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Designing interactive products
Interactive products rely on a series of processes to ensure they work in reality.

Karen Cross
Aug 10, 20241 min read
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My Entrepreneurial journey
With a wealth of experience in business within the creative fields and my businesses now running smoothly with my kids on board I am now loo

Karen Cross
Aug 8, 20243 min read
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"8 Surprising Design Facts You Didn't Know"
My top design facts you have probably never heard.
You will know by now that I am obsessed with everything design, not in the, dress head

Karen Cross
Aug 5, 20243 min read
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New Venture
I'm offering a Business consultancy service for creatives, focusing on the day to day functionality of a creative business. Guiding you thro

Karen Cross
Aug 3, 20241 min read
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My Design nightmares
When I first designed the Wrap and Go, I had to keep going to the drawing board, from having to redo my research on push chairs, and keep up

Karen Cross
Aug 3, 20242 min read
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Choosing colour
Colour is such an important element of any design, even if you keep it to a monotone palette you will have decided which shades and why.

Karen Cross
May 26, 20242 min read
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Procrastination and distractions
Having a proper work space puts you into work mode when sitting at your work station and knowing that it's time to focus.

Karen Cross
Dec 31, 20232 min read
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Designing the Wrap and Go
Most of us at some time or another have what we think is an amazing idea, but how many of us actually do anything about it?

Karen Cross
Apr 24, 20232 min read
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Marie Van Britten Brown
Marie created the first home video security system back in the 1960's and I still find it surprising that it's only now we have so widely ad

Karen Cross
Apr 20, 20232 min read
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The Principles of good Design
The principles of good design, fit for purpose, aesthetics, value for money and sustanable.

Karen Cross
Apr 17, 20232 min read
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Garret Morgan
Definitely a favourite inventor of mine, he is someone I would have really liked to talk to!

Karen Cross
Feb 10, 20231 min read
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Keep a note book handy!
Some of our best ideas will occur to us just as we drop off to sleep and if you're anything like me, I think I'll remember in the morning bu

Karen Cross
Jan 28, 20231 min read
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The brilliance of Black African inventors
You Do Design is engineered towards anyone who hasn't had the advantages of a robust formal education or has been unable to pursue Design in

Karen Cross
Jan 27, 20232 min read
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Using Creativity in Education
As the recognised fastest growing industry world wide, the creative industries evidently have a lot to offer.
When creativity is implement

Karen Cross
Jan 19, 20232 min read
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Anthropometry, What is it?
Using Anthropometry in Design is key when designing a product which anyone interacts with, you can't create a useful useable product without

Karen Cross
Jan 11, 20231 min read
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Sewing Skills for Life
Sewing Skills for Life was an initiative I introduced which taught sewing skills alongside core subjects and focused on the Kinaesthetic lea

Karen Cross
Jan 6, 20232 min read
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New Year New Challenges
The You Do Design Course is made for anyone who has a passion for learning, is creative, has an abundance of ideas but not how action it.

Karen Cross
Jan 5, 20232 min read
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