Subvert indicator lights, speakers & ports to extend the interaction canvas beyond the screen
Long-term review: Lenovo’s Yoga Book, a flexible enough tool for creators?
There is a theatrical air of the imagined future about Lenovo’s Yoga Book.
On the one hand, its hinge is reminiscent of traditional book binding. On the other, it possesses an intricacy you might expect to find in some alien spacecraft buried in …
Design Talk 33. Kwame Nyanning, VP, Experience Design, McKinsey
As design grows in strategic influence, how important is language in helping diverse practitioners from different fields collaborate towards an overall goal? Kwame Nyanning, VP of Experience Design at McKinsey, talks to MEX founder Marek Pawlowski…
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…
Video: David Mingay & Sam Livingstone’s #mexsession re-imagining automotive UI
David Mingay & Sam Livingstone share lessons from a collaboration which tapped Car Design Research’s automotive industry insight and Ustwo’s digital interface design capabilities. Looking at the needs of drivers accustomed to smartphone UIs, the p…
Leverage changes in UI ambience to convey non-urgent information
Gita, the faithful fast forward follow drone
Gita is a cylindrical cargo robot capable of carrying a 40 lb load for its human companion. Developed by Piaggio Fast Forward, a product studio within the 130 year old Italian manufacturer, Gita challenges common assumptions about the role of robo…
Smartphones moved by machines
Now that Sharp is controlled by Foxconn – the company which quietly makes many of the world’s smartphones – it has taken a logical next step: combining Foxconn’s economies of scale with Sharp’s brand recognition to re-enter the high-end smartphone…