Andrew Backhouse
@drewadesigner.bsky.social
🇪🇺🇬🇧 Fenman turned Tyke | Based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire 📍 Radio enthusiast 🎙 | Founder of Harrogate Community Radio | Professional web designer | Certified UX Writer // MCSD 🌐 Find out more at linktr.ee/drewadesigner
I have a short guide that helps people write clear web content.
You can download the pdf when you sign up to my newsletter. It explains the basics in a simple way, so you can use it in your daily work. I suggest saving it.
To download it, head to my contact page: www.backhouse.studio/contact/
You can download the pdf when you sign up to my newsletter. It explains the basics in a simple way, so you can use it in your daily work. I suggest saving it.
To download it, head to my contact page: www.backhouse.studio/contact/
November 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I have a short guide that helps people write clear web content.
You can download the pdf when you sign up to my newsletter. It explains the basics in a simple way, so you can use it in your daily work. I suggest saving it.
To download it, head to my contact page: www.backhouse.studio/contact/
You can download the pdf when you sign up to my newsletter. It explains the basics in a simple way, so you can use it in your daily work. I suggest saving it.
To download it, head to my contact page: www.backhouse.studio/contact/
When to simplify, and when to let information breathe - https://backhouse.studio/chunking/
Simple steps to make your information accessible.
Simple steps to make your information accessible.
Chunking: When to simplify information | Backhouse.studio
A blog post about Chunking: when to simplify, and when to let information breathe - as written on a content designer's blog.
backhouse.studio
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 AM
When to simplify, and when to let information breathe - https://backhouse.studio/chunking/
Simple steps to make your information accessible.
Simple steps to make your information accessible.
About 1yr ago, I rebuilt julianvarley.com to help people understand his offer and send an enquiry with less effort. He is now getting steady leads. Clear pages and an easier way to contact him helped. A simple reminder that small fixes can help local SMEs in Harrogate and North Yorkshire.
November 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
About 1yr ago, I rebuilt julianvarley.com to help people understand his offer and send an enquiry with less effort. He is now getting steady leads. Clear pages and an easier way to contact him helped. A simple reminder that small fixes can help local SMEs in Harrogate and North Yorkshire.
Woohoo! W/E!
Time to catch up on my reading…
Time to catch up on my reading…
November 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Woohoo! W/E!
Time to catch up on my reading…
Time to catch up on my reading…
I have jumped on Affinity's bandwagon. happy to have cancelled my Adobe Cloud subscription and become "one of them" - you can read a bit about how Affinity are 100% free here; https://backhouse.link/ujh
Affinity reveals how it’s able to go 100% free with "no catch"
"How is that even possible?"
backhouse.link
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I have jumped on Affinity's bandwagon. happy to have cancelled my Adobe Cloud subscription and become "one of them" - you can read a bit about how Affinity are 100% free here; https://backhouse.link/ujh
And, one more time for the people at the back - https://backhouse.studio/what-is-content-design/
What is content design? | Backhouse.studio | North Yorkshire
"What is content design?" is a blog post on Backhouse.studio's website - a freelance content designer.
backhouse.studio
November 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
And, one more time for the people at the back - https://backhouse.studio/what-is-content-design/
Choice overload is real.
Three simple checks: work, fit, value.
Ask for 3 live sites, process, and a clear price.
Local help from a freelance web designer in Harrogate.
DM for a free 15 minute fit chat.
📍Harrogate 📍North Yorkshire
Three simple checks: work, fit, value.
Ask for 3 live sites, process, and a clear price.
Local help from a freelance web designer in Harrogate.
DM for a free 15 minute fit chat.
📍Harrogate 📍North Yorkshire
November 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Choice overload is real.
Three simple checks: work, fit, value.
Ask for 3 live sites, process, and a clear price.
Local help from a freelance web designer in Harrogate.
DM for a free 15 minute fit chat.
📍Harrogate 📍North Yorkshire
Three simple checks: work, fit, value.
Ask for 3 live sites, process, and a clear price.
Local help from a freelance web designer in Harrogate.
DM for a free 15 minute fit chat.
📍Harrogate 📍North Yorkshire
The top 8 skills every content designer should have; https://backhouse.link/3yw
Top 8 skills every content designer needs | Backhouse.studio
Discover the top eight skills every content designer needs to create clear, accessible and user-focused content that helps people get things done.
backhouse.link
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The top 8 skills every content designer should have; https://backhouse.link/3yw
Why do small design jobs cost big? I found this article about the Government's rebrand; https://backhouse.link/32y - you may find it interesting.
