Hey there! I never really talk about technology on my blog, I find it quite boring, to be honest. I would rather create amazing designs for you all but after this very insightful interview with tech expert Innovation Station, I was left surprised at how much I use technology to grow Quillattire. We spoke about how technology is used in the day-to-day running of Quillattire. I mean we must admit compared to five years ago, technology is kind of taking over our lives! There is even a human bot being evolved by tech giant Elon Musk who owns Tesla, which sounds really scary. Will humans be made void by the evolution of technology?

As a designer, I never knew tech would be so important and be the critical vice that would grow my brand!

Here are a few questions I was asked. For the full interview with Innovation Station click here.

Tell me how technology fits into your daily workflow?

I use my MacBook daily to keep tabs on all my customer orders. I also use my MacBook to store or access all of my research, from the pictures I use on my iPhone via Google Photos, to researching ideas online. All of my designing is done on Photoshop and Illustrator, where I use my Wacom pen from time to time to speed up the processes. So I suppose technology has a massive fit in my daily work life.

Tell me how different that would be without technology?

I mean it would be a hell of a lot more peaceful without the constant streams of information coming through; and the need to keep up with the speed of it all. It helps speed up the design process for me but I do miss sketching on a piece of paper with a pencil as that experience is so much different from sketching on Photoshop or Illustrator. Without technology research would not be as fast, information would be harder to find and access to the wider world would be more challenging. From time to time it would be nice to have the old ways back as it was more like a reward to find something really cool but now everything is so available, it's like an information overload. Technology has also allowed me to have an online store which was so important during the pandemic, so without it, I wouldn't have been able to sell my collection!