Ollie Smith.
Digital Blacksmith
Tinkerer
Crafter
Creator
Skier
Designer
Casa Del Thames
Product designer, Digital Product, UX/UI Designer, I'm a problem solver who cares about crafting great experiences. 9-5 you'll find me in the creative team at Allianz, In my downtime you’ll find me planning to make as much use of surfable waves and skiable mountains as possible.
In a nutshell.
Digital Jack-of-all-trades. Time with an in-house design team, experience agency-side and a first class degree in Digital Media Development.
Inspiration
As a self-titled 'modern-day blacksmith', I’ve followed my namesake to use my environment around me to generate new ideas. Sparked by my own dad's ability to turn his hand to all kinds of machinery and technology, and my mum's tireless work ethic and perfectionism. My upbringing goes a long way to explain my enthusiasm.
A childhood spent between the Spanish coasts and the Essex Riveria, three years earning my stripes in Wales' 'ugly lovely' town and four years experience both living and working in the big smoke (with a mixture of different cultures in-between) I've gained life experience that influences both my profession and my life.
An ever-present desire to learn and craft where technology, the arts and sciences crossover and striving to produce practical, aesthetical and delightful experiences that add value.
Portfolio
Work that I’m proud to say is my own
Each project is just a drop in the ocean of the work involved with heaps of paper, countless artboards and lines of codes to reach the solution.
Brands
I’ve been trusted to represent
and lucky enough to represent, these are just a selection of the brands, people and companies I’ve created for, with some smaller involvement with many more on a non-project basis.
Passion Projects
I’ve also have projects and creativity ticking over in the background that keep me out of mischief. Most notably is Made You Look, a fresh new four-person collective with expertise in a variety of creative functions - all as a result of our individual enthusiasm for creating sound solutions to everyday problems.
We practice in disciplines ranging from interface design to photography, advertising to augmented reality and everything in-between. We have worked successfully collectively for three years for brands both big and small, across a broad range of industries.
Outside of this, I'm still keeping my personal project - currently going by the name strides that is my approach to a new way of raising money for causes.
WIP
I'm still in the process of creating this portfolio but you can follow all my progress, and decisions on my development progress.Rodney, you plonker!
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