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I'm working on a small piece to add to the Keepsake exhibition which launches on 14 June at Bradford Cathedral.

Partly done cross stitch of an old TV

It's being organised by the lovely Bob Hick and Jez Coram with the aim of raising funds for the Justice4Grenfell campaign, helping to keep alive the memory of those who died.

My piece is related to the memory of childhood with my Nanna - a loving lady who spoilt me rotten - and a way of showing my appreciation to her that I perhaps didn't do enough when she was alive. I'll post more as I get closer to the end. In the meantime, have a look at the other work on the exhibition website.

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I was lucky enough to attend the Cross-Government Design meetup yesterday on naming things.

Rebekah Barry summed the day up in the phrase: "call things what they are".

Here are my notes:
Mind map from cross-gov design

The excessive labelling of train toilet doors, in Beth Aitman's excellent illustration (from her UI Writing blog) was an excellent example of how good writing can't fix bad design.

Especially at work, it's amazing how many things aren't called what they are and how people love acronyms. Our "submit your timesheet" tool is called SOP, our "book a meeting room" service is called Condeco and our Health and Safety reporting system is SHERMS. I feel that in public government services at least, things are getting better - although "manage your water abstraction or impoundment licences online" is still admittedly a mouthful. Now if only internal things could have the same standard applied.