Author / Simone Hill

A graphic designer from Melbourne, Australia. I'm interested in portraying my view on the world, to the world...
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  • Time ago

    The next useful step is to capture and display when the garment was last worn – which means exploring showing dates and time.

  • Cost/Wear: Part 2

    Cost per wear (CpW) is up and running!

  • Cost/Wear: Part 1

    I’m really keen to get the basic functionality in that I’ve been thinking about this entire time. Cost per wear.

  • Typography

    Finally some type! This is just placeholder until I figure out the style… but I wanted to work with something more ‘me’ than old default Times.

  • Color

    I haven’t settled on the colours for TLB yet, but I thought I’d write a little about HSB, colour in Sass and how I’m starting to set up my scss design system.

  • Create Read Update Delete

    Next step on the journey is learning how to implement some fairly rudimentary, essential functions. Create, Read, Update, Delete or in acronym form: CRUD.

  • White Space

    I wondered how long it would take before I couldn’t refrain from some styling anymore…! Even just a little white space! Not long at all, it seems.

  • Hello World! Starting Ruby on Rails

    Welcome to my first journal as I jump into coding. Here I’ll recap what I’ve been learning – not fastidiously, as a disclaimer – but by way of sharing and remembering.

  • Tasmania Photo Journal

    Putting our new tent to good use, we set off to camp around Tasmania for a week. I was so taken by the ever-changing landscape, the colours and textures of the land.…

  • pieta venetian typeface 18th century

    A typeface currently called Pieta*

    One of the most spectacular moments of my recent trip to Venice was singing in the Ospedale della Pietà – a convent, orphanage and music school famously home to Antonio Vivaldi of…

  • Improving the Spotify Podcast Experience

    Why doesn’t anyone I know listen to podcasts on Spotify? Starting with this question about Spotify podcast use, my user interviews and research led me in unexpected directions on a journey to…

  • afternoon illustration for dreaming of home exercise

    Dreaming of Home

    During lockdown, I created this little website about home as a quick and fun coding exercise. In honour of the wonderful straw bale house Dad built for us out in the Yarra…

  • Project 365 poster Lotus and Parsley

    Project 365 – Home Collections

    Inspired by the one place I would love to be, but can’t, due to lockdown… Each poster is composed of black and white photos I’ve taken of flowers, seeds and seed pods…

  • mexico mountains scenery

    Embracing noise

    I’ve been drawn in to noisy images lately… there’s something about the atmospheric quality the noise provides. The painterly feel and effect. These are two quick studies with noise with photos I…

  • Mexico Photo Journal

    On a complete whim, I jumped at the opportunity to fly half way around the world and join Dennis in Mexico for a week. It was such a feast for the eyes,…