UI design

3 Design Essentials For Early Adopters

BY Seth PriebatschTue Jan 31, 2012

Design can make or break a company, especially in the case of early adopter tech that asks users to step outside their comfort zones. But one benefit of being early to a market is creating what a new experience means. Master these design essentials to define your brand, foster an atmosphere where people feel comfortable using your product, and ultimately win, says LevelUp's Seth Priebatsch.READ»

ARTEFACT

Seriously: Artefact's Printer Redesign Isn't Boring, It's Visionary

BY Belinda LanksFri Sep 23, 2011

The SWYP takes the pain and guesswork out of a historically clunky device. READ»

USER INTERFACE

UI Design: An All-American Product That's Changing The World

BY Rob TannenMon Jul 11, 2011

Over the July 4th holiday weekend, with patriotism and fireworks in the air, some colleagues and I began discussing the concept of American Design -- that is, the design characteristics and elements that are distinctly and ... READ»

WINDOWS

How Apple And Microsoft Borrow From Smartphones In New Desktop UIs

BY Rob TannenFri Jun 10, 2011

Over the past week, both Microsoft and Apple previewed their new desktop operating systems. Both explicitly pull their interactions from their respective smartphone user interfaces. Here’s Microsoft’s Windows 8: [youtube ... READ»

BOX UK

Ever Wanted To Be A UI Designer? Now You Can, With UI Sketcher iPad App

BY John PavlusTue May 10, 2011

You may not necessarily be a designer if you're reading this blog, but you at least care about design. Which means you -- like me -- may often feel an itch to improve the interfaces of your own stuff: your blog, or your wedding site, ... READ»

APP DESIGN

With Apps, First Impressions Are King. Here's 3 Keys to Getting Them Right

BY John PavlusTue Mar 29, 2011

Everyone on the web (read: that tiny subclass of "everyone" that gets paid to care about social networking apps) was shooting their mouth off last week about the latest'n'greatest app on the block, a $41-million funded doohickey ... READ»

EXPERTS

How I Helped Invent the Touchscreen in 1979 at Xerox PARC

BY Ravi SawhneyWed Mar 23, 2011

It has been thirty-three years since I was thrown head first and feet kicking from the comforts of Xerox’s design lab into the world of brilliant psychologists and programmers working at Xerox PARC on the first touch-screen ... READ»

DIGITAL FONTS

Type Specimen: A Dream for Type Fiends Comes True on iPad

BY John PavlusThu Mar 3, 2011

It's a problem that anyone who's ever worked with fonts has faced, whether you're throwing together a flyer for your kid's bake sale or designing a glossy magazine spread: how do you know what typefaces will look good together, before ... READ»

DESIGN THINKING | Comment

Microsoft Immediately Stumbles in Quest for Well-Designed Phone Apps

BY Cliff KuangWed Mar 17, 2010

The newly released app-design guide reveals a lot more about Microsoft than they probably intended.READ»

IPHONE | Comment

iPhone: Tufte goes ga ga

BY m pThu Jan 24, 2008

Over the last year there has been many designers posting their love for Apple and the iPhone. The critiques took a long time to appear and I got bored quickly of the hype. Too much hype makes me tune out. Kottke posted a link to ...READ»