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The Future is Tablety

Over the past year tablet fever has been running rampant. From TechCrunch’s attempt to the rumors of Apple’s iTablet, the future seems to be all tablety. From my perspective, I think it’s a direction things have to go.

Times Inc. seems to be making large strides in the tablet arena as a new means to distribute their magazines content and keep readers engaged. The videos of this knew Times Tablet makes it feel like magazines are basically going to be websites viewed on portable hardware.

Wikipedia Redesign

Here’s a new slant on Wikipedia by Ashley Buerkett. The bold colors and drastic departure in typography really push the boundaries of what we’ve come to know of Wikipedia. While changing color appears to be more of a preference, I think it would be interesting to see the use of color or pattern to signify different things.

You can see more of Ashley’s work on her Behance page or in this interactive page.

Evolution of Design: Convert

One of the best things about finishing a product is going back and reviewing the steps that got you there. TapTapTap put together a video that steps through the designs that they went through to get to the final version of the UI for Convert.
Convert is an iPhone application for converting values between currencies, measurements, [...]

Mobile Social

More and more people are joining social networks every day and check them regularly on their mobile device. What would a user experience look like for a mobile phone built completely around social networking?

Josh Ulm shares on his site a project called Nova. Josh explains Nova as:
It prioritizes use cases which enable users to create, [...]

Gestured Gaming

Tabletop gaming isn’t new, in fact, I’m sure many of us remember seeing a tabletop version of many arcade favorites, like PacMan. Add augmented gestures and unlimited players and you have a new slant on an old favorite.
The Koike Laboratory created just that for Digital Contents Expo. The table top game allowed multiple users to [...]

Precious Cargo Seat

A child’s car seat must be strong enough to withstand an impact, but also versatile enough to be used in different circumstances. Some car seats stay in the car, others transfer to strollers, or into a carry-all.
Evan Gurgui and Joe Dougherty collaborated to put a new slant on the child’s car seat. Evan and Joe [...]


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