Jul 19, 2011 Posted by admin

Exploring Tactile Multi-Touch Interfaces

So what’s next for touch interfaces? How will they evolve? What factors will prove to be enjoyable for users? Even more important, what improvements will be made to our smartphones, tablets, kiosks and other touch interfaces that will make them usable by people of all abilities and disabilities. A couple months ago, a team (Kikki Tham Sterner, Johan Ollas, Per Lindgren and Joakim Svarling according... read more

Nov 2, 2010 Posted by bradz

Storytelling Inside User Experience

Last year, my wife reached one of those moments in time that no parent ever wants to encounter with his or her child. And that is fielding the inevitable question – is Santa real? This came just days after we had a family sit down on the importance of telling the truth. It still stings my heart. A year earlier, I remember pulling my son and daughter on a sled through the snow out to the tree farm in... read more

Aug 7, 2010 Posted by bradz

Facebook GUI Templates: PSD and Omnigraffle

Big thanks to Surgeworks for creating a great visual resource kit for the creation of Facebook apps, tabs, and whatever other integrations you fancy. One that makes the design and prototyping phases much more efficient. Lots of UI elements  to choose and use, modal components, comment boxes, buttons, message boxes, tabs, etc. Let’s not forget those of us that like to prototype in Omnigraffle. A... read more

Jul 11, 2010 Posted by bradz

Personifying a Product: The Breakup Letter

There are many things happening now in the field of design research. And I am not talking specifically about marketing and communications design research, rather research that will help us design, build and bring more meaningful things into the world. “The Breakup Letter is a design research tool that Smart Design uses to understand the emotional connection between people and their products,... read more