Creative lead. Development minded.

I design and build digital brands and products, working across visual design and development to create work that’s clear, fast, and easy to use.

Automation Intelligence

Website Design

Project TakeTmrw

Christopher Nathaniel

Selected projects

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Brand identities, websites and applications, from the first idea to the details of the build.

  • Aurora Initiative

    A brand and website design concept for a climate-research programme, connecting its identity with datasets, tools and public resources.

  • Haven & Co

    A brand and website design concept for a coworking space, combining an expressive identity with clear information and booking routes.

  • Mark Bailey

    WordPress development for a family-business consultancy, translating a supplied design into responsive layouts, editable content and adaptive navigation.

  • TakeTmrw

    A Laravel and React application bringing project planning, time tracking and invoicing into one workspace, with optional AI task tools.

  • Epilepsy Deaths Register

    Laravel and React development for a sensitive reporting process, combining staged questionnaires, saved progress and the tools needed to manage records and support contributors.

  • Stagecoach

    The Canadian website and custom API integrations across international and UK sites, connecting school, venue and course data with search and enquiry journeys.

  • RVT Group UK

    Full website development and ongoing management, with a detailed equipment catalogue, a custom quotation basket and resource downloads built around specialist equipment hire.

  • Making Websites Better

    Custom WordPress development with liquid SVG buttons, GSAP motion and reusable content blocks. A technically demanding build that brings an expressive design into a…

Recent writing

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  • Two 30 km runs on the way to 50 km

    Two early starts, two 30 km runs, and different lessons about rain, darkness, shoes and fuelling as I train for my 50…

  • Ten weeks out from my 50 km ultra

    Making room for ultra training around work and family, following a plan, and finding time to think on familiar running loops.

  • AI and the cost of interrupted focus

    The cycle of prompting, waiting and checking could change how we concentrate, learn and experience work. What research tells us, what remains…

  • How AI is changing my work as a developer

    What using AI for Laravel projects and rebuilding my website has taught me about judgement, learning, design and the skills I want…

  • Why I came back to design

    Why I stepped back from design in 2020, returned in 2025, and how branding, application UX and critical thinking now shape my…

  • Can an AI agent actually use your website?

    What Lighthouse’s agentic browsing checks and WebMCP mean for the way I think about interfaces, forms and building websites people can trust.

  • Building accessible multistep forms with Laravel and Inertia

    A practical approach to multistep Laravel and Inertia forms, based on my EDR work: saved drafts, server validation, clear errors and predictable…

  • How Zwift fits around my running

    My Boardman, a Wahoo trainer and Zwift have given cycling a useful place alongside running. The setup in my study, the music…

  • Why we built One Base around Gutenberg

    Our approach to a shared WordPress base theme: full site editing, native Query Loops, selective CSS loading and a simpler editing experience…