Posts tagged in ‘Design’

Flickr launches new homepagePosted on October 16, 2008

Flickr blogged a few weeks ago about a major design change to the flickr homepage, and it just launched today.

It has some pretty big interaction design changes - they have now combined all the latest activity, so new comments/favourites/notes/tags on your photo show up in the same area as comments you’ve made on other [...]

Tags: Design, Information Architecture

Wear your passion at Web DirectionsPosted on August 14, 2008

We have some exciting news from Molt:n headquarters - we’re moving into the fashion trade. Well not quite, but we have designed some great t-shirts to giveaway at Web Directions South 08.
The thing we love the most about Web Directions is the social aspect; it’s meeting 600 other people who are passionate about the [...]

Tags: Design, Molt:n Digital, events, wds08

Just tell me when Falls Festival is…Posted on August 13, 2008

I am a big fan of Flash when it is used correctly and wisely, just like everything else. JavaScript, Lightbox, Adobe AIR, even Comic-sans can be used in ways that often improve the user experience rather than being a roadblock preventing it.
But it usually doesn’t work out this way. I know great Flash developers out [...]

Tags: Design, Information Architecture, Usability

Nokia has the worst customer experiencePosted on August 7, 2008

I am so angry with Nokia at the moment - I now own an $800 brick that I can only throw in the bin.
I have a Nokia N73 that I’ve owned for 14 months (yes it’s 2 months out of warranty). Note I am still paying off the stupid thing as I took a [...]

Tags: Design, Marketing, Usability

Powerpoint hellPosted on August 3, 2008

Ok maybe hell isn’t the right word. After all, I’m not stuck in a room with a sales guy presenting bad jokes and heinous sound-effects.
Love Creative have just launched their new website created entirely in Powerpoint.

The site comes complete with poxy Powerpoint sound effects and visual transitions, such as the whirly text or [...]

Tags: Design, Development

286 ways to delete a tag in DeliciousPosted on July 31, 2008

Delicious has finally redesigned it’s website with the re-branded, non-dotted name that we have all known over the last few years.
A good decision in my eyes as I always found it hard to remember where the dots went in the name and for long term growth and findability in these E-less, web 2.0 times it [...]

Tags: Design, Usability

Have you got the best design work in Australia?Posted on July 8, 2008

Graphic Design Worldwide create beautiful books of things like typography, web design, tshirt design, logos and pretty much any graphic design you can think of.
They have an upcoming publication called Down Under, showing:
a cross-section of fresh, innovative, surprising and new graphic design from different continents, countries and regions. Whether flyer, poster, illustrations, CD-cover or [...]

Tags: Design

Comic sans turns seriousPosted on

My second most hated font (after Times New Roman) is Comic Sans. It’s a stupidly goofy font and makes any use of it look ridiculous and/or cheap. I once stayed in an absolutely gorgeous 5 star resort in Thailand and everything was perfect - except all their marketing was in Comic Sans. It really disappointed [...]

Tags: Design

The paper webPosted on July 7, 2008

Deeplinking have a great article on original paper sketches and prototypes of popular internet applications such as Twitter, Flickr and Vimeo.

The original sketch for Flickr Places.
I find this really interesting as I’m currently working on a job where I’m wireframing using paper and I find it so difficult. The idea was it was [...]

Tags: Design

Moo do business cardsPosted on July 3, 2008

Some great news - Moo, who have previously printed gorgeous little photo cards, are now doing full sized business cards.

It’s US$21.99 for 50 business cards and they can take the photos straight from your Flickr stream, facebook or you can upload them yourself.
You have a photo on one side, and up to 11 lines [...]

Tags: Cool websites, Design