My name is Alexis Bouckaert, aka MrBou. I'm a French creative director and web designer, living in Dublin for about 15 years now. I am currently working in Rothco where I am Digital Creative Director.
Have a look at my portfolio or check out my blog below for posts on digital creative and personal updates.
WordCamp Ireland Presentation: myeverestchallenge.com
Back in Dublin after a great week-end in Kilkenny for WordCamp Ireland. Many thanks to Sabrina Dent and Katherine Nolan for organising a great even with diverse talks catering to a mixed and unexpectedly large audience.
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Portfolio updated
Finally got around to updating my portfolio.
There’s a couple new campaigns and tons of screengrabs. I’m using Shadowbox, a great lightbox script which works well for all sorts of file types. More to follow soon…There’s a few other campaigns I plan on putting up there.
Why design resign in a recession
I resigned recently from my position as joint Creative Director, and Studio Manager, of Cybercom. It’s a bit of an under-statement to say that it followed serious consideration of just how wise it is to hand in your notice in the middle of a world-wide recession.
I had been as guilty as most studio heads, too busy with getting the work done to notice how things were changing around me.
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Speaking at WordCamp Ireland 2010
WordCamp IRL
I will take part in the Use Case Scenarios panel and will cover how Wordpress i perfect for developing cost-effective charity websites.
Now I’ve about a month to try and conquer the usual stage-fright and put on paper whatever worthwhile information may – or may not – be floating about in that wet brain of mine…
Review: Art & Copy documentary
I attended the screening of Art & Copy (dir. Doug Pray) last week, organised by ICAD in the Sugar Club, Dublin.
The feature-length documentary is an entertaining account of contemporary (American above the line) advertising.
The piece is structured around interview of some of the biggest figures in the industry. Read on