Blog posts by Gaz Aston

Last year, dxw became employee owned with a Board of Trustees and an Executive Board. In January, it democratically elected its first Staff Council.

I wanted to be a musician and a veterinarian when I was young so how did I end up as Head of Design at a digital agency?

We’ve grown a lot over the last couple of years, and it was time for our brand to catch up with us.

This post explains the background to the career progression framework for our design team, how it works, and what we’ve learned since we started to use it.

Last month, we ran a workshop called “Prototyping for non-designers. It was one of a series of training workshops held by dxw over the Summer.

Hey. I’m Gaz, and I’ve recently joined dxw as a designer and front-end developer. I’m here because I believe technology can bring about real change. I’m enthusiastic about rapid prototyping, simplicity, learning, and collaboration. In previous roles, I worked on fully-fledged production applications, prototypes to demonstrate and validate ideas, and internal tools to improve the […]