We’re writing the new Smashing Magazine UX book
We are excited to announce that James Chudley and Jesmond Allen are writing a new book entitled Smashing UX: Foundations for Designing Online User Experiences.

James has spent over 10 years’ working in user experience within consultancies, digital agencies, the public sector and academia.
James is responsible for leading user experience projects at cxpartners. He specialises in information architecture and usability, having established user experience departments in both digital agencies and client side organisations.
James is involved throughout the project lifecycle – from writing proposals and planning projects, executing the work and presenting findings to our clients.
James has worked on projects across the public and private sectors with his recent work focusing on researching and designing user experiences within the travel and financial sectors.
Past clients and employers include Expedia, Unum, AXA, BBC, EON, HSA, Northcliffe Media, Environment Agency, DEFRA, Peugeot, Kia Motors, Fish4, Triumph Motorcycles, James Villas, QCA, Orange, V&A, PWC and Yell.com.
He is actively involved in the ux community, having co-founded the UXBristol bookclub, is a member of the Usability Professionals’ Association and the Information Architecture Institute.
James spends his spare time chasing squash balls, losing golf balls and taking photographs of anything and everything.