Take a look at this thoughtful visual identity created by Neue for the Nordkyn tourist board. Nordkyn is a region in northern Norway, known for its natural beauty, surreal light conditions and temperamental weather. Inspired by the the tagline “where nature rules”, Neue took a feed of the weather statistics from the Norwegian Meteorological institute […]
This caught my eye a few weeks ago: it’s the site for an iPhone app to help you remember your dreams, called Shadow. Things I like like: the judicious use of the “zooming fade to black” effect on the sepia tone photo to set a lovely dreamy tone right from the start great use of […]
Network connectivity is reaching more and more into the physical world. This is potentially transformative – allowing every object and service in the world to talk to one other—and to their users—through any networked interface. Like what you see? Want a piece of the action next time around? Then get along to Web Directions South […]
Responsive design involves more than just fluid grids and media queries: the move to adaptive web sites touches every part of an organisation. Like what you see? Want a piece of the action next time around? Then get along to Web Directions South in Sydney October 24 and 25 2013.
Jon Kolko introduces design-led Social Entrepreneurship as the profession for humanizing technology: learn how to aim your energies and passion at problems worth solving. Like what you see? Want a piece of the action next time around? Then get along to Web Directions South in Sydney October 24 and 25 2013.
Touch gestures are sweeping away buttons, menus and windows from mobile devices—and even from the next version of Windows. Find out why those familiar desktop widgets are weak replacements for manipulating content directly, and learn to craft touchscreen interfaces that effortlessly teach users new gesture vocabularies. Like what you see? Want a piece of the […]
My session focuses on what I call — ‘The Interaction Design Bauhaus’. It discusses this growing minimalist, ‘form follows data’ trend in UX and compares it to historical phenomenon that occurred in the early 1900’s in the form of the industrial design Bauhaus movement.
The session will draw on research projects and visions of the future to sketch out the possibilities of this new design space, and how current web practices can be translated into a future where using the world as a canvas will change information visualisation and access all over again.
In a fireside chat, Seb and Luke from the Powerhouse Museum will talk candidly about some of the current challenges and future directions in this space — and how you might be able to help.
In this session, Michael Honey and Tim Riley answer the question “web or native?” from business, product design and development perspectives.
How do you approach designing experiences that span multiple platforms and devices, contexts and roles to meet the evolving needs of our audiences?
In this session Aaron will lead you on a tour of current trends and practices, examining the strengths and drawbacks that realism brings.
Change is never a smooth process. How do know when disruption is useful and how do you cope with the feedback on it?
This talk will discuss where ubiquitous computing is today, some changes we can already see happening, and how we can begin to think about the implications of these technologies for design, for business and for the world at large.
After a decade of honing our newfangled browser-based skills, learn how to dust off and sharpen the tools of our roots.
Thanks for an amazing few days Web Directions. So many great themes of empathy, inclusion, collaboration, business impact through design, and keeping our future deeply human.
Laura van Doore Head of Product Design, Fathom
