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 …
Video: Franco Papeschi’s #mexsession on digital craft & sustainability
Franco Papeschi spoke at MEX in May 2011, exploring the theme of sustainability. He talked about what digital craftsmanship might mean and how deep understanding of your working materials is essential when trying to create experiences which persua…
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…
Anticipate interaction at stages of approach
User story: flowering future forward
There’s always a first warm day in March, when winter’s low skies open into the blue promise of spring. It rarely lasts. Not in England.
But today the lawns of the garden square were dry for the first time that year and already filling with the…
Video: Ben Scott-Robinson’s #mexsession on reimagining digital mapping UX at Ordnance Survey
Seeking a path between the traditions and detail which have defined Ordnance Survey maps and the changing needs of a new generation of users accustomed to digital mapping, Ben Scott-Robinson explains the challenges faced across user research, prot…
Francis Ford Coppola, user research and ‘bioimaged’ vs ‘autobiographical’
About 2 minutes in the interviewer comments: “Your films are not so much autobiographical as bioimaged.”
This is from ‘Blank on Blank‘, a Youtube series which animates old audio interview recor…