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 April 2016
IA Institute board post
The new board of the IA Institute has just begun its two-year term and I have the good fortune of having been nominated and voted in as the Director of Education. It’s a new, and much needed, position at the … Continue reading
WIAD 2016
Once again, we have hosted World IA Day Johannesburg and, once again, we had a ball. The line up this year included: Sebabatso Mtimkulu, Ray Whitcher, Rob Enslin, Stephen Hobbs, Nicholas Hobson, Lindi Maritz and Rob Cowie. The star of the … Continue reading
UX South Africa Conference
The guys behind the UX SA Conferences have really been doing a great job. For the last few years they’ve been selling out and it’s starting to gain international attention. This year the majority of presentation submissions came from abroad. … Continue reading
UX Landscape of South Africa
Last year, Dr. Marco Pretorius, Terence and myself embarked on researching and baselining the maturity of UX in South Africa. It was a huge effort but I think it turned out really well. As part of the project we created … Continue reading
Asian Consortium: Hong Kong
The Asian Consortium, part of the Hong Kong 10DAYFEST from the Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation, was a great success. Brief overview: “140 social innovators from all over Asia came to Hong Kong to channel their ideas of … Continue reading
