Espen Brunborg's guest appearances

Espen Brunborg

The Good, The Bad, and The Interesting

Unfinished Business

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Espen Brunborg is a Norwegian designer who lives and works in Edinburgh at digital design agency Primate. He did this brilliant talk at the Beyond Tellerrand conference in Düsseldorf. During the lunch break we recorded this episode of The Good, The Bad, and The Interesting in English. That’s so international! Your worst possible combination is a Photoshop designer and a front end developer who is super comfortable with Bootstrap or 960 grid or something like that Espen’s talk was about adding an extra layer of humour, of delight, of individuality, of artistry to the obvious layers of things like speed, universality, user-centric design, and scientific research methods. He thinks that things are lacking here. All websites look the same nowadays, and the default template we chose to use for these sites turned out to be pretty boring.

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/ebrunborg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Espen Brunborg</a> is a Norwegian designer who lives and works in Edinburgh at digital design agency <a href="http://primate.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Primate</a>. He did <a href="https://vimeo.com/217697296" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this brilliant talk</a> at the <a href="https://beyondtellerrand.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Beyond Tellerrand</a> conference in Düsseldorf. During the lunch break we recorded this episode of The Good, The Bad, and The Interesting in English. That’s so international!</p> <blockquote><p>Your worst possible combination is a Photoshop designer and a front end developer who is super comfortable with Bootstrap or 960 grid or something like that</p></blockquote> <p>Espen’s talk was about adding an extra layer of humour, of delight, of individuality, of <em>artistry</em> to the obvious layers of things like speed, universality, user-centric design, and scientific research methods. He thinks that things are lacking here. All websites look the same nowadays, and the default template we chose to use for these sites turned out to be pretty boring.</p>

Joe Leech

In this, the first part of the Unfinished Business Bank Holiday double, I’m joined by Espen Brunborg, designer and co-founder of Primate, plus Strategic Commander of User Experience and author of ‘Psychology for Designers’ Joe Leech. It’s more of a work related episode and we talk about; developing content for clients, why you should do your own research and not believe that everything you read on the internet, and whether you should get involved in competitive pitching and tendering? Some links from this episode  Espen on Twitter Joe on Twitter  I love Concrete You might remember that I’m not taking paid sponsor spots on the show anymore. I’m going to briefly talk about something that I use and really like instead. And this week, it’s Concrete, the comic book character by Paul Chadwick. Concrete is amazing with beautiful, subtle, touching stories and the most incredible artwork by Paul Chadwick. I love it. It’s probably my favourite comic character and stories. I think that you’d love it too. Start with these two collections:  Concrete Volume 1: Depths Concrete Volume 2: Heights: Vol. 2

<p>In this, <a href="http://www.unfinished.bz/119" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the first part</a> of the Unfinished Business Bank Holiday double, I’m joined by <a href="http://twitter.com/ebrunborg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Espen Brunborg</a>, designer and co-founder of Primate, plus Strategic Commander of User Experience and author of ‘Psychology for Designers’ <a href="http://twitter.com/mrjoe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joe Leech</a>. It’s more of a work related episode and we talk about; developing content for clients, why you should do your own research and not believe that everything you read on the internet, and whether you should get involved in competitive pitching and tendering?</p> <h3>Some links from this episode</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://twitter.com/ebrunborg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Espen on Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="http://twitter.com/mrjoe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joe on Twitter</a></li> </ul> <h3>I love Concrete</h3> <p>You might remember that I’m not taking paid sponsor spots on the show anymore. I’m going to briefly talk about something that I use and really like instead. And this week, it’s Concrete, the comic book character by Paul Chadwick. Concrete is amazing with beautiful, subtle, touching stories and the most incredible artwork by Paul Chadwick. I love it. It’s probably my favourite comic character and stories. I think that you’d love it too. Start with these two collections:</p><p> </p><ul> <li><a href="http://amzn.to/1sFhuEn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Concrete Volume 1: Depths</a></li> <li><a href="http://amzn.to/1sFiacA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Concrete Volume 2: Heights: Vol. 2</a></li></ul>

‘The Meta Is In Title Case’ with Espen Brunborg and Joe Leech

Why does one set up a digital agency in the middle of a recession? Because one thinks one can do better. As it turns out, 'doing better' – marrying great design and progressive development whilst keeping clients happy and budgets lean – is a tightrope walk between delivering uninspired work and going out of business. Join us as we review what we've learned over the past four years. There will be tears! There will be triumph! There will be monkeys! More info at: https://fronteers.nl/congres/2015/sessions/walking-the-tightrope-between-mediocrity-and-bankruptcy-primate

Why does one set up a digital agency in the middle of a recession? Because one thinks one can do better. As it turns out, 'doing better' – marrying great design and progressive development whilst keeping clients happy and budgets lean – is a tightrope walk between delivering uninspired work and going out of business. Join us as we review what we've learned over the past four years. There will be tears! There will be triumph! There will be monkeys! More info at: <a href="https://fronteers.nl/congres/2015/sessions/walking-the-tightrope-between-mediocrity-and-bankruptcy-primate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://fronteers.nl/congres/2015/sessions/walking-the-tightrope-between-mediocrity-and-bankruptcy-primate</a>

Espen Brunborg, Gordon McLachlan & Bart Oleszczyk | Walking the Tightrope Between Mediocrity and Bankruptcy [Fronteers 2015]