Richard Bowzer
Icon Creator
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Bowzer is a versatile icon creator, investigative technology journalist, and maker with over a decade of freelance experience blending front-end design, product testing, and editorial work. Based in Stony Stratford, he maintains a large open-source presence—redrawing 1,300+ brand icons for Home Assistant and contributing SVG icon updates to popular smart-home repos—while also beta-testing smart-home products under NDA. He specialises in themed PC case modding and bespoke builds that combine artistic engraving and full watercooling, work that has featured in community competitions and media write-ups. Equally comfortable advising on social media and product strategy or digging into investigative tech stories, he’s known for spotting ideas early and turning concepts into striking physical and digital deliverables.
4 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree at Holland Parkit, it at University of London
Github Skills (5)
home-assistant10
javascript10
svg10
file-icons10
iconsets10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
elax46/custom-brand-icons
Nov 2021 - Jul 2022
Custom brand icons for Home Assistant
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 38 commits, 10 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Richard's commits primarily focus on updating and adding custom brand icons for Home Assistant. They've modified the `custom-brand-icons.js` file, which contains the SVG path data for the icons. The updates included adding and modifying SVG paths for a variety of brands, enhancing the icon library's completeness and functionality for Home Assistant users. This suggests a focus on front-end development within the context of the Home Assistant platform.
philips-huecustom-iconslovelacelightassistant
rchiileea/ioniq5-and-ioniq6-dashboard-for-ha
Aug 2023 - Nov 2024
custom card layouts with images for home assistant for the ionic 5
Contributions:1 release, 5 reviews, 2 PRs in 1 year 3 months
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