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LBi’s Christmas tree

Mehul — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:46:53 +0000

Here’s our LBi Christmas tree. Made of old mobile phones, it plays a jingle when you tweet it or use the on-screen piano. Play the blighter live! Find out more about our lovely creation! © Mehul Hirani // MehulHirani.com

Project 5

Mehul — Wed, 27 May 2009 09:27:03 +0000

Since September 2008 I’ve been working on an internet banking re-design project at LBi (where I work), for one of the UK’s top-five banks. The project is part of a 5-year programme that includes a redesign of the internet banking service, as well moving to new technology platforms. For confidentiality reasons I’ll refer to this [...]

Nice pressies!

Mehul — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:44:34 +0000

I came into work this morning to find some presents on my desk. To my amazement the company had got all the employees a nice LBi (tankard) pint glass. Accompanied with the tankard was a copy of LBiQ Vol.3, LBi’s own publication and this volume was all about sustainability. Never got a pint glass before, [...]

Prototyping in Axure

Mehul — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:00:04 +0000

For a recent project at work some of the team have been using Axure to design our wireframes. Not only that we’ve been using its snazzy prototyping features to build interactive prototypes. It’s a hot topic of discussion at LBi around which software we choose to use for our wireframes. Personally, I’m still learning, so [...]

Redesigning 3 property developer websites

Mehul — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:03:23 +0000

For the past few weeks I’ve been working on a project where we’re redesigning 3 property websites for a large property developer group in the UK. For all three websites LBi has been asked to redesign the user experience, create a new brand identity, build, test and then implement the websites on a common platform. [...]

The last 10 odd months in photos

Mehul — Sun, 04 May 2008 19:57:30 +0000

It’s coming up to a year since I first joined LBi as an Experience Architect. It’s been a good year as I’ve found a role in the industry that is for me, where I can grow and expand my skills. So, let’s take a look back at the past 10 odd months. July 2007 – [...]

Working on a pitch

Mehul — Thu, 01 May 2008 11:35:59 +0000

Me scetching concepts for the pitch For the past week I’ve been working on a pitch for new work. The brief was to redesign an extranet site. The site is used as a repository storing design assets, guidelines and much more. The audience for the site had changed and now the site was in need [...]

New job as a User Experience Architect

Mehul — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:35:19 +0000

So, why the drought in blogging over the past months? Had I gone on holiday and been enchanted by the wonders of a foreign land, or something else perhaps? No, not really, after almost a year of searching I found my first job since graduating in Summer 2006. I’m working in London as a User [...]

Blogging drought

Mehul — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:09:02 +0000

It's been absolutely ages since I caught up with the world about what I'm doing and what I've been up to. Needless to say I've been busy, mainly because of a new job in London, which I will discuss in more detail soon alongwith a catch up of other things that have been going on. Watch this space in a couple of days or even sooner...