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brittanycheng: Content-Aware Fill Sneak Peek (via AdobePhotoshopFB) WOW Adobe. Okay. I didn’t really notice their awesomeness before, even though I use their products all the time. But in the future, if I actually go through with this computer science thing, I’m working for Adobe. That is, if I don’t work for Pixar, or Google, or maybe some…
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Jim Coudal of Coudal Partners | Design Glut
Jim Coudal of Coudal Partners | Design Glut Jim Coudal is a truly inspiring character. His company decided to shift from the standard model of selling their creative services to clients, to a model of creating products which they own and have full control over. And they’ve been very successful at it. Coudal Partners is proof that…
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Where did the idea of patterns come from?
Where did the idea of patterns come from? The notion of using interaction design patterns in the user experience design process follows the model that computer software programming took when it adopted the concepts and philosophies of Christopher Alexander. Alexander, an architect, wrote the book, A Pattern Language (1977) and A Timeless Way of Building (1979). In his books…
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Ricky Irvine: An interaction designer can never be a hermit.
Ricky Irvine: An interaction designer can never be a hermit. A year ago I tried writing about common encounters and expectations, and using them to the advantage of our design work. If I had known about Bill Moggridge’s book Designing Interactions I would have saved my effort and suggested reading his book instead. Without even…
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National Design Triennial: Why Design Now? | Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
National Design Triennial: Why Design Now? | Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Inaugurated in 2000, the Triennial program seeks out and presents the most innovative designs at the center of contemporary culture. In this fourth exhibition in the series, the National Design Triennial will explore the work of designers addressing human and environmental problems across many…