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UI Interactions: A Collection to Bookmark by Divan Raj
Let's finish off this week with a cool collection of UI Interactions by India-based designer Divan Raj. It's a set of exploration and experiments …
UI DesignDesign Inconsistencies in iOS 11- Pick Your Poison
Yesterday, I brought up an article from Fast Company Design in my piece on Understanding People’s Emotional Reactions to Apple as an illustration of someone having a major emotional over-reaction to Apple. However, while the author was completely unhinged, he actually did have some points. Borrowed …
AppleArchitect builds his own studio at the end of Toronto garden
The Brooklyn trend for backyard studios has extended all the way to Toronto, where the founder of architecture firm Six Four Five A has constructed a …
ArchitectureHow to solve problems like a designer
IDEO’s Tim Brown explains design thinking.<p>When Tim Brown joined the design consulting firm IDEO in 1987, the company’s repertoire was pretty straightforward. They designed products: the first computer mouse for Apple, the first laptop computer for GRiD Systems, a personal digital assistant for …
Design ThinkingSolar-powered Cottage in the Vineyard puts a modern spin on rural architecture
Ramón Esteve Estudio completed a minimalist mono-pitched dwelling that blends into its agricultural backdrop yet still catches the eye with its …
DesignDemystifying the UX Design Process
The UX process is a flexible, multi-step approach to tackling a new project and it’s the foundation of a designer’s skillset. Here’s how to apply …
DesignPatagonia launches Worn Wear, an online store for used gear
<b>The pop-up events were so successful that the outdoor clothing retailer has made them permanent.</b><p>For years, outdoor clothing retailer Patagonia has …
SustainabilityCan graphic design save your life?
<b>(CNN) —</b> A cigarette oozing fat. The clinical white glow of a pillbox. The distant green of a pharmacy sign. We might overlook it, but graphic design plays a major part in our perceptions of health and medicine. Through imagery and information, designers can have a massive effect on public health, …
Design ThinkingIdaho Desert House
Outpost is a very charismatic construction in the middle of Idaho desert, designed by Olson Kundig, a design cabinet from Seattle. Into a moon like …
ArchitectureThe best colour tools for web designers
As web designers, one of the most important choices we make has to do with our colour selections. Choose the wrong ones, and you might just lose out …
GraphicsJun Igarashi Architects uses loophole in Japanese planning to equip Hokkaido house for snowy winters
Jun Igarashi Architects found a work-around in Japanese building code to create this house on Hokkaido's southwest coast, which features a larger …
ArchitectureInside the Home of Swiss Designer Yves Béhar
At home in San Francisco, the designer and his young family put his smart devices to the test<p>This is why we live in San Francisco,” says Yves Béhar, standing on the deck of the master bedroom at his Cow Hollow house, a minimalist-verging-on-brutalist structure overlooking the sparkling teal bay and …
DesignVilla S / N+P ARCHITECTS
<i>From the architect.</i> Villa S, is located with a newly established residential area on one side, and with a forest on the other - not far from …
ArchitectureMarketing and User Experience Design Must Work Together
User experience designers aim to ensure that users who interact with products or systems can accomplish what they need to do, and do so with minimal …
DesignCreativity: an alternative definition
No doubt Richard Florida is tired of receiving letters of condolence. After all, the author of The Rise of the Creative Class has just penned a …
CreativityNeed some design inspo? The Smithsonian just digitised 200,000 items for your viewing pleasure
We love free shit, because who doesn’t? What we love even more is visually appealing free shit, and this could be the motherlode. Cooper Hewitt, also …
Music (Australia)Living spaces open out to Lake Austin at residence by A Parallel
Rooms with white and glass walls slots on top of the stone-clad ground floor of this house overlooking Lake Austin, by Texas firm A Parallel …
ArchitectureDesigner of Apple’s first icons releases bitmap-inspired housewares
Susan Kare’s patterned textiles are a lovely nod to the historical connection between Jacquard looms and the birth of computing<p>The idea of bitmap graphics is simple—images made of bits of information, spatially arranged on a grid. In the 1980s, the lower resolution of screens made nearly all …
DesignLone Madrone House
Situated on the rocky coastline of Orcas Island, the Lone Madrone House uses local materials to blend into its rustic landscape. The exterior of the …
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DesignDesign Thinking for the Greater Good
Design thinking balances reminding us the importance of attentive empathy while creating without boundaries but always with purpose. With process, …
Design ThinkingFamily Photographer Wix Template Download & Reviews 2017
Product Details<p>Product Type: Template<br>• Software:<br>• Category: Wix<br>• Tags: Portfolio Responsive<p>While the name says Family Photographer, you can use this Wix …
Web DesignGalaxy Note 8 Tip: How to change the navigation bar color
Just like the Galaxy S8, the Galaxy Note 8 has on-screen home, recent and back keys. Removing the physical keys was necessary to free up space for …
SamsungSolving Problems with Design
Observe, ideation, prototype, test. Four basic, intuitive steps that seem too simple to be so powerful. IDEO designed products — like PalPilots, …
DesignMore Human than Human?: Designing a Conversational UI
You can draw a direct line in the UX family tree from User Experience Design back to Human Computer Interaction. What if we could make the “computer” …
Chatbots10 great uses of imagery on agency websites
Most design agency sites look very similar. Even when you have big-name clients, impressive projects or unique activities to boast of, shove all of …
Graphic DesignFrom masculine elegance to the romantic Victorian –only at Massimo Dutti
Spanish fashion house Massimo Dutti revealed its Fall/Winter 2017 Limited Edition collection in the trailblazing city of Shanghai. The event last …
PhilippinesMeet Sass Brown: new dean of the Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation
With her pale green eyes, purple lipstick, inked arms and unruly grey curls interspersed with hot pink highlights, Sass Brown looks every bit as …
Design ThinkingMushroom Mycelium Interior Design by Sebastian Cox and Ninela Ivanova
Weathered interior design created by Sebastian Cox and Ninela Ivanova using mushroom mycelium.<p>British furniture designer Sebastian Cox has teamed up …
Interior Designkit architects' fire station in switzerland rises as a cultivated industrial building
<b>kit’s</b> <b>new fire station is located on the road leading to weinfelden, on a tapered triangular plot of land.</b> at this point, the building stands out as a …
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