The â£532,000â dot job: Why small design changes cost big
Why did a tiny logo change cost GOV.UK so much?
backhouse.link
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Why do small design jobs cost big? I found this article about the Government's rebrand; https://backhouse.link/32y - you may find it interesting.
Ireland showing how to help creatives help society; https://www.creativebloq.com/art/shall-we-all-move-to-ireland-their-plan-to-support-artists-sounds-incredible
Shall we all move to Ireland? Their plan to support artists sounds incredible
Ireland is giving €325 a week to artists. Honestly!
www.creativebloq.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Ireland showing how to help creatives help society; https://www.creativebloq.com/art/shall-we-all-move-to-ireland-their-plan-to-support-artists-sounds-incredible
I wrote a blog post about Chunking content so that you can implement some pointers; https://backhouse.link/o7s
Chunking: When to simplify information | Andrew Backhouse
My blog covers Chunking: when to simplify, and when to let information breathe with clear, practical web design advice from Harrogate.
backhouse.link
November 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I wrote a blog post about Chunking content so that you can implement some pointers; https://backhouse.link/o7s
Bluesky reaches 40M users - still way behind The Other Place, but we are getting there… https://backhouse.link/p3q
Bluesky Reaches 40M Users — So Should Your Brand Be on It?
Bluesky has a growing community of dedicated, knowledgeable users.
backhouse.link
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Bluesky reaches 40M users - still way behind The Other Place, but we are getting there… https://backhouse.link/p3q
I found an art search engine that uses modern language models to help users find existing works of art rather than generate images. https://www.semantic.art/ It is really rather quite good.
Search With Your Imagination | Semantic.art
Explore and discover artworks from words, ideas, emotions, poetry, images, and more.
www.semantic.art
November 4, 2025 at 7:59 AM
I found an art search engine that uses modern language models to help users find existing works of art rather than generate images. https://www.semantic.art/ It is really rather quite good.
This will reshape how we live; Red Dot Design Concept 2025 Winners - https://backhouse.link/2ic
Top 10 Most Daring Concepts That Will Reshape How We Live: Red Dot Design Concept 2025 Winners - Yanko Design
Design concepts live in that fascinating space between "what if" and "why not," where the constraints of manufacturing budgets and market research haven't yet trimmed away the boldest ideas. While finished products get the spotlight and the sales figures, concepts represent design thinking at its most uninhibited, tackling problems we didn't even know we had
backhouse.link
October 31, 2025 at 7:59 AM
This will reshape how we live; Red Dot Design Concept 2025 Winners - https://backhouse.link/2ic
Reposted by Andrew Backhouse
Created Equal, 1984
https://botfrens.com/collections/27/contents/826490
https://botfrens.com/collections/27/contents/826490
October 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Created Equal, 1984
https://botfrens.com/collections/27/contents/826490
https://botfrens.com/collections/27/contents/826490
Reposted by Andrew Backhouse
🌟 Introducing our New Chat Messaging Service!🌟
We’re excited to announce our brand-new chat messaging service, making it easier than ever for you to communicate with your favourite presenters! 🗣️✨
We’re excited to announce our brand-new chat messaging service, making it easier than ever for you to communicate with your favourite presenters! 🗣️✨
February 16, 2025 at 12:25 AM
🌟 Introducing our New Chat Messaging Service!🌟
We’re excited to announce our brand-new chat messaging service, making it easier than ever for you to communicate with your favourite presenters! 🗣️✨
We’re excited to announce our brand-new chat messaging service, making it easier than ever for you to communicate with your favourite presenters! 🗣️✨
Simon's radio show never ceases to delight. We are lucky to have it broadcast on our community radio station and you can listen to it in the link below.
This is Ep 72 of To Etherea and Beyond - Mass Octave Turbulence. The show broadcasts on @harrogateradio.bsky.social at 9am this Sunday 16th Feb and is then available via the Listen Again button, and here: ssyncc.com/toethereaand...
harrogatecommunityradio.online/shows/to-eth...
#shoegaze #music
harrogatecommunityradio.online/shows/to-eth...
#shoegaze #music
February 14, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Simon's radio show never ceases to delight. We are lucky to have it broadcast on our community radio station and you can listen to it in the link below.
Reposted by Andrew Backhouse
My radio show was broadcast last night, past your bed time. But, you can catch up with it at backhouse.wtf/orbiting-a-d...
w/ A Certain Ratio, Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, Hawksmoor, Laurie Spiegel, Hieroglyphic Being, 400 Lonely Things, and more.
For fans of experimental music.
w/ A Certain Ratio, Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, Hawksmoor, Laurie Spiegel, Hieroglyphic Being, 400 Lonely Things, and more.
