I’m Neil McArdle, a product designer and builder based in London.
I design products and build them myself, from the first sketch to the code that ships. Right now that’s 
makeebook, a quiet place to write books, and coverly, a search of over 3,000 book covers.
Before that I took the 
Avis checkout from five steps to three. It’s live on avis.com.
I also work with 
Mobbin, the library of real app screens designers use for reference.
What I want to design next is the tools themselves. I trained as a painter, then took a degree in social psychology, so I care about both the brush and the person holding it. This year I’ve been researching where design tools came from and what designers say they’re becoming.
Work
Writing
Moments
“This is magical dude.”Tommy Geoco @designertom on XOn Bedside Books, where a parent and child make a picture book together.
“Thank you for sharing!!”Ridd @ridd_design, co-hostOn SpeakUI, my voice-driven UI editor, shown on Dive Radio.
“it looks fire! 🔥 love the exploded view”Evil Rabbit @evilrabbit_ on XOn Puddle High II, an old wellie launched like a sneaker.Playground
- TesseraA triangle game for two.iOS app
- A Brief History of UISixty years of interfaces.
- A History of the World300,000 years on a globe.
- N ParticlesMy N, drawn in particles.
- Puddle High IIAn old wellie, launched like a sneaker.
- Plink PondSkim stones across a pixel pond.
- Record playerA suitcase record player you can open and play.
- Illustrator CS6 bookThe book I taught myself Illustrator with.
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