Some design agency spent a lot of time coming up with a rough concept of what iOS 7 probably isn’t going to look like. But let’s just say it looks kind of cool.
The Saul Bass Google Doodle is really good.
Watch this. When you hear companies talking about using “Flat Design,” what they really mean is “kinda like Saul Bass.”
Another Facebook Redesign: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the site’s redesigned News Feed on Thursday morning, revealing an even greater emphasis on photos and check-ins than before. While the changes are likely to be met with the same criticism that accompanies most social network redesigns these days, we have to admit we’re fans of the new-look photo captions. We’re still not going to check-in anytime we manage to sneak away from work/home for a few minutes though. (Photo via AllThingsD) source
Microsoft hires designer who presented bold revamp of the company’s brand
Last summer designer Andrew Kim’s vision for “The Next Microsoft” got a lot of traction online — including on The Verge — for its aggressively minimal rebranding of the company across platforms. The next month Microsoft unveiled its actual new logo, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t take note — Kim just announced that he’s been hired by the company, which got in touch after seeing his designs.
That’s right. An unsolicited redesign can get you a job with the company you’re pitching — at least sometimes.
New York Post cover for Thursday, January 17, 2013
Another day, another Subway scandal for the Post.
That’s astronaut John Creighton with Bill’s invention. In 1982, Bill Moggridge developed the industrial design for one of the first computers with the closeable notebook shape that’s common on most portable computers today. Moggridge’s client, GRiD Systems Corporation, was so ahead of the game that they actually owned the patent for the clamshell-style laptop. “In terms of the industrial design of the enclosure, Moggridge was instrumental in proposing that,” said Alex Bochannek of the Computer History Museum. “He came up with that particular form factor.” Being first meant it was extremely expensive, though — at the time of its release in 1982, it cost $8,150 — but it found a home with the U.S. government, particularly NASA. Moggridge’s career didn’t end there, however — he was one of the co-founders of IDEO, an international design company that’s still going strong to this day. Moggridge was 69. (photo via NASA)
Dan Levin and Edwin Chan:
Apple Inc licensed its prized design patents to Microsoft Corp but with an “anti-cloning agreement” to prevent copying of its iPhone and iPad, an Apple executive said on Monday.
That executive was Apple’s director of patent licensing Boris Teksler who is testifying in the Apple/Samsung lawsuit. And he went on to note that “he could count on ‘on one hand’ the instances Apple has licensed those patents.”
Bet Samsung wishes it scored this deal right about now.
This creative agency thinks it can redesign Wikipedia to be more usable, and it’s on to something (via Creative Agency Launches “Wiikipedia Redefined”)
But really, does Wikipedia need to be redesigned? It’s not the prettiest site on the internet, but unlike Craigslist, it’s easy to use in its current form. It feels like a great promotion for the creative agency, however. Thoughts?
For its recent feature on Passion Pit, music site Pitchfork tried an approach they’ve never tried before — they laid it out like a long, horizontal magazine article, one step away from Paste or Spin. It’s awesome (and a great read), in case you haven’t seen.
Thanks to a tip from Favstar creator, Tim Haines, there’s a way to take a “scroll” down memory lane. Twitter used to have a “public timeline” that showed you all of the global tweets that were incoming. This was way before Bieber and those other punks joined, so it was somewhat easier to manage then. That link is still exposed and viewable, and it has the older design. (via Check Out The Old Twitter Public Timeline)
For fans of time travel.
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Rather, Microsoft is just cutting back on the extra layers of crud.
The last surviving member of the team responsible for LEO, the first business computer, has passed away. Utilizing a knowledge of circuitry and electronics that he acquired while maintaining homing torpedoes, Kaye worked with colleagues Dr John Pinkerton, Ernest Lenaerts and David Caminer to adapt the existing EDSAC computer for use with a variety of business applications. The LEO — short for Lyons Electronic Office — was born, and Kaye remained a staple of the computer development community until 1970. From 1970, until his retirement in 2004, Ernest ran the family props hire business founded by his father. (Photo via BBC) source
Peter Vidani on the Evolution of the Tumblr Dashboard
Ministry of Design senior minister Peter Vidani lays hands on every aspect of Tumblr’s visual and usage aesthetic. Initially contracted to work on theme creation, he came aboard full-time in 2009 and has steadily advanced his design philosophy of utility and simplicity. One of his primary, perpetual obsessions could be considered the real face of Tumblr: the Dashboard.
Really interesting piece on the design of Tumblr from the site’s new storyboard project.
Ever wonder how Newsweek made some of its more elaborate graphics back in the day? Check out this look back by Karl Gude, the magazine’s former Director of Information Graphics (and a current MSU professor), who discusses what it was like to create an insanely detailed graphic like this way back in 2001. In the case of this particular piece, it included dressing people up as soldiers. Seriously. Awesome piece. You’ll dig it.
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