All The Small Things

PALETTE is the first FREEFORM hardware interface that offers hands-on control of your favorite software.

Kickstarter

https://vimeo.com/79179138

Thanks to Facebook i saw the announcement of this course.

http://interaction-design.org/courses/ui_design_patterns_for_successful_software.html

It's the first time I will join a course at Interaction design.org, and I'm really looking forward following it. I'm working on several software projects at the moment. That gives me plenty of room to work with real scenarios.

Video:Tactile Rendering of 3D Features on Touch Surfaces

Via: BBC

Summary

In this project, we develop and apply a tactile rendering algorithm to simulate rich 3D geometric features (such as bumps, ridges, edges, protrusions, texture etc.) on touch screen surfaces. The underlying hypothesis is that when a finger slides on an object then minute surface variations are sensed by friction-sensitive mechanoreceptors in the skin. Thus, modulating the friction forces between the fingertip and the touch surface would create illusion of surface variations. We propose that the percept of a 3D “bump” is created when local gradients of the virtual bump are mapped to lateral friction forces.

I really like reading on my iPad. So I created a new board on Flipboard to collect all my relevant ux and business articles. Normally I use Pocket to collect them, but I like the look and feel and the features of Flipboard so i'm giving it a try.

Because lots of my work at PixelDeluxe involve designing stuff around (big)data. I started a new Pinterest board, i'll be looking for design-patterns, and of course inspiration.

Spotify lets you preview a song by holding the playbutton.

I'm currently doing a research in collaboration and giving workshops. I want to become better at this. Via youtube a found the topic "Gamestorming". Also a book by Dave Gray.

Below you will find a video by Dave explaining the basic idea.

Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0596804172/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_jCA3rb000XHVK 

My interaction design life just got better. I just bought the book Microinteractions. It's about all the small things...

Microinteractions are contained product moments that revolve around a single use case.

To quote Charles Eames:

The details are not the details. They make the design

To say that „Flat design is extremely popular” is to say nothing. The Flat design took over the design world. Microsoft (since 2010), Google and Apple adapted flat design to some extent and thousands of designers followed (check out the Flat Design Showcase).

The simple and clear aesthetics of the flat design is easy to recognize and became a brand on its own rights. Some designers though tend to see it as beginning of the revolution: