Daniel Howard

About

Hi there, my name is DanEmbedded image and I am a design focused engineer who works with startups and agencies to build beautiful and engaging digital products that straddle the line between design and engineering. Born in 1995What a year near Dublin Ireland, I now live with my partner in the beautiful region of Tuscany, Italy. In my spare time I like to design and build camper vansMy camper Fosca Blu , tinker with odd tech and explore the surrounding climbing spots.

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Crimp it.


Stuff I've Done


I studied Creative Computing and Multimedia at the Institute of art design and technology (IADT) Dunlaoghaire. As the gateway to pushing pixels and making computers do cool stuff, his was a formative time for me and gave me the technical and creative basis I needed to hone my craft going forward. After 4 years of studying the art of the pixel I completed my studies, graduating with a first class honorsThe "thumbs up kid" meme.

Out into the world


After graduation I pursued agency and freelance work in London, England for a number of years before beginning work on Aikido Finance (now STRATxAI) as a founding member and lead frontend developer. During this time I travelled extensively throughout southern Europe, living throughout Spain and Italy as we built the company!

A creative calling...

After Aikido, I decided I wanted to return to the world of creative tech that I fell in love with during my studies. My latest position as a creative developer at Van berlo (now Accenture IXID ). A creative studio specialised in industrial design & innovation. This wonderful place put me at the intersection of design, innovation and engineering innovating for some of the biggest brands in the world. From toys to AI boats, I worked across a vast number of projects in a large array of industries.

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Those are all prototypes. not even joking...

Outside of work

I love to make cool stuff and outside of work I can often be found experimenting with new tech to see what it can do, building things with my hands or making art of various shapesMy self built camper van "Il Cinghiale" and sizes"The Stargate" at Transmission Space Stage, Electric Picnic! I love to travel while spending time in nature and can often be found hiking up a local trail or cycling up into the nearby mountains!