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Following MEX on 4th/5th May
The 9th international MEX opens in London on 4th/5th May 2011, where the brightest minds in mobile, media and design spend 2 days creating new ideas in response to 6 MEX Pathways on the future of digital experiences.
Adobe taps touch to test creative tools
Adobe is releasing an SDK to link the creative powers of iOS, Android and Blackberry Tablet devices with its desktop photo tools. The software enables developers to utilise the touchscreens and other sensors on the mobile devices to add new creat…
Welcoming MobiWire as a MEX sponsor
I’m pleased to welcome MobiWire as our latest MEX sponsor. Jerome Nadel, Executive Vice President of User Experience at MobiWire, first participated in December 2009, when he presented ideas for maintaining the soul of a brand in a multi-plat…
Toyota’s take on multi-platform UX
Jason DaPonte, team leader for Pathway #2 at MEX on 4th/5th May 2011, shared this video from Engadget. It shows Toyota’s Entune platform in the new Prius V.
Entune links the car dashboard display with a phone over Bluetooth, using the mobi…
Gestural interfaces, interactive foley and new audio art forms
Peter “pdx” Drescher, audio designer and a speaker at MEX on 4th/5th May 2011 has contributed a fascinating essay on gestural interfaces. He explores the effect devices such as Xbox Kinect may have on the design of interactive audio applications,…
Sofanatics multi-platform experience for FC Barcelona
I was interested to hear Sofanatics, the multi-platform experience pioneer run by MEX speaker alumnus Toni Laturi, has agreed a partnership with FC Barcelona. The agreement sees FC Barcelona directing its fans (12m on Facebook alone) to Sofanatic…
Ageing beautifully: the photographic theme for MEX
The photographic theme for the May 2011 MEX picks up on the objectives of Pathway #7, our initiative to raise awareness of sustainable values in user experience.
Pathway #7 has two angles: on the one hand, it explores how mobile dev…
Enhancing learning with new tools
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Our series of picks from Brunel’s designers continues with Dominic Sebastian’s selection of a TED Talk by David Merrill of Siftables fame.
Dominic explained his choice: “I’ve always been fascinated by how advances in tec…