Apr 2011

Web design trends for 2011 — part 2

The first quarter of 2011 is over so I start to review my predicted trends within web design, and whether sites are adopting any of them.


Mar 2011

International gestural language

Mobile devices and touch screen computers have started to define and explore an international gesture language, what happens with whole-body gestural languages that are being used with technology such as the Microsoft Kinect sensor?


Jan 2011

Web design trends for 2011

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.


Dec 2010

Digital interface style guide considerations

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.


Oct 2010

Brit Insurance Design Awards 2010

Finally I made it to the soon-to-close Brit Insurance Design Awards 2010 at the design museum. There are a lot of great nominations on display; ranging from innovative product design, to ultra-modern fashion, to beautiful communication design. These were the top five pieces I found most inspiring and/or innovative. Pig 05049 This book follows the life of […]


Sep 2010

Apps that blur traditional and digital interactions

These iPhone applications are blurring the lines between traditional and digital interactions and mediums — creating an interesting contrast between old and new. They challenging the need to simply use the physical interactions that are packaged with the medium’s physical properties.