Alistair Norris🇸🇬

About Alistair Norris

Director of Design at Agency SG + NUS, IDEO alum

Hi, I'm Alistair ( or Ali / Orcfull / Norris, it depends where you know me from! )

I'm Director of Design and an Adjunct Professor with deep expertise in Interaction Design, Design Strategy, Design Research, Service Design and Project Leadership.

I'm currently working at Agency SG and NUS, I'm Ex-IDEO and ReferralCandy.

You can find a likely out-dated and unreliable version of my work at www.orcfull.com

My passions lay at the intersection between innovative new work and the people creating it. 
The only thing I've found to match my interest in designing new products and services; 
is helping to create, optimise and nurture the teams doing the innovating in the first place.

Whilst I can be openly pessimistic about the problems we face as humanity, I'm equally loud and optimistic about the people I meet every day and how that paints a bright future for us all.

The current question I'm mulling over and researching personally:

Can cooperatives be a future model of design consultancy funding, and if so, what should that look like?

Expertise

Sessions with Alistair Norris

• Mentorship Session (30 min): General mentorship

What mentees say

“-gives honest, direct critique about portfolio and resume -gives first-hand insight on what hiring managers expect from UX candidates”

“Norris exudes amazing energy and got me thinking about what I would like to experiment on in reflecting about design roles.. deep thinking for a morning chat. Thanks Norris! (I think my dreams tonight will ink me closer to the deep thinking question) And look forward to connect with more IDEOers!”

“Very grateful for the amazing and positive session, Alistair! Thank you for the candid & informative feedback and for answering my specific questions on my portfolio. I also learned some important aspects about transitioning to a business designer profile which was super useful to chart out a new and informed plan!”