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Semi-Permanent 2012.
Our team attended Semi Permanent last week. In it's own words "Semi-Permanent is a world leading design conference that to date has hosted 29 events in 9 cities, covering 5 countries, with over 200 speakers and 50,000 attendees. In 2012, Semi-Permanent celebrates ten years of events- that's a decade full of stories and wisdom from industry idols." I thought I'd share my highlights...
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We love - Paris vs New York.
It's amazing how much you can communicate with so little! Each illustration in this series by Vahram Muratyan captures both cities (Paris and New York), highlights how they contrast and makes you smile at the same time. The combination of the simplicity plus humour is what makes them so effective. It's not surprising that what started out as a blog has evolved into a book and series of prints.
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We love - the reinvention of the book.
Printing of the written word is being reinvented in awesome ways! I can't take credit for this find and have to name-check Springwise, a site filled with awesome ideas from around the world. As with the web, it's all about usability, a song book that you can recycle for rollies while you listen to the music and written recipes that you can actually then use in the cooking (OK so you've then lost the recipe but it's something different and I want to try it!). Yes please.
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We love - how a little thought can go a long way.
Check out these amazing images for Stiftung Berliner Philharmoniker. They have taken the instruments of the orchestra and created the illusion of concert halls or large spaces you could wander through (for hours if you're daydreamers like us!)...just beautiful!
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Responsive web design for mobile, tablet, desktop... and beyond?
We’ve been looking into best ways to approach mobile site design, as well as integrating it with established desktop design and content for some time now. As part of that quest I’ve just read a book called Responsive Web Design by Ethan Marcotte. This book suggests that websites could be independent of a ‘canvas size’ and should flow and adapt to whatever device it is viewed on while maintaining a high level visual and functional experience.
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Designing for emotion.
It seems we spend so much time focusing on designing for practicality and functionality, that sometimes we overlook the emotional aspect of what drives people to engage with the online realm, and don’t consider the heart. It’s all well and good to create a technically correct website, but at the end of the day is technically correct what attracts the online user, let alone keeps them on a site? What drives users to hook onto a particular site and keep coming back time...
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Mobile site design: part 2.
Following on from my previous post that looked at good examples of mobile site design, I have created some top tips for consideration when looking at creating a mobile version of a site. Catering specifically for mobile users is something that you can no longer afford to ignore. Gartner’s mobile market report says 428 million mobile devices were sold in the first quarter of 2011, representing a 19% increase year-over-year. A lot of that growth is due to smartphone sales...
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New sketching medium set to save time?
Recently my love of the trusty sketch pad and pencil has suffered a blow by the purchase of a stylus for my iPad and Adobe Ideas app. Before all the traditionalist sketchers get up in arms, I haven't put the 2B down for good, but here are a few things I've found the Adobe Ideas app can do: The interface is simple and well designed, with all controls located down the side of the screen to use with your non-drawing hand. There are more complex drawing apps available but I was surp...
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Mobile site design: part 1.
Designing for mobiles is a whole new ball game. When redesigning a mobile version of a website two of the main considerations are simplification and hierarchy. Deciding what content should be included in the mobile site (and what can be culled) and how the content should be ordered is key! Compared to desktop and laptop computers, mobile screens are much smaller, internet speed is slower and the way we interact with mobile devices is totally different. Touch screens replace the key...
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The ‘F’ word - in print.
Digitalpress, a local printer dedicated to innovative digital printing, wanted to produce an alphabetised poster series of all things they are. We were given the letter F and asked to create an A2 poster print design with the only requirement being that it needed to reflect the company and what they do. First step was to brainstorm what we thought of Digitalpress and what they do, and F words associated with that. Secondly we looked at different techniques that could be employed...
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