Fiona MacNeill
Fiona MacNeill

UX Researcher, Designer, Technologist

Greetings 🌊

I create meaningful experiences for learning and doing.

You’ll find me immersing myself in complexity and collaborating with people who want to discover more and create positive change.

This site is being updated over the next few months.
New case studies and work samples coming soon!

Recent & Upcoming Talks

Gr8 Expectations - A generative game about AI

Using a game to lead a generative discussion about AI and expectations.

Creating Another Way (CAW) - UX Camp Brighton 2025

An experiment session presented in Obsidan as an interactive essay.

So you want to go green?

Here's 5 ways to shift mindsets and behaviours–with Kathryn Lawrence (Behavioral Scientist and Researcher).

Games for Design and Thinking

Fiona is a mischief who likes to use design in unexpected ways. Here are ways they use games in design.

The UX of Self-Defence

5 UX heuristics from Kickboxing. Presented as part of LTUX Brighton evening event.

Dialogue: community, volunteering, and setting up your own company

An two way dialogue with Heidi Swigon for students on a community placement module (Politics and Linguistics).

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Blog

UX Camp 2025 Reflections

Reflecting on another excellent UX Camp Brighton

Falling back in love with the humble RSS feed

A quick reflection on RSS feeds and the merits of RSS curation

Overdue reflections: playing games and taking walks

Using the five whys to think about recent experiments in design and curation

These UXers Need Help - Version 2.0

Building the next version of the game 'These UXers Need Help' by reflecting on my design practice and inspirations during April, May, and, June 2023.

UX Camp Brighton 2023 - Game on!

Prototyping a reflective game for UXers with Uxers at UX Camp Brighton 2023 (15th April)

UX Brighton 2022 - 4th November

UX Brighton is back in-person after a 2 year hiatus

Cufflinks - Edition 2 - 23rd October

An overview of a busy summer during October, my favourite month.

Cufflinks - Edition 1 - 24th April

A new recurring blog post for sharing my favourite links and resources

Contact

hello@fionamacneill.co.uk

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