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CategoryMEX Notes: Data Monday: From PC to Tablet
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MEX note: Luke Wroblewski continues his series of Monday morning stats with this interesting data set exploring the shift in consumer sentiment from PCs to tablets. It is something we've been observ…
MEX Notes: Moving from 44 to 4 pixel rhythm in iOS
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MEX note: This article by Aen Tan provides an illustrated dissection of the 44 pixel rhythm at the heart of iOS interface design. Citing his experience in print, Tan proposes a 4 pixel grid…
MEX Notes: Technology As A Material
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MEX note: This essay by Tom Armitage is a thoughtful exploration of how practitioners think about technology. Armitage proposes that technology can be understood as both a tool and a material:
"Technology …
MEX Notes: Tang Yau Hoong and the art of negative space
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MEX note: This post of Tang Yau Hoong's work on the Subtraction.com blog caught my eye. The use of negative space in art can add emphasis to a composition and interface designers would…
MEX Notes: Surfacing information at a Glance
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MEX note: This post on Yanko features the 'Glance' phone design by Alan Farías. For me, the most interesting aspect of the concept was the 'at a glance' OLED display embedded on the lower end of …
MEX Notes: Apple applies for pico projector patent
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MEX note: Display and input mechanisms are the dominant design constraints of mobile devices. While the technology exists to miniaturise much of the communications and application processin…
MEX Notes: Good ideas glow in the dark
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MEX note: This article on Dezeen highlights the work of Croatian designers Bruketa and Zinic, and the architect Brigada. They worked together to create a glow in the dark annual report book for softwar…
MEX Notes: The real sound of Twitter
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MEX note: BBC Radio 4's Today programme has an interview with Sam Harman, a student from Dorset in the UK, exploring the fascinating application he created to capture the sound of Twitter. Harman's syste…