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Design

• Design, Gadgets, Gold Star, Product, Thoughts

  Lusting after a Ghetto Blaster in 2008

  04.19.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  This morning Gabe sent me a link to this absolutely beautiful piece of audio gear - Lasonic’s iPod Ghetto Blaster. I cannot express to you how awesome I think this is and the fact that it got such a stellar review is even more exciting. The price is a reasonable $170 but sadly there’s not […]

• Data, Design, Mobile

  In India for many mobile data is the only way

  04.16.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  This piece in BusinessWeek does a great job at bringing to light the huge discrepancy between how the concept of “mobile” is so vastly different here in the US than it is in developing markets like India. This has come up a lot recently at work and I think it provides really valuable perspective when […]

• Design, Design in the Wild, Gold Star, Product

  Design in the wild: Oxford Landing wine tab

  04.15.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Dennis sent me this great post by Ben Terrett, a graphic designer in London points out a great little packaging innovation by Oxford Landing wines: a simple tear-off tab with their brand and style of wine so that you can easily remember what wine it was you had should you want to buy it again. […]

• Customer Service, Design, Design in the Wild, Gold Star, Interface, Social, Thoughts

  Design in the Wild: Beautiful Barcodes

  04.05.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Leave it to the Japanese to take something as mundane as the barcode and make an artform out of it.
  Update: Check out this post filled with awesome barcodes that safoocat sent me via Flickr.
  This reminded me of those super cool Japanese manhole covers from a while back:

  These are great examples of how anything (even […]

• Design, Design in the Wild, Signage, Thoughts

  Design in the Wild: Settle down with the labels, muchacho

  04.01.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  This is the door to the men’s bathroom at Mexican Radio in New York City (great restaurant, btw). You know its the men’s room because of that cleverly placed “gentlemen” sticker, right? Were that not there, you may have incorrectly believed this to be a door to a room full of mustaches.
  I thought this was […]

• Design, Mobile, Reading List, Thoughts

  Adam Greenfield to be Nokia’s new Head of Design Direction

  03.21.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Adam Greenfield, author of the seminal book Everyware: The Dawning of Ubiquitous Computing has accepted a position at Nokia as “Head of Design Direction, with a remit for the service and user interface domain.”
  As someone who’s enjoyed Adam’s work for a long time, I’m genuinely anxious to see what he can do to push things […]

• Data, Design, Design in the Wild, Thoughts

  Design in the Wild: Using real-world data to augment the design

  03.12.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I wanted to highlight Apple’s subtle way of enhancing their data presentation. The iGoogle themes that change according to the time of day is another great example of this. What can you do to make your design feel more “alive”?
  Also, if you know of other examples, please drop them in the comments. Thanks!

• Customer Service, Design, Gold Star, Interface, Mobile, Thoughts

  iPhone + Starbucks: now with movement

  03.07.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Remember those super slick mockups from a while back for what a Starbucks + iPhone integration might look like? Well, follow this link and check out what they might look like in action - its a nice peek into what a well-executed retail app on a phone might look like.
  Big bonus points for a little […]

• Design, Locative, Mobile, Thoughts

  Controversial article on Apple’s big miss with the iPhone: social networking

  03.06.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Philip Elmer-DeWitt explores an argument by a Swede named Peter S. Magnusson about how he sees a huge missed opportunity for Apple with regards to the iPhone. This goes beyond the run-of-the-mill wishlists (copy and paste, MMS, user-replaceable battery, etc.) that have been bandied about since the launch.
  This particular omission is a new angle and […]

• Design

  EverydayUX Musical Interlude: Justice - DVNO

  03.03.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  The music video as exploration of logos, typography and graphic design. The beat is pretty bangin’, too.
  ps: love the audio “inside” the HBO-ish logo
  Justice - DVNO on YouTube or Pitchfork (thanks, Kevin)