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What Every Business Can Learn From Social Gaming

Wouldn’t it be great if you could gather real-time feedback from your customers and make real-time changes to your product, quickly pivoting based on their personal preferences? Thanks to interactive design and some super-charged technology, social gamers are doing just that. READ»

Infographic of the Day: The Only World Cup Schedule You'll Ever Need

So today, the World Cup begins! You need a good schedule to find all the games you're interested in, don't you? With thanks to Flowing Data, we've got you covered. Though a bit overdesigned, this interactive World Cup schedule by ...READ»

Prepare for Catchphrase, "HTML5 it!"

Long and painful is the road of overcoming buzzwords and catch phrases in the interactive space. Here comes another one.READ»

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Litl Unveils Internet Interface Aimed at Surfers of Both Web and Couch

The new device will attempt to solve the problem of creating a rich, easy Web-browsing experience, while sitting on the couch and watching TV.READ»

Infographic of the Day: "Digging in the Crates"

A project that allows you explore the original samples of old songs--and how they've been remixed in today's music.READ»

Designing a Movement: Seven Principles for Sustainable Action

Valerie Casey recaps her Designers Accord keynote from last week's SXSW Interactive festival, and includes some suggestions for action designers can take today.READ»

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Eye Candy: The Spellbinding Light Projections of Kit Webster

Webster turns into pixels into dazzling 3-D environments.READ»

Amazing Video: Robotic Swarms That'll Infest Your Home Entertainment Center

What if display technology breaks up into little bits that morph depending on need?READ»

The Origami MP3 Player Does Not Come Preloaded with M.I.A's "Paper Planes," Ben Folds

A concept for a device that you control by folding.READ»

iPad: A Saviour for Web Design, Too!

Five examples of websites whose design screams for tablet interaction.READ»

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Lean With It: To Succeed, iPad Must Revolutionize Reading. It Hasn't...Yet

Five things that magazines and newspapers can now do, which they've never been able to do before.READ»

What's the Best-designed Web Site of 2009?

A selection of inspiring work--and hundreds more, if you're curious.READ»

Infographic of the Day: What Conversations are Heating Up, in Your Twitter Network?

Mentionmap creates a real-time network chart, laying out who's talking to whom.READ»

Winky Dink and the Low-Tech Future of Interaction Design

A charming new storybook concept makes you wonder: Why aren't we trying to figure out what's possible with the tech we already have--rather than focusing on the future?READ»

Soundscape of Immigrant Voices Shapes Exhibit at the Museum of Jewish Heritage

"Voices of Liberty" is a soundscape of voices of immigrants -- among them Daniel Libeskind, Henry Kissinger, Holocaust survivors, Soviet refuseniks, Rwandans fleeing genocide -- telling stories about arriving in America for the first time. Neil Diamond would approve.READ»

A New Bible for Interactive Designers: 'The Times' Innovation Portfolio

The New York Times interactive group creates an online encyclopedia of all their stunning inventions. But what's the motive?READ»

Infographic of the Day: Watch the World Wake Up, on Twitter

Jer Thorp's new visualization shows 24 hours of "Good morning" tweets, from around the worldREAD»