Portfolio of Kyle Gawley

Hello, my name is Kyle Gawley. I'm a freelance web designer, writer & teacher from Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Latest Work

A powerful online scrapbooking tool for collecting & cataloging inspiration.

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A handy little time saving tool, helping web designers create CSS3 stylesheets.

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Event promotion & ticketing made easy with this focused, simplified application.

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Latest Articles

Overcoming Design Perfectionism

Design perfectionism can be a crippling characteristic that drives many designers insane; and in extreme cases ensures that projects never see the light of day. The tendency to agonise over every detail, ensuring that a design is pixel perfect...

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Rapid Application Prototyping

One of the principle ideas behind 37 Signals’ book ‘Getting Real‘, is the production of real software in favour of excessive planning, wireframes and Photoshop mockups which are arguably a waste of time...

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The Aesthetic-Usability Effect

“Using a Apple Mac will make you a better designer” – this was a common joke I used to hear in the studio where I once worked. At the time I didn’t think much of this other than it being a humorous remark...

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About Kyle

Hi, I'm Kyle - I design & build websites that focus on the user - crafting experiences with emotional value, that are both enjoyable and meet the users needs.

As an advocator of the latest web standards and technologies, I create cutting edge solutions that are both usable, accessible and responsive to the growing landscape of devices and browsers currently available.

A recent graduate of Interactive Multimedia Design at the University of Ulster, where I received a First Class Honours degree, I now teach on the course, helping up and coming web designers with their visual communication skills.

I'm also currently embarking on some further study with a Masters in Multidisciplinary Design, where I'm researching psychology and emotional design on the web.

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