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In this episode we get to speak with Interaction Designer at Co-op Digital and co-founder of ManchestersFinest.com, Matthew Tyas. We talk about the value of co-op businesses and the story of Co-operative Group Limited, one of the world’s largest consumer co-operatives, owned by millions of members. The narrative of its latest growth is how it’s gone from a design team of three to a digital team of over 200 in just over a year.
We also discuss the origin of Manchester’s Finest and how Matthew and his friend saw a unique opportunity to service Manchester businesses with an authentic voice.
Then we get into Matthew’s passion for music via Heavy Crates, a UK based record label born from a crew of long time crate diggers, producers, Dj’s and graffiti artists promoting some of the finest new underground Hip Hop from across the world.
About Matthew
I’m an interaction designer and front-end developer from Manchester UK. This means I spend my time sketching and building prototypes to validate user needs, service and journey mapping and building sweet, sweet front-end. Read more https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-tyas-74b24717/
Show Links
- Guest: Matthew Tyas
- Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/DdYsZa0aPjc
- Website: http://matthewtyas.com/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/matttyas
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-tyas-74b24717/
- Co-operative Group Limited: https://www.coop.co.uk/
- Co-operative Group Limited design manual: https://coop-design-manual.herokuapp.com
- Co-founder of Manchester’s Finest: http://www.manchestersfinest.com
- Producer: http://heavycrates.com
- How to stop poverty: start a worker-owned cooperative | Jim Brown | TEDxTuscaloosa https://youtu.be/LFyl0zz2yqs
- How cooperative businesses can answer tough business challenges: Julia Hutchins at TEDxMileHigh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzSw6OsEP9Q
- Dessert Pizza http://www.dogsndough.com/the-food/
- Chris Coyier episode: Down Wit SVG? Yeah You Know Me with Chris Coyier https://thundernerds.io/2017/02/svg-yeah-you-know-me-w-chris-coyier/
- Dave Rupert episode: Windows & Waffles with Dave Rupert https://thundernerds.io/2016/12/windows-waffles-w-dave-rupert/
Spotlight
- Brian: iOS 11 https://www.apple.com/ios/ios-11-preview/
- Frederick: https://www.usertesting.com/plans
- Matthew: The Korg Volca Keys synth https://www.amazon.com/Korg-Volca-Keys-Analog-Synthesizer/dp/B01BV7W9VS