Artefact Cards Blog

Lessons They Didn't Teach at Design School

The team over at Hiive have asked me to offer up some advice to young creatives on life after University and to share all the things that have or haven’t...

Artefact Interviews

At the end of 2014 we realised that it was roughly our 2 year anniversary.  2 years since the creation of Artefact Cards and we thought this is probably a little milestone...

Resolution Grid

I was minding my own business on twitter yesterday, as you do, when friend and long-time Artefact practitioner Ian Fitzpatrick posted up this, a picture of his New Year's Resolution...

Sixty Second Sketches

Yesterday, we started a wee thing; Sixty Second Sketches. Basically, it's about drawing more. We draw quite a lot anyway; often those wee drawings are exploratory, little probes reaching out...

Hooray for Small Business Saturday

When I'm wearing my other hat, over at Smithery, I've been quite clear over the last few years that my favourite piece of marketing in recent memory is "Small Business...

Sketching for Better Outcomes

This a great short video, featuring Associate Professor Maria Yang on her work with early-stage design - really interesting to hear more about the value of sketching sooner rather than...