Jason has spent 30 years working in cartography (making maps), graphic and information design. This has covered feasibility studies, concept development, design, production and project management — applied within the fields of transportation (transport information systems), town planning, urban design, architecture, wayfinding, publishing and in most recent times, for digital applications. His experience has covered a wide range of outputs from tiling murals for a public car park to a 400-page printed public consultation ‘toolkit’.
The broad areas of his offer cover:
- Cartographic design and production
- Illustration
- Information design
- Information planning
- Graphic design
His experience covers, but not limited to the following areas:
- Visitor and tourist maps
- Street maps
- Wayfinding maps
- Location plans
- Walking maps
- Transport network maps
- Town planning maps
- Proposal Maps
- GIS analysis
- Masterplans
- Land use plans
- Campus maps
- Facility maps
- Maps for publications
- Maps for board games
- Park and reserve maps
He uses a range of tools to achieve the desired solutions, including Adobe Illustrator, Cartographica GIS, QGIS, Ortelius, Affinity Designer, SketchUp and numerous other specialist utilities. He is also gaining wider understanding of new tools and frameworks aimed at online and app-based solutions, including Mapbox, Kartograph, D3.js, R and Python.
His experience also covers feasibility studies, proposal submission, concept development, design, production and project management, including ISO 9001, the internationally recognized Quality Management System (QMS). As such, he also offers these related advisory and practice-based services:
- Design research / discovery
- Design direction
- Visual audits
- Feasibility studies
- Proposition development
- Proposal submission
- Project management
A resumé, specific terms and conditions (T&Cs) of engagement and his professional practice note are available on request. He has worked for a wide range of clients in both the public and private sectors, a selection of which are to be found here. Jason is happy to talk freely about how he might be able to help, so drop him a line.
