LOVELY UI – SEE WHAT YOU PRINT

Artefact created a radically simple printer concept called SWYP. See What You Print. Learn more

WINDOWS ON ANOTHER WORLD

If you imagine for a moment that digital information exist in another world that lies just beneath our feet. A world jam-pack with data and activity, a world of ever increasing importance.

And yet creators of this world it is strange that we are forever looking down, peering through tiny windows to gain access and view a snapshot of what is going on.

Surely this is not right, we should be bringing this world out into our own. Making these windows as large and expansive as possible, through which we can survey and interact with this information. Here is a good example: Continue Reading →

POLITICALLY BIAS SEARCH

It is widely excepted that most publications have a political bias. We often choose to read a particular newspaper because it reflects our own bias or view of the world, whether left or right wing. Continue Reading →

PHYSICAL EMAIL

I’ve been thinking about some sort of physical email for sometime now. Something that recaptures the tactile nature of receiving a letter while maintaining the convenience of email.

I stumbled upon this the other day – genius.

Tableau: physical email from John Kestner

TYPICAL PRICE – GOOGLE HOTEL FINDER

Lots of people are talking about Google’s new hotel finder, one thing I thought was really clever was this.

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DATA MINES

By the end of the decade data mines will be common place like the great gold rush of the 1850′s people will flock to this industry. A combination of luck and hard work will allow some to earn a living and a few to make a fortune. Continue Reading →

HOW NOT TO DRAW A MAP

A great example of how breaking a trusted convention can make things a tad confusing. Maybe it is just me, but I spend at least 20 seconds staring at this wondering what country I was looking at.

CLOUD APPS – JUST BUILD ONE VERSION

Apple came along and created  ’apps’
And very good they are
Everybody loves apps and everybody wants apps
Thus every platform and device needs to have apps
And of course a suitable app store from where consumers can fill there device

But for Apple it was easy
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