Educational Designer

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Learning Design

Experienced in Canvas VLE course building and inclusive course material.

Web Design

Creative and technical expertise in website development with WordPress and HTML/CSS.

Digital Media

Skilled in asset building and interactive media production with Adobe CS and Articulate 360.

The Yoga Nook have worked with Maria for 8 years. From the outset she captured our identity perfectly and we have received continuously good support. Our current website has bought many new visitors to the school, and we looking forward to working together on our brand new website.
Linda Apps

Owner, The Yoga Nook, Australia

We have worked with Define Media on many occasions when we have required graphics support for Marketing and Web Design. We have constantly been impressed with the high level of communication, understanding of the brief and the quality of the design work that has been presented to us.
Louise Harvey

Marketing and Communications Manager, Amadeus Software, UK

The Art of Emotional Design

by | February 22, 2017 | Design Blog | 0 Comments

As more of our lives move online, the demand for design to create an engaging user experience for our culture increases. Our aim should be to turn clever functionality into a natural, and emotionally driven experience, tapping in to our innate responses to create an...
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Finding that creative spark …

by | February 17, 2016 | Design Blog | 0 Comments

Ok, so you've done your research, investigated your audience, plumed the depths of the brand guidelines and are ready to start a project, now its time to find the design inspiration and that 'creative spark'. Most projects have a degree of constraint to them, but...
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A Condensed History of Typograhy

by | September 2, 2015 | Design Blog | 0 Comments

Typography, from a 120 words or less tweet, to a 30 metre billboard at Heathrow … we consume it every day with barely a whisper of a thought. As we move towards an ever more image driven society, can typography hold its own? The use of space versus line and curve, the...
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Alexander McQueen – Savage Beauty

by | May 27, 2015 | Design Blog | 0 Comments

This was going to be no ordinary exhibition ... the dimmed lights set the stage for a pageant of creativity that drew from the darkest corners, and the most vivid emotions. With animalistic intent, the exhibition set to tear the flesh from your bones, open your eyes...
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RGB and CMYK Colour

by | February 15, 2014 | Design Blog | 0 Comments

Out of all the electromagnetic waves in the Universe, from a billionth of a millimetre short to about 10 km long a tiny spectrum in the middle is visible light, those that measure between 0.00038 and 0.00075 millimetres. When we see the whole colour range together it...
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Design and Emotional Response

by | February 3, 2014 | Design Blog | 0 Comments

As more of our lives move online, the demand for design to create an engaging user experience increases. On a rational level, products should function well, and there is an intrinsic beauty in well designed and accessible model, be it an online system, a car or a...
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