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The first part of the ‘Design Debt 101’ series.The ‘what’ and ‘why’ of design debtMonday afternoon. Kick-off meeting. This new project looks very promising, you may have discovered a niche no one knew about. It turns out, you need notifications. “Great! We have a notification system. It shouldn’t be..

I tend to be a person who is sure of things. I’m certain of many things— what people I like to be around, what I like to eat, where I like… Continue reading on UX Collective »

Phone screens are getting bigger, and user interfaces are moving. Continue reading on UX Collective »

Phone screens are getting bigger, and user interfaces are moving. Continue reading on UX Collective »

How good is your knowledge of the history of design? Do you know which famous designer disliked computers? Or which designer compared their job to that of a host at a dinner party? Kick back, relax, and take our quiz, featuring 24 memory-teasing quotes from some of the biggest names in design over ..

Uniwidth typefaces have great potential for use in interactive interfaces. This is a short, handy compilation of some available options.As a web/interface/visual designer I work a lot with label states. Selected, unselected, active, inactive, available, out of stock. Considering that you should neve..

I believe that game sound design is not about designing sound, but about designing the game via sound. Every sound has a function. Every sound needs a purpose. As Joel Beckerman and Tyler Gray write in The Sonic Boom, “Sound for sound’s sake is often a missed opportunity.” But game audio is rarely d..

Should we judge a president by the design of their watch? Continue reading on UX Collective »

Napoleon III period ormolu mounted marquetryI’m sure you have all seen amazingly detailed depictions of flowers, leaves, animals and landscapes on fine antique wood furniture that is entirely rendered in wood. This is the art of Marquetry, or “Painting in Wood” which is the partial or full coverage ..

High five to the Greensock gang for the ScrollTrigger release. The point of this new plugin is triggering animation when a page scrolls to certain positions, as well as when certain elements are in the viewport. Anything you’d want configurable about it, is. There’s been plenty of scroll-position li..