Tag: Interaction Design

In keeping with my main blog the design for isUseful has been updated. I’m hoping this keeps things cleaner and easier to follow – please let me know by clicking on the comments link below this post. One other useful side effect of no longer using a Blogger default template, is that the site doesn’t…

I’d already posted this on my photo blog, but I realised it was indicative of a number of new interface paradigms rising to the surface on the Web 2.0 pool simply to help you wade through all of the user generated gold/dross that has been created.

Flickr have just released their ‘gamma’ update to the traditional beta site. This seems to be mostly a UI revamp – moving stuff around and adding in dropdown active menus to everything in sight. To be honest my instantaneous response was dislike – but then I’ve been a hardcore flickr user for a while now…

The animation archive has some great scans of original guidelines on how to create storyboards for commercials and the like. The concepts are still strong, even if the style and the storylines are dated – nowadays advertisers cut out story rather than add in walking to the store to buy the product!

The latest MoMA Design Store catalog has a combination candle/matchbox which they describe as follows: ‘The Scandinavian custom “hygge,” meaning cozy togetherness, inspired Walton to create this paraffin candle with a convenient matchbox built in at the bottom.’ Hygge. It’s always interesting when words start to spread beyond their land of origin and describe concepts…