I love it when app developers spend time on UX design instead of pursuing the obvious approach. I reviewed ComicStrip for SA, and if you ever feel the need to share single non-contextual images on your social networks, this is the perfect app for the job. Not only does ComicStrip sport a very smart coat of pixel paint, there’s a lot of thoughtful UX design that’s evident as you use the app. For instance, when you launch the app, there isn’t any template choosing whatsoever, you’re all set to create your first comic strip. The plus buttons imply that you…
Author: Milind Alvares
My first encounter with Simurai’s work was with the tilt-shift text effect he pulled off using just CSS. Yes, the same thing you see in the image above. I was in awe, and he was instantly in my list of awesome designers to follow. So who is Simurai? His real name is Simon (which when merged with Samurai, produces Simurai), a Swiss designer currently working at a design firm Refunk, in Amsterdam. When I asked him to show me some of his professional work, he withdrew. Reason: His work involves working in Adobe Flash.
Probably everyone knows about the Find my iPhone feature going free, but I still feel many might not have realised, just how gorgeous the new Me.com landing page is (make sure your username isn’t auto-filled). Yup, you don’t even need an account and you’re greeted with gorgeous animations, that even react to pointer movement. It’s the hottest thing in pixels this season. Kudos to the design team at Apple.
A design trend started by Tim Van Damme, business card microsites of various shapes and sizes have appeared on the internet. And then Benjamin showed us his design (I’ve been refreshing the page ever since). Lovely url, too. bdc.vc
I love it when designers create applications, rather than an applications developer hiring a designer to polish up the pixels. What you end up with is not just some pretty buttons and animations, but an intelligent interface built from the ground up. The Feed is a fantastic RSS reader for the iPad, built by Ocean Observations, primarily a design agency (although the only person I know from that team is Max Rudberg, the jailbreak theme guy). Rudberg of course seems to have been the driving force behind the design, as he introduces the app on his blog: During one of…
As much as I think the service is uninteresting, Path surely has some good design in its iPhone app. Everything from the sign up process to viewing friends, to publishing pictures, it’s smooth pixels all the way. When I first saw the screenshots, I thought this was an app I’d use every day. It was only when I got to know the whole story did I figure it was a waste of my time.