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How working with Plain Numbers is helping us to be a force for good
How working with Plain Numbers is helping us to be a force for good
A big part of Direct Line Group’s vision is to be a force for good.
DLG Design
Aug 17, 2021
Smart cars will need smart insurance
Smart cars will need smart insurance
In September, just ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Irma in Florida, Tesla rolled out an over-the-air software update for some of its…
DLG Design
Apr 6, 2021
Walking, thinking and creativity
Walking, thinking and creativity
You’re sat with colleagues, you’re all facing a whiteboard, and you’ve been set the group task of brainstorming ideas.
DLG Design
Feb 12, 2021
The power of getting stuff done
The power of getting stuff done
For much of the summer a shroud of darkness hung over the Content Team at DLG Digital. This is not a metaphor; a literal shadow was cast…
DLG Design
Feb 10, 2021
People are the missing pizza the puzzle
People are the missing pizza the puzzle
When we talk about driverless cars, the constraints usually revolve around the technology being used.
DLG Design
Feb 10, 2021
What’s the difference between user and customer experience?
What’s the difference between user and customer experience?
This is a question that crops up fairly regularly. and the answer is best illustrated by an experience I had.
DLG Design
Feb 10, 2021
Bots with good chat
Bots with good chat
Chatbots are revolutionising the way customers interact with services and brands. Rather than fill in a form, we’re now simply asked to…
DLG Design
Feb 8, 2021
How your phone can improve your focus
How your phone can improve your focus
There’s so much to distract our attention these days that it can be difficult to focus on the task at hand.
DLG Design
Feb 8, 2021
How I (sort of) conquered my fear of public speaking
How I (sort of) conquered my fear of public speaking
In lots of surveys, public speaking comes out as people’s number one fear. Death often comes in at number two. Take that in; people are…
DLG Design
Feb 4, 2021
Don’t rage against the limitations
Don’t rage against the limitations
Jack Stoker
DLG Design
Feb 4, 2021
8 tips to make design thinking work for your business
8 tips to make design thinking work for your business
Here at DLG, we work across our portfolio of brands, products and services. I’m an advocate of design thinking and strongly believe it…
DLG Design
Feb 4, 2021
Copywriting is one big joke
Copywriting is one big joke
Jack Stoker
DLG Design
Feb 3, 2021
What’s microcopy and why is it important?
What’s microcopy and why is it important?
In another life, I worked at a newspaper, and one of the toughest things to write was a nib (news in brief). Nibs are those little stories…
DLG Design
Feb 3, 2021
The fine art of write and wrong
The fine art of write and wrong
Rachel Greene - Taylor
DLG Design
Feb 3, 2021
Is Gary Barlow a secret UX guru?
Is Gary Barlow a secret UX guru?
James Orry
DLG Design
Feb 2, 2021
Remote user testing will make you a better designer
Remote user testing will make you a better designer
Dan Becker
DLG Design
Feb 2, 2021
The importance of UI & UX in an MVP world
The importance of UI & UX in an MVP world
James Sharpe
DLG Design
Feb 2, 2021
The importance of asking why?
The importance of asking why?
James Sharpe
DLG Design
Feb 1, 2021
The creative power of sleep
The creative power of sleep
James Orry
DLG Design
Feb 1, 2021
Children say the most creative things
Children say the most creative things
James Orry
DLG Design
Feb 1, 2021
Keeping it simple
Keeping it simple
By Richard Beaumont
DLG Design
Jan 30, 2021
A bright idea
A bright idea
Mike Shaw
DLG Design
Jan 30, 2021
Don’t let convention stifle your creativity
Don’t let convention stifle your creativity
Creative inspiration can come in many forms, from many places.
DLG Design
Jan 30, 2021
Going offline in an online world
Going offline in an online world
By James Orry
DLG Design
Jan 29, 2021
The phantom earthquake: when automation goes wrong. Who’s to blame: man or machine?
The phantom earthquake: when automation goes wrong. Who’s to blame: man or machine?
By James Orry
DLG Design
Jan 29, 2021
Stephen King: On Writing - How one of the best horror novelists of the 21st Century helped me to…
Stephen King: On Writing - How one of the best horror novelists of the 21st Century helped me to…
By Rachel Greene-Taylor
DLG Design
Jan 29, 2021
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