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Trusty tools: 3 days, 750 photos and 10,000 words on a Blackberry KeyONE and LG G4
10,000 words in 3 days on a Blackberry KEYone, most of them written while walking or standing. I didn’t realise my thumbs had been so busy until I looked at the word count a couple of days after I returned from Mobile World Congress, where I’d bee…
Ridiculous creative limitations hold sublime potential
The Power Racing Series is a bit like Formula One, except the vehicles are miniature electric racing cars designed for childen and they’re incongruously driven by adults. Imagine Mario Kart brought to life.
I learned about it while listening to…
A smarter notes experience with LiquidText
Part of MEX Inspirations, an ongoing series exploring tangents and their relationship to better experience design.
LiquidText is an iPad app which allows the creativity and speed of free-hand annotation to co-exist with the benefits of structur…
Losing one’s self in selfie moments
Part of Friday Inspirations, an ongoing MEX series exploring tangents and their relationship to better experience design.
Two rather different sources have inspired some musing on the evolving photographic ritual of self-regard.
Sam Barsky kni…
Video: Floris van Eck’s #mexsession on designing future imaging experiences
Floris van Eck gives an expansive look at the future of imaging experiences, drawing on his work for the likes of Canon and its Silicon Valley-based accelerator project, as well as his personal interests in the maker movement, cyborgs and the sing…
Flotsam and jetsam waiting for the digital tide
The man-made objects one finds washed up by the tide are comprised of flotsam, which is the result of accidental loss, and jetsam, which has been deliberately discarded. On 13th January 2017, a strong north westerly gale caused a five foot surge …
I ship Pokia, a tale of youth trends and unrequited smartphone partnerships
You can learn a lot from conversations with eleven year olds, it seems. This one came via my partner, whose colleague had brought her eleven year old daughter to work. Asked how she was and what she’d been doing recently, she replied, breezil…
Yibu toy concept shows power of design intersections
Part of a new MEX series highlighting compelling case studies which catch our eye. Follow @mexfeed or by signing-up for the weekly email newsletter.
Yibu, a FrogLabs project, is a multi-touchpoint experience which combines five wooden toys, sen…