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Why don’t luxury fashion brands understand digital?
The question of why luxury fashion brands don’t understand or utilize digital has baffled me for years. It seems like such...
Stephen GatesMarch 14, 2014 -
Social Media gets some culture with MILQ
Don MacKinnon has been a busy man as I recently wrote about his work with Ken Burns and Big Spaceship...
Stephen GatesMarch 7, 2014 -
Facebook Creates the Photoshop of App Design
I wrote last week about my thoughts on Facebook’s new app Paper but I later found out that the Facebook...
Stephen GatesFebruary 5, 2014 -
Google Glass Gen 1 Final Thoughts
Time has flown by and I’ve been living and working with Google Glass for the past five months. I’m about to...
Stephen GatesNovember 14, 2013 -
5 Ways to Build Rapport with Your Clients
Building rapport with clients and getting them to trust you isn't as easy as just going great work and here are...
Stephen GatesNovember 8, 2013 -
Saint Laurent vs Colette: A case study in how not to defend your brand
About a year ago a t-shirt reading ‘Ain’t Laurent Without Yves’ surfaced in response to the Yves Saint Laurent’s choice to lose...
Stephen GatesOctober 18, 2013 -
Why can’t Microsoft slam Apple with style?
I have been traveling in Europe for the past few weeks so I’m behind on my posts but there was one...
Stephen GatesOctober 8, 2013 -
The interview process: A Creative Directors perspective
The hiring process can be impersonal with little feedback so what are Creative Director's really thinking and looking for in an...
Stephen GatesSeptember 6, 2013 -
Field Tripping through Brooklyn on Google Glass, iOS and Paper
I am a huge fan of using technology to enhance real life experiences as you can see the app designs I...
Stephen GatesAugust 28, 2013 -
Leap Motion Review – Good hardware in need of an ecosystem
Last week I finally got my hands on the final production version of the Leap Motion Controller almost a year and...
Stephen GatesAugust 2, 2013 -
Web surfing on Google Glass feels simultaneously futuristic and dated
What a difference a week can make in the life cycle of a product and a user experience since last week...
Stephen GatesJuly 4, 2013 -
The problematic happenstance creativity of Google Glass
I've had Google Glass for just over a week and here is a look at he first big problem I have...
Stephen GatesJuly 1, 2013 -
What Hurricane Sandy can teach us about user experience design
Thanks to Hurricane Sandy I have had more than a little time on my hands this past week. During that time,...
Stephen GatesNovember 6, 2012 -
Flud. A case study in user data blindness.
If you are like me there are a handful of apps on your phone or tablet that are an integral part...
Stephen GatesSeptember 17, 2012 -
Brandalism: Where branding meets street art
Brandalism is often defined as a clever mix of vandalism, graffiti and art that is created as a direct attack on the corporate...
Stephen GatesJuly 25, 2012
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