Information design
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Google explains why no one uses your apps
I put this video in my weekly inspirations last week but through it was worth calling out on its own after...
Stephen GatesJuly 23, 2014 -
Ken Burns’ iPad app turns U.S. History into a Mixtape
A few months ago I got a sneak preview of a new iPad app that was being created for filmmaker...
Stephen GatesFebruary 14, 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 -
Why the iOS7 visual re-design left me disappointed
In spite of the tone of the headline of this article I will openly admit that I am a huge Apple...
Stephen GatesJune 11, 2013 -
iOS 7 concept imagines Jony Ive’s ‘very flat’ iOS redesign
Since it was recently reported that Apple and Jony Ive are working on a“very flat” approach to redesigning the iOS there have been...
Stephen GatesMay 13, 2013 -
POP – an app for prototyping UI on paper
A lot of people seem think I am old school because I still sketch out my ideas on paper before I...
Stephen GatesFebruary 22, 2013 -
World Wildlife Fund: WWF Together iPad App
AKQA just released a really nice design for the first US iPad app for the World Wildlife Fund called WWF Together. The...
Stephen GatesJanuary 18, 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 -
Best sites for quality, free icons
When you design for mobile apps, mobile web and increasing for desktop web sites you are constantly looking for good, clear...
Stephen GatesOctober 24, 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 -
The infographic vegetarian
As someone who loves to cook and loves infographics (you don’t hear that everyday) I thought these charts from Chasing Delicious...
Stephen GatesAugust 14, 2012 -
What’s your social media Klout?
I came across an interesting new site that is still in beta development this week called Klout.com that measures your overall online...
Stephen GatesJuly 15, 2011 -
I love a good inforgraphic
I love the thought and design that goes into a greta inforgraphic. Two of the best I’ve seen lately came from...
Stephen GatesJune 5, 2011 -
GOAB: Experience TV Concept
For a long time, watching television was very straightforward. For as long as I can remember it has been sitting on...
Stephen GatesApril 8, 2011 -
Re-design or re-merchandise failing site functionality?
Over the course of my career, I have designed A LOT of big, intricate, transactional, multi-lingual web sites and inevitably after...
Stephen GatesMarch 17, 2011
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