Design

This infographic shows you the real difference between UX and UI designers

To people outside the digital space, a designer is a designer. Dig a little deeper and you quickly realise that there are many different…

3 ways a freelance designer can freshen up your website

Are you tired of your website — frustrated by its limited capabilities and stale design? Perhaps the problems are easy to identify, but the…

4 common UX mistakes in brand apps (and how to fix them)

A flawless user experience is a fairytale. Users’ needs are always in flux, and there’s a constant push and pull between mobile designers as…

4 big trends shaping the UX design space

We’re all attracted to products and services that are easy to use, bring us enjoyment and improve our lives. We can’t explain why a…

Mobile first design: why responding to technology is imperative

Paradigms change. Sometimes they change naturally. Others need a little nudge in the right direction. Mobile first design is an example of the latter….

Design Indaba 2015: Celebrating the continual incubation of ideas

“Whatever the hell this thing is, it’s amazing. I never even heard of it until this guy sent me this weird fake film […]…

Robots built to widen access to art on display at Design Indaba

Imagine Night at the Museum but instead of animals and statues coming to life, four robots roam the darkened halls — robots you could…

Adobe kills Creative Suite, moves to service-based Creative Cloud

Adobe Creative Suite is no longer a product. It’s a service. What was once just an option, will become the only way to access…

The future of furniture is here: it’s the self assembling foam chair

The future of furniture is approaching fast as designer Carl de Smet from Noumenon plans on manufacturing a foam chair which can be compressed…

Engineering the Internet of Things, ‘climate responsive’ tech and serendipity

All tech giants seem to be redesigning and creating newer, smarter campuses. Google, Apple, Microsoft and Yahoo have been undergoing changes to their employees’…

The human body as interface, and a new language of interaction

As it stands, we have moved through a few core paradigms in terms of how we interact with computers and software. From the earliest…

Is responsive design really the future of web development?

While most hail it the future of web development, the concept has received its fair amount of skepticism. Regardless of your stand point on…

7 things you should keep in mind when designing a data warehouse

Enterprise data warehouses (also known simply as data warehouses) are similar to what existed before we had computers, when there were central filing systems….

11 life lessons from top design blogger Tina Roth Eisenberg [SXSW]

Among the cynicism and complaining that usually accompanies conferences of its size, SXSW manages to deliver a healthy dose of inspiration. Tina Roth Eisenberg…

Mobilising the masses: getting responsive web design for mobile right

The term “responsive design” is being bantered all around the online community at the moment as the ultimate technology solution to dealing with multiple…

5 people you really don’t want designing your website

Everybody seems to be an expert when it comes to web design. If you are tasked with maintaining or redesigning your website, then be…

How to get your digital agency working on results-focused design

As clients set ever-tougher objectives to judge the effectiveness of their digital properties, agencies need to constantly revise their strategies to ensure that they…

Why Google might just be wrong about responsive design in Africa

Maybe, just maybe, Google is getting it wrong in Africa. I recently attended a very good session on responsive design by Luisella Mazza, and…

Pedal power meets portable charging: introducing the PowerPac

An invention that stores human-generated energy generated during cycling for later use, for charging or providing power to household and personal electronic devices has…

5 fresh fonts for your next online project

From New York City to Rome, independent art, film and music intermingle each year, simmering in each other's juices. You can't have music without…

25+ of the best wireframing and prototyping tools, ever

You’re all about User Experience (UX) design. The terms wireframing and prototyping roll off your tongue with poise and you probably already have a…

3 very important things you need to understand about user experience

It’s safe to say that we have all heard the phrases “UX” and “user experience” being used in conversation. Although people are beginning understand…

21-year-old gives Microsoft a serious, if hypothetical, facelift

Take your average 21-year-old design student, now give them three days and a brief to completely rebrand a massive company’s corporate identity. Most would…

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