the wanderlust.net by Anthony Stonehouse 
MIT’s media lab have unveiled a series of short videos demonstrating possible scenarios and advantages of their sixth sense interface — a wearable projected gestural interface. The gestures are based on a multi-touch screen interface but as the interface is projected there is no need for a screen, so mobility is easy and costs are low. It can act as a camera, scanner, video player, phone, internet browser and more! The best demonstration I’ve found is this speech given at TED last month.
A year ago I posted web design trends for 2011, many of which evolved to different extends throughout the year and will continue this year. So here are my 2012 predictions for trends in visual design for the web.
Brighton, Friday June 17, 2011 — one of the first conferences devoted specifically to web typography. I still find it hard to believe we’ve finally reached this era. Designers can now use a wider variety of faces and apply typographic control to HTML using fonts that have been specially designed for screen use. It’s certainly […]
The design process always requires some sort of image based research. Ideally this takes place at the start of a project, with one of the primary outcomes being a mood board. Other outcomes will are often a visual audit of existing design, a competitor analysis and some exploration in to the key audiences. The mood […]
Web designers have historically had to work within a tight set of restrictions. Computer’s were restricted to 256 colours, with only 216 consistent across Macs and PCs; Keyboards and mice were the only input devices used for navigation, and; Users generally only accessed content sitting at a desk — either at work or home with a monitor. All of those restrictions no longer apply.
Trends sweep the world of digital design more than other form of design. Digital design is much more temporary given that it’s so simple to recycle. Here are my predictions for the trends will see within the industry this year.
Many existing brand guide lines don’t talk about digital applications, often haven’t considered any sort of branded time-based (animation) guidelines and rarely discuss any form of interactive graphic language or interaction principles. This post attempts to document best practise for developing digital brand guidelines.
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