My favourite pens for sketching
Over the last year, I've been regularly asked which pens I use for sketching. Instead of replying with individual emails, I thought, I'd write it down to share with everybody.A word to startAlthough I...
View ArticleTake the sketchnotes challenge and get expert feedback on your note taking
I like taking visual notes (as you might have noticed). I use them to remember and visually summarize all kinds of things: from conference talks to meetings, from books I read to things I need to...
View ArticleThe first sketchnotes from the feedback challenge are in!
The first week of the make-a-sketchnote-and-get-feedback challenge is almost over and the first entries are in. So far, 3 people sent me their sketchnotes of Kevin Slavin's talk about algorhythms from...
View ArticleEntries from the Sketchnotes Challenge – Part 1
I am blown away by the response to my little challenge. The quality and variety of the submitted sketchnotes is great. But most of all, I am happy and impressed by the great reflections you guys sent...
View ArticleEntries from the Sketchnotes Challenge – Part 2
Here are the next 10 entries:Eris Weaver, USEris writes about her sketchnote:What do you like about your sketchnote/what works well?When I confine myself to two colors + black, I really like the look!...
View ArticleEntries from the Sketchnotes Challenge – Part 3
Here are the next 10 entries:Melinda Walker from San Francisco, USAMelinda writes about her sketchnote:What do you like about your sketchnote/what works well?I like the lettering at the top for Kevin...
View ArticleEntries from the Sketchnotes Challenge – Part 4
And the final 11 entries:Andre Correia from Lisbon, PortugalAndre writes about his sketchnote:What do you like about your sketchnote/what works well?I found the video to be very challenging and far...
View ArticleThe Sketchnotes Challenge Feedback
The feedback from the experts is in and I am going to update the blog posts with the entries with the feedback over the next few days. Part 1 (the first 10 entries) is already up.A huge thank you again...
View ArticlePresentation: Sketching Interfaces at Yggdrasil 2013
I was invited to speak about interface sketching at a lovely conference in Norway. Thank you for having me, Yggdrasil.Below are the video, slides and a short talk description. The talk starts about 5...
View ArticlePresentation: Sketchnotes – Combining the power of words and visuals
I've been talking about sketchnotes fro some time now, at various conferences, meet-ups and university programs. My talks keep evolving and changing, but here is a recent flavour of what I usually talk...
View ArticleVideo: Kickstarting your sketching and visual thinking skills – at PLAY &...
A few months back, the lovely Marc Thiele invited me to speak at his PLAY & MAKE conference in Duesseldorf. I got the audience play and make together with me by giving a little sketch-along demo of...
View ArticleA chat about sketching, UX and taking notes
Prior to teaching a workshop on Sketching Interfaces at UX Salon 2016 in Tel Aviv, I had a little chat with Avi, the conference organiser about sketching in the design process. Have a look!
View ArticleTeaching and Sketchnoting in Tel Aviv
At the beginning of April, I was invited to attend and teach a workshop on "Sketching Interfaces" at UX Salon in Tel Aviv.The workshop was the biggest I ever taught (with just over 50 people). It was a...
View ArticleOn practice: My personal learning curve
This is part 1 of a three-part mini series on practice.Read part 2: "Making practice playful"Read part 3: "A basic structure for practice"Over the last few years, I have been teaching dozens of...
View ArticleMaking practice playful
This is part 2 of a three-part mini series on practice.Read part 1: "My personal learning curve"Read part 3: "A basic structure for practice"OK, you get it. Practice is the key. So let’s take a look at...
View ArticleSketching Interfaces workshop
In a recent survey by Khoi Vinh of subtraction.com about their favourite tools that designers use in the design process, “Pencil and Paper” came up as the overwhelming winner (64% of all answers) for...
View ArticleA structure for practice
This is part 3 of a three-part mini series on practice.Read part 1: "My personal learning curve"Read part 2: "Making practice playful"No matter what I practice, there is a simple structure that I use....
View ArticleBeyond Tellerrand 2016
This week I had the pleasure to be invited to attend Beyond Tellerrand– a conference about design, development and the broader field of making meaningful stuff on the web and in the world in general....
View ArticleSketchers are the better thinkers – Talk at LeanDUS
I had the pleasure to talk at the warm-up event for Beyond Tellerrand Duesseldorf 2016, which was hosted by the lovely people at Sipgate. The weather was beautiful, there were drinks and tasty BBQ on...
View ArticleZu Gast beim Twumble Podcast
Ich hab letzte Woche den Marc von der Beyond Tellerrand Konferenz in seinem wunderschoenen Garten besucht und bei Sonnenschein und fantastischem Kaffee mit ihm eine Folge fuer seinen Podcast Twumble...
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