Jon Hicks (designer)
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Jon Hicks (born 28 October 1972, in
Early life
Hicks left school at 16 and studied a
Internet work
Hicks is best known for his work on the
In September 2008 he announced that he would work as Senior Designer for
According to an interview with Kate Musgrove from the Affinity Spotlight, Hicks said his favorite design done at the time was working on the Spotify icon in 2014. This project combined his love of design with his love of music.[9] In June 2015, Opera Software announced that he will join Opera as Lead Designer for the Desktop team.[10] In July 2016, Hicks announced on his blog that he's finishing working for Opera from August 2016 and is "back in stock".[11]
Personal life
Hicks is married and lives in Oxfordshire. He has two children.
Rissington Podcast
Together with John Oxton, Hicks hosted The Rissington Podcast from September 2007 to February 2009 from the ex-RAF military base where the Hicksdesign studios were based.[12] The podcast's topics are web design (particularly answering listeners' questions), technology and cheese.
References
- ^ Hicks, Jon (2 April 2004). "Branding Firefox". Hicks Design. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
- ^ "HICKS: Graphic design, branding, illustration & iconography". hicks.design. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ Floating Frog interview with Jon Hicks Archived 27 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 3D CSS Box Model at Hicksdesign
- ^ IE Whitespace Bug at Hicksdesign
- ^ Hicks, Jon (10 September 2008). "and now... Opera". Hicks Design. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- Opera Software. Archived from the originalon 6 December 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2009.
- ^ Hicks, Jon (17 February 2010). "Moving on".
- ^ Musgrove, Kate (26 April 2019). "Design icon: Jon Hicks". Affinity Spotlight. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- Opera Software. 4 June 2015.
- ^ Hicks, Jon (24 July 2016). "Back in Stock".
- ^ The Rissinton Podcast