For fans of experimental music.
Experimental Radio Show: "Orbiting a Different Star #045"
Orbiting a Different Star #045 is an experimental Music radio show broadcast on Harrogate Community Radio. Playing the best of the avant garde.
backhouse.wtf
February 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
My radio show was broadcast last night, past your bed time. But, you can catch up with it at backhouse.wtf/orbiting-a-d...
w/ A Certain Ratio, Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, Hawksmoor, Laurie Spiegel, Hieroglyphic Being, 400 Lonely Things, and more.
For fans of experimental music.
w/ A Certain Ratio, Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, Hawksmoor, Laurie Spiegel, Hieroglyphic Being, 400 Lonely Things, and more.
For fans of experimental music.
If you are a fan of experimental and Free music, you may like my radio show, Orbiting a Different Star - the latest episode is here: harrogatecommunityradio.online/shows/orbiti...
w/ Jo David Meyer Lynse, Joseph Young, Gabriel Paiuk, Pietro Zollo, Pucemoment, Ida Dueland, David Wallraf + more!
w/ Jo David Meyer Lynse, Joseph Young, Gabriel Paiuk, Pietro Zollo, Pucemoment, Ida Dueland, David Wallraf + more!
Orbiting A Different Star Is An Experimental Radio Show
Orbiting a Different Star is an experimental music radio show broadcast on Harrogate Community Radio by self-confessed radio geek Andrew Backhouse.
harrogatecommunityradio.online
January 30, 2025 at 8:56 AM
If you are a fan of experimental and Free music, you may like my radio show, Orbiting a Different Star - the latest episode is here: harrogatecommunityradio.online/shows/orbiti...
w/ Jo David Meyer Lynse, Joseph Young, Gabriel Paiuk, Pietro Zollo, Pucemoment, Ida Dueland, David Wallraf + more!
w/ Jo David Meyer Lynse, Joseph Young, Gabriel Paiuk, Pietro Zollo, Pucemoment, Ida Dueland, David Wallraf + more!
I have been looking at watches, again - one of my vices. Mrs Backhouse has given a firm 'No' to the idea. But this is what I would certainly have bought - mrjoneswatches.com/products/m1
M1
Take a trip down memory lane with the eye-catching M1 watch. Created in collaboration with British design icon Margaret Calvert, M1 is a playful twist on the serious business of road safety and signag...
mrjoneswatches.com
January 29, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I have been looking at watches, again - one of my vices. Mrs Backhouse has given a firm 'No' to the idea. But this is what I would certainly have bought - mrjoneswatches.com/products/m1
Reposted by Andrew Backhouse
Toot Toooot! Thought Bubble Festival will take place from 10-16 November 2025 across Leeds and the whole of Yorkshire!
Our HUGE Comic Convention will be on 15 & 16 November 2025 at Harrogate Convention Centre!
Comic Convention tickets are on sale right now: thoughtbubblefestival.com/tickets
Our HUGE Comic Convention will be on 15 & 16 November 2025 at Harrogate Convention Centre!
Comic Convention tickets are on sale right now: thoughtbubblefestival.com/tickets
January 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Toot Toooot! Thought Bubble Festival will take place from 10-16 November 2025 across Leeds and the whole of Yorkshire!
Our HUGE Comic Convention will be on 15 & 16 November 2025 at Harrogate Convention Centre!
Comic Convention tickets are on sale right now: thoughtbubblefestival.com/tickets
Our HUGE Comic Convention will be on 15 & 16 November 2025 at Harrogate Convention Centre!
Comic Convention tickets are on sale right now: thoughtbubblefestival.com/tickets
This seems sick; www.stackmagazines.com/
Stack independent magazine subscription
Stack magazines delivers a different independent magazine to your door every month. Join the club today & discover a more exciting magazine subscription
stackmagazines.com
January 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This seems sick; www.stackmagazines.com/
Reposted by Andrew Backhouse
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
Last night, I dreamt I was wearing Crocs. Even in the dream, I felt terrible about it, but they were unbelievably comfortable. It was like eating an entire lasagne—so satisfying yet so wrong.
I’m now in a bit of a dilemma. Do I get a pair of Crocs?
I’m now in a bit of a dilemma. Do I get a pair of Crocs?
January 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Last night, I dreamt I was wearing Crocs. Even in the dream, I felt terrible about it, but they were unbelievably comfortable. It was like eating an entire lasagne—so satisfying yet so wrong.
I’m now in a bit of a dilemma. Do I get a pair of Crocs?
I’m now in a bit of a dilemma. Do I get a pair of Crocs?