Designing the Kindle 2

In an interview, Kindle unit head Ian Freed talks about the trade-offs Amazon considered in deciding what would go in the new Kindle, which is now shipping.

NORTH Office by Skylab Architecture

NORTH is a team of designers, writers, creative directors, film and music makers that asked Skylab Architecture to help them to create a space that is not an office. Checkout their new office.

Ergonomics Crash Course for Interaction Designers

An excellent crash course on physical ergonomics aimed at interaction designers

Bringing Holistic Awareness to Your Design

Gone are the days when the user experience and the user interface were an afterthought in the website design process, to be added on when programming was nearing completion.

21 Really Good Logos

A logo is much more than just a graphic. These seemingly simple marks carry a lot of weight—so how do you go about crafting one that’s top-notch?

The Ultimate Design Brief

Picture the scene. You've just landed a new client, who hurries a brief to you for a marketing brochure. There are a few holes in the brief, but instead of asking for constant clarification, you get to work. Later you’re told the design "isn't quite right". Before you know it, the client is refusing to pay.

What is good design?

Sustainability, process, creativity, innovation, value - what are the components of good design?

Newspaper design

I found this blog site about the world of newspaper design very interesting. Check it out.

5 Secrets of Strategic Designers

Strategic Designers have a very unique approach to things, especially in regard to the design process. The strategic designers’ pathway around the design process oscillates from a “bird’s eye” view of things to a “telescopic” focused one and then back up to a “bird’s eye” view again.

Massive Mobile

By 2012 there will be 4.3 billion mobile subscribers (about 61% of the world population) and 803 million of them will be using their phones as social networking devices.

Top Innovative Comapnies

Fast Company magazine recent came out with its listing the worlds top 50 most innovative companies.

Talk To The Hand

Physical and screen-based interfaces have collapsed into each other and both industrial and interaction designers have a whole new set of issues to grapple with.

Design for Sustainability

A few dozen leaders within the sustainable design industry met at Adobe headquarters to discuss the topic of sustainability.

VC Blog

VisualComplexity intends to be a unified resource space for anyone interested in the visualization of complex networks. The project's main goal is to leverage a critical understanding of different visualization methods, across a series of disciplines, as diverse as Biology, Social Networks or the World Wide Web.

History of Multi-touch Research

BusinessWeek has an article on the veiled threat that Apple has made to competitors regarding multi-touch technology. But the interesting part was a link to a whitepaper written by Bill Buxton. It’s a great historical overview/crash course of touch and multi-touch research that preceeded Apple’s work back almost 30 years.

Formway's FREE seating system offers ultimate office flexibility

Nowadays offices have ceased being boring and instead boast of a vibrant environment that permeates down to the seating arrangements. So, exit boring old chairs and enter newer concepts like Formway’s iconic FREE range office seating system.

More Glass House Simplicity

John Maeda talks about his day hanging out with some amazing people at the Philip Johnson Glass House.

Apple Should Design An Electric Car...Interior

Only 21% responding to a recent survey claim they would buy an Apple electric car. 48% would buy one from BMW. Good. Apple shouldn't design an electric car. They should design the interior of one. Read the rest of the article here.

How to Break into Game Design, With Zero Experience

So how does one get into game design if they have zippo experience? Steve Gaynor shares his thoughts on how he did it.

Is Ikea Built To Last

Ikea's new range is packed with its trademark sense of fun and frugality. But with other homeware stores suffering, is the Swedish giant in danger of extinction?