Realism in UI Design

27 Mar 2012 at 12:59

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Design, Interactive Design, User Experience

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Nice article by Lukas Mathis on UI elements and amounts of detail required to obtain an optimal design element.

“The history of the visual design of user interfaces can be described as a gradual change towards more realism. As computers have become faster, designers have added increasingly realistic details such as color, 3D effects, shadows, translucency, and even simple physics. Some of these changes have helped usability. Shadows behind windows help us see which window is active. The physicality of the iPhone’s user interface makes the device more natural to use.”

http://ignorethecode.net/blog/2010/01/21/realism_in_ui_design/

Timothy Oulton’s Modern-Day Antiques

27 Mar 2012 at 12:50

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“What do you do if you love old objects, but also love designing new things? With all of the ways you can get into furniture design, we’ve found Timothy Oulton’s career path—not to mention his designs—inspiring and unusual.”

Timothy Oulton’s Outstanding Modern-Day Antiques – Core77.

Visualize your LinkedIn network with InMaps

01 Feb 2011 at 15:34

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General, Information Architecture, Interactive Design

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Robert Lewis LinkedIn inMap

“InMaps is an interactive visual representation of your professional universe that answers all of the above questions.  It’s a great way to understand the relationships between you and your entire set of LinkedIn connections. With it you can better leverage your professional network to help pass along job opportunities, seek professional advice, gather insights, and more.”

To access your InMap, go to http://inmaps.linkedinlabs.com.

Google Font API and the Google Font Directory

19 May 2010 at 15:31

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The Google Font Directory provides high-quality web fonts that you can include in your pages using the Google Font API. Looks like a promising new future for web design.  Hope Google continues to add to the font library.

Example:

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Thoughts on the Apple iPad

28 Jan 2010 at 12:07

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Apple iPad

Apple’s new iPad device was finally unveiled yesterday, Wed Jan, 27th, 2010.  My initial reaction was one of disappointment. I suppose it was due to all of the hype that was built up leading up to the launch.  Many people had speculated on not only it’s form factor, but also it’s software interface.

I can accept the form factor.  It looks like an Apple product. My only complaint is with the choice to not include a built in camera for taking pictures, video and chat. Other than that, I really like the design. I particularly impressed that there are no additional hardware buttons other than the typical round home button. Speaker and volume switches are nice to have too. I also like the border around the screen to allow for holding with your thumbs.

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