MEX Notes: Creative expression inspired by Nokia’s N8
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MEX note: This wonderful collection of 6 videos explores creative activities inspired by Nokia's N8 handset and its superlative optics. My particular favourite is the composite face made…
MEX Notes: BERG’s James Darling prototypes bus interface with quiet design techniques
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MEX note: MEX alumnus Andrew Muir Wood shared this article from James Darling at BERG, explaining how he prototyped a simple application to show the status…
An inspiring wave-form interface
Voyagers from THE LIGHT SURGEONS on Vimeo.
I visited this installation at the British National Maritime Museum in Greenwich last week and was fascinated by the quiet design principles employed to convey the story of Britain’s relationship with …
Rimino concept explores a natural, quiet mobile experience
Rimino – A Human Touch on Mobile Experience from Amid Moradganjeh on Vimeo.
Amid Moradganjeh has posted a wonderful video and illustrated exploration of his Rimino project, which re-imagines the mobile user experience with natural input methods…
Scaling across screens
Sachendra Yadav has written an interesting article analysing the challenges faced when trying to scale the Pulse user interface from the iPad to the iPhone.
This is one of the most immediate problems most designers encounter when thinking about m…
MEX 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…
Google Maps versus Nokia Maps
Nokia Races from Fraser J Nicholas on Vimeo.
I noticed this video by Fraser Nicholas in a post on the NokiaKnowings blog. It offers a highly creative (!) take on user speed testing, pitting Google Maps on iOS against Nokia Maps running on Symbia…
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…