…Aug 5, 20212Aug 5, 20212
Chris RoyBook club: Creativity, Inc — Learnings from a leading creative companyOne thing I have never excelled at is reading books from cover to cover. With 2020 in lockdown, I used the apartment-bound time to work on…Apr 20, 2021Apr 20, 2021
Chris RoyHow Figma helped us to scale our Design teamDiscover how one of the world’s fastest growing companies moved the entire design team to new tools and processes with relative ease.Mar 24, 20203Mar 24, 20203
Chris RoyWhat I learned from running a Design Sprint (part 2)Continuing on from my previous article on the preparation and first day, this part touches on general tips and key takeaways from Tuesday…Sep 13, 2019Sep 13, 2019
Chris RoyWhat I learned from running a Design SprintOK, so first a little background — I work as the Design Lead at TravelPerk, a high-growth, all-in-one travel platform for businesses. Last…Sep 13, 2019Sep 13, 2019
Chris RoyPrototyping the MVPA prototype can often be seen as an artefact, as something we deliver to check off an item on the project to-do list. To me, prototyping…May 19, 2019May 19, 2019
Chris RoyProven tools and processes to be truly customer-centredUser-centred design is no new thing. As a term it has held many guises long before the the digital age in areas such as human factors and…Feb 13, 2018Feb 13, 2018
Chris RoyPeople please, not Personas!Next sprint, we should develop feature X. [Fabricated Persona] really needs this to solve [made up problem].Jan 25, 20181Jan 25, 20181
Chris RoyDesign tools of today (part 2)Back in September last year, I wrote the first part of this article. While I could say that I have strategically taken eleven months to do…Jul 17, 20172Jul 17, 20172