Interactions
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Interaction unintended
Opening the oven released a cloud of steam. I should have been expecting it. It’s hardly the first time I’ve roasted a chicken.
What I most certainly did not expect was that the chicken would start talking to my phone.
As the steam billowed …
Festive failings reveal cracks in multi-channel retail UX
There was a sense of desperation creeping in. I’d started ignoring those seemingly innocent and yet surprisingly consequential ‘Tick here if you’d prefer not to receive…’ boxes, simply because they were too small and awkward to navigate. By the …
Antisocial technology
Terminal C at Newark Airport is home to one of the least sociable deployments of technology I’ve come across. Pairs of vertically mounted iPads bisect almost every table at the cafés, bars and restaurants which line the concourse. The result is a …
Iteration improves experience of sleep app
In a previous MEX podcast, I mentioned the sleep app Pzizz. It uses ‘psychoacoustics’ to put you to sleep: in simple, layman terms, soothing music that knocks you out.
Part of the 2016 Wayra UK cohort, back when I mentioned them, they had a fre…
Why are these mobile interactions from Apple, Blackberry, Nokia & Huawei memorable?
Small moments of interaction design have disproportionate power to define the overall user experience.
Consider pinch to zoom. There was a time when it was novel, now it is innate. The speed at which it has become part of human behaviour tells …
Defining user experience in the cold light of day
I went into the kitchen to grab something from the fridge. It was late evening and I made my way through the darkness. Then I opened the fridge door and released the light.
I wondered, at that moment, when it was that the light got into the…
Sennep’s playful exploration of digital design materials
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.
Seeds is where design agency Sennep experiments with digital materials, from animated typograp…
The day Google invited me to learn papier mâché
It started like any average Thursday: I responded to a few messages and checked on project progress in our MEX Basecamp. It was when I opened my Google calendar to review the rest of the day that things got a little weird.
“News Year’s res…