Sound travels faster than light
I’ve spoken at a few conferences recently about the use of audio feedback in products. I say products, because this thinking spreads across both physical and digital interactions. One of my arguments for why we should care about audio feedback…
Exploring the Photosynth Technical Preview
Photosynth is for me a brilliant piece of software that’s crying out for creative exploration. The latest release is in a technical preview stage and has introduced a few new features such as the walk and the wall and I…
Monochromatic Icon resources for Windows Apps & the Modern UI
Creating great icons for apps and web projects is hard. It is a skill that many people take forward to a full time occupation as it not only requires great thought and inspiration, research and dedication but also technical and…
Exploring Northlandz – the world’s biggest model railway
As an interview with someone who has created something incredible, this is right up my street. Love the years of dedication that’s gone into this and that it’s made by hand. Such great craft. Let’s also not ignore that this…
A little bit of personality, not where you’d expect it
I’m a fan and a evangelist for bringing brand personality and great tone of voice into every little touch point that you have with your customers. I was in our Calculator application today as was looking to convert some numbers…
Using the right tone of voice for your brand
Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana – why words are so important in your apps and across your brand. Tone of voice across your brand communications is as important as your visual identity. Innocent does this…
Best Kickstarter video ever?
I’ve been a fan of Keiichi’s work since a first saw Augmented (hyper)Reality: Domestic Robocop so I’m super excited about his new Kickstarter project: Hyper-Reality: A New Vision of the Future. Not only is this the best Kickstarter video I’ve…
Apps World 2013 – Design & UX Panel – App design to satisfy app stores and consumers alike
I was invited to speak on a panel at Apps World this year accompanied by James Griffin, Head of Mobile User Experience, BAE Systems Detica, Paul Cooper, Head of App Development, Imagine Publishing and Kathryn Leach, Senior User Experience Designer,…
Those Digitized 2013 credits and idents in full
I thought I’d share some videos from the Digitized 2013 conference I’ve just come back from in Athens. 3 short films to watch, the opening titles (turn up your sound, the audio on them is lovely) by Monologue, some idents…
Breaking Jeans
I was sat in the audience at the POINT conference earlier this year, the theme was authenticity. There was one particular story I heard there that really resonated with me and made me want to take part in a project….