Hello. I’m Jason Hobbs, a designer, academic, teacher and speaker living mostly in Johannesburg, South Africa. This site is about my work and the things I do related to design. Have a read, Monthly Archives for March 2015
UX Landscape (SA)
Our survey of the UX landscape in South Africa will be closing soon. We’re really excited to start analysing the data and produce our report and paper. The aim of the survey is to determine the current landscape and level of … Continue reading
See you at UX Johannesburg
Terence and I will be speaking at UX Johannesburg at 10.15am on day 1, Thursday the 14th of May. Topic: The Firma Model – a meta-framework for research, strategy and design.
D3 translated into Japanese
My visual essay ‘The Design behind the design behind the design‘ has been translated into Japanese by Soyeon Lee. She is, quite simply, super-fantastic-amazing-brilliant!
Cumulus Milan 2015
Terence Fenn and I will be presenting our Firma Model paper at Cumulus in Milan between the 3rd and 5th of June. I’ll post here when the proceedings are published. http://cumulusmilan2015.org/
Design Society Development (DSD) DESIS Lab
I’ve recently become a member of DSD. The Design Society Development (DSD) DESIS Lab is a multi-disciplinary community of practice, based at the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, University of Johannesburg, that seeks to better understand how … Continue reading
Johannesburg WIAD 2015
Myself, Terence Fenn, Tasmin Donaldson and Kat Roderick put the Jhb WIAD 2015 event on at the University of Johannesburg for the fourth year running on the 21st of Feb. We had a great time and we’ve had amazing feedback. … Continue reading
