Design

5 things you need to know about becoming an e-learning design pro

Over the past decade, the significance of e-learning has become increasingly apparent to corporate organisations and educational institutions throughout the world, which has prompted…

How SodaStream is proving that you can still differentiate through good design

Despite current political woes, you have to give SodaStream kudos for having somewhat of a renaissance recently design-wise. You know the drill, ordinary water…

Motivation, ability and triggers: 3 keys to effective behaviour design

UX Designers are increasingly being tasked with the design of an application that fulfils a perceived greater need, one that influences or changes behaviour….

Business at the heart of the arts: what we can all learn from the new National Arts Festival site

Just like the National Arts Festival itself, the new festival website has plenty of colour and personality. The site got a much-needed makeover just…

#Anotherlightup: tweet and donate to illuminate public art (and a township)

What do a graffiti artist, Twitter, a design conference and a South African township have in common? They’re all part of #anotherlightup — the…

Adobe DPS now powers over 75% of mobile digital reading

Adobe Digital Publishing Suite (DPS) — a codeless app generator for publications — now powers more than three-quarters of all digital issues consumed on…

All flat and Instagrammed: Shutterstock’s 2014 global design trends

What would you do if you were one of the world’s top stock image sites, with users generating a terabyte of data a day?…

Trust and the web: A sociologist’s guide

Trust. The word gets bandied about a lot when talking about the web today. We want people to trust our systems. Companies are supposedly…

Geeks will always geek out: tech designer dresses

There are a few geeks floating about out here on the web and a few fashionistas too. So it is with no surprised that…

6 Pinterest-inspired website designs

Pinterest seems to be the latest social network to hit the big time, and its design has been heralded as an example of the layout…

What if we designed houses like web apps?

David Galbraith has embarked on a fascinating journey, exploring the notion that the flow of people and their interactions inside buildings, is similar in…

How I would have stuffed up Twitter: Usability’s quest for simplicity

I’ve often wondered what it was like in the early days of creating Twitter. It must have been interesting times working out what the…

Mixing user experience and usability so that everyone wins

I recently introduced myself to someone and when I explained that I’m a User Experience Designer, his eyes lit up and he said “Ah,…

Searching for ‘piece of mind’

Sculptures inspired by fishnets, a bicycle with a built-in record player and furniture from discarded road signs. Or go in search of a Piece…

UX: 5 Pearls of Wisdom from UX Designers [Tech4Africa]

As far back as the days of ENIAC and old-school IBM punch-card computers, users have been trained to adapt their experience to the capabilities…

Sketching, prototyping — The key to solving design problems

A leading figure in the British user experience community, Cennydd Bowles is a user experience designer and writer based in Brighton, England. He works…

This week in design: Floating orchestras, Mark Shuttleworth talks Ubuntu

Looking to forms of functional design, we discover clocks that tell stories, orchestras that float, fashion that becomes food, bacteria that becomes fashion and…

From letter forms to circular films:This week in design

In an ABC of design A is for animated alphabet, B is for bamboo bike and Bionic Arch and C is for circular films…

The Memeburn Interview: Q&A with Prezi CEO on ‘non-linear’ presentations

With five-million users, Prezi is becoming the online presentation tool of choice. The service is a cloud-based (SaaS) presentation software and storytelling tool for…

5 more great pieces of geeky design

Last time around we covered everything from origami mouses to Tron-stlye duct tape races. This time we decided to give you some ideas on…

5 great pieces of geeky design

Upcycling, resource re-allocation and a bit of animated fun is where it’s at in design at the moment. We look at the possibility of…

Using Scrivener for UX design

If you’re a writer of any stripe you will have come across numerous recommendations for Scrivener as the ultimate tool for collating research, scribbling…

Flashplayer 11 brings native 64-bit support to Linux… and more

Adobe has announced that it was making available its first beta of Flash Player 11, and whereas with new updates being released almost as…

Productivity On A Large Screen

Everlytic Launches Cutting-Edge AI Studio with WhatsApp Chatbots for Smarter Communication

Everlytic’s new API Communicator feature enhances customer engagement across multiple channels

Savant Launches Savant Build Cohort 3 to Accelerate Deep-Tech Innovation in the Green Economy

Simplicity at scale: The role of leadership in agile transformation

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

Google Cast and other Christmas goodies for Rivian

GM switches-off Cruise control on $10bn robotaxi project

CHARGE taking EVs off-grid in the North West