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Design, Process, Thoughts
David Armano’s presentation on interaction design…
… from Interaction08 in Savannah (btw, I am getting more and more dismayed that I wasn’t able to go this year) about how the discipline has evolved from the earlier, more waterfall-like, approach to product development that seem to permeate the industry.
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Design, Thoughts
Apple patent suggests the advanced multitouch in the MacBook Air is only the beginning
(I know all this is still a mere glimmer in a patent-filer’s eye so its not really fair to be negative about it but…)
I’m of two minds about this. On one hand, my initial instinct is that all these variations in a what is still an incredibly new control paradigm would greatly overwhelm most [...] -
Design, Process
Too many cooks in the proverbial design kitchen?
Great post about how a poorly conceived design feedback process can really undermine an otherwise potentially successful design.
Group intelligence is multiplicative when idiots are involved - combining a half-wit with another half-wit does not result in a full-witted person, it results in a quarter-witted person (1/2 x 1/2 = 1/4). Combining a full-witted individual [...] -
Design, Resource
Icons: small in size, huge in complexity
Turbo Milk has an illustrative piece on 10 common mistakes in icon design.
Designing icons has always been an art I admire and respect as one of the more difficult challenges in graphic design. Not only do they have to look good and accomplish a specific goal (or else!), but they have to do so [...] -
Design, Mobile, Thoughts
8 Mobile Trends for 2008
Christian Lindholm, formerly of Nokia and later Yahoo weighs in on 8 things to look out for in 2008 when it comes to mobile. The top three that get me most excited are: Beauty Is Back, The Mobile Net Becomes Useful and GPS Is The New Camera.
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Design, Gadgets, Interface
“My first hour with the XO”
After weeks of eagerly awaiting the arrival of his XO OLPC, my friend Kip finally got his and he’s spent some time this weekend getting intimate with it. Check out this nicely-detailed Flickr set where he does a great job of pointing out aspects of both the physical design as well as the [...]
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Design, Gold Star
Even emergency equipment can look great
This fire extinguisher design, by Woo Seok Park, is just stunning. Truth be told, I’m a huge sucker for this Bjorkian design aesthetic. I like this so much I wish I could give it a permanent place on this homepage.
Here’s how it works:
To reduce the required handling of the fire extinguisher, the user needs [...]
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