Rebecca Cottrell
Visual UI and interaction designer, based mostly in London.
I'm a User Experience Designer, which means I make technology easy for humans to use. I focus on user interface and interaction design. I'm from Oxford, UK, and currently live in London. Amongst other things, I love technology and simple, elegant design. I can be contacted by email at rebecca@rcottrell.com and also on twitter. Say hi!
Work
2011–Present · User Experience Designer at Accenture, presently consulting for a UK government department on user experience and visual design.
2010 · User Experience Intern at Google, working on Android User Experience.
Education
2011 · MSc Human-Computer Interaction, UCL. HCI occupies the space between computer science and psychology. It deals with understanding how people think and work, and applying this to the level of interactions between people and technology. My thesis focused on user-centred identity management. You can download my thesis from UCL's website.
2007 · BA Design for Communication, Reading University. I learned a huge amount about graphic design, printing technology history, typography and how to design complex texts. I wrote a dissertation on the broadside ballad as an early newspaper.