Chris Allwood
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Chris Allwood

Head of design — Bloom and WildLondon, United Kingdom
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Chris Allwood

Head of design — Bloom and WildLondon, United Kingdom
About me
I am a conscientious and ambitious digital & UX designer based in London, who has been nominated for several prestigious indus- try awards, such as Net Magazine’s Award Young Designer of the Year 2014 and D&AD New Blood 2012. I deliver product and service design for fashion and lifestyle sectors, for both established brands and start-ups. Previously, I organised a monthly digital/creative event in Notting- ham called Second Wednesday, spoke at industry events and have written for industry magazines and websites.
Projects
  • Design and art direction for a unique, eclectic and beautiful retailer
    Design and art direction for a unique, eclectic and beautiful retailerCox and Cox are a homeware and interiors retailer who curate collections of homeware products that are both practical and beautiful. Collaborating with Enchant and Space48, we worked with Cox & Cox to design their new responsive Magento 2 eCommerce website.
  • Design direction for a fashion discovery app
    Design direction for a fashion discovery appStylity is a fashion discovery startup helping you to find the outfit you’ll love. Working directly as Lead Product Designer, we worked in an an iterative, agile manner to deliver an MVP product – from prototypes through to the full iOS app design.
  • Designing a new way to learn the guitar
    Designing a new way to learn the guitarLick Library are a guitar lessons streaming service. Working with Philip Storey, we helped Lick Library to create a more engaging platform by designing a user centric service which puts the user in control of the content.
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Work history
    Bloom & Wild logo
    Bloom & Wild logo
    Head of DesignBloom & Wild
    London, United KingdomFull Time
    Treatwell logo
    Treatwell logo
    Product Design LeadTreatwell
    London, United KingdomFull Time
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Skills
  • UI Design
  • UX Design
  • Digital Design
  • Art and Creative Direction
  • Responsive Design
  • Digital Strategy
  • Ecommerce Design
  • Visual Design
  • Digital Prototyping
  • Interaction Design
Education
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    BA (Hons) Interaction DesignNottingham Trent
     - Nottingham, United Kingdom
Awards
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    Young Designer of the Year Nominee 2014.Net Magazine
    I was nominated as Young Designer of the Year. This is a long-list which comprises of 10 designers under the age of 25, selected from thousands of nominees. Public voting runs for a month and from there the long-list is reduced to 5 nominations. The final 5 nominees are then judged by industry leaders, from which a winner and a runner up are decided.