Hi I’m Bill

Digital product designer, musician, co-host of the Awake In mindfulness podcast, public speaker, and writer.

I’m based in London, and I’ve worked around the world for a variety of companies large and small including Google, Canon, and Warp Records.

I mentor aspiring designers, and I’ve taught design for Adobe, General Assembly, and Designlab. I want to help make technology a force for good in the world.

Featured writing

Designing a rocketship in flight

Lessons learnt during nearly two years at Hopin – one of the fastest growing startups in history.

Measure twice, cut once

How does an ancient carpentry expression apply to digital product design?

Design principles in practice

Designing complex products isn’t easy. Here’s how I helped teams at Hopin put principles into practice.

Endlesss

Instant collaboration platform for musicians

How to get started with UX

And what UX really means.

Designing for complexity

Building an analytics platform for Colorado University

Socials

I’m no fan of Zuckerberg properties, but somehow I’m still keeping a couple of Instagram accounts going.

Art and music

Videos, soundtracks, and experiments with machine learning art. Link

Climate change blues part #1. What use is all this awesome tech going to be if we burn out all the dinosaur corpses and turn our world into a desert? And other cheery thoughts for a Monday.

"From the shore of my tears - a sea of stars" My ex-colleague Franklin was the inspiration for this - he asked me to make an image from this poem. No idea where it came from so shout out to Franklin for the inspiration. I added Turner and John Harris as the artists! Definitely got a Turner vibe in there - not sure how the chair legs crept in though. Full length video on my site.

Fun fact: If you shoot a video with your phone balanced on the table, your hands look huge! Live soundtracking this riff on the work of Henri Rousseau vs. John Harris’ sci-fi stylings.

Design & photography

Reflections on process, design, and photography. Link