1. 25 Sep



    The Flat Design Era

    layervault:

    When LayerVault 2 launched earlier this spring, we believed that we were taking a risk by pursuing an entirely flat interface.

    Well-loved products on the web share a similar design aesthetic, with roughly the same kinds of bevels, inset shadows, and drop shadows. For designers, achieving this level of “lickable” interface is a point of pride. For us, and for a minority of UI designers out there, it feels wrong.

    We certainly didn’t invent the flat style but arriving at it was a violent process. We tore through hundreds of revisions (we have the LayerVault timelines to prove it) to potential interfaces before arriving at the answer that now makes us say “of course.” The desk at LayerVault’s original headquarters (my Manhattan apartment) still has the battle scars from objects being slammed down in anger. At one point, while working on a mockup, a MacBook was slammed shut so hard it was nearly unhinged.

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    Go read this post. It’s marvelous. 

     

  2. 16 Sep


    Something awesome I’m working on for your phones. Chipping away very slowly. 

    Something awesome I’m working on for your phones. Chipping away very slowly. 

     

  3. 11 Sep


    I sneak Bowie into my UI proofs and clients don’t bat an eyelash. Maybe next I’ll try foreign diplomats or Bond Villains. 

    I sneak Bowie into my UI proofs and clients don’t bat an eyelash. Maybe next I’ll try foreign diplomats or Bond Villains. 

     

  4. 5 Sep


    Spending my birthday working. This is whats happening on my screen.

    Spending my birthday working. This is whats happening on my screen.

     

  5. 13 Aug


    Into the portfolio. Recent UI element work for a big’ish iOS app.

    Into the portfolio.

    Recent UI element work for a big’ish iOS app.

     

  6. 29 Jul


    A thing I’m making. 

    A thing I’m making. 

     

  7. 20 Jul


    I’d like to thank the academy. Today was a typhoon of design, management, teamwork, and creativity. These 14 hour workdays might seem outrageous to some people, but there is never a moment when I feel like I’m wasting my time.   With the help of my talented young intern and all of my … colleagues, we kicked a righteous amount of zombie ass today. 

    I’d like to thank the academy.

    Today was a typhoon of design, management, teamwork, and creativity. These 14 hour workdays might seem outrageous to some people, but there is never a moment when I feel like I’m wasting my time.  

    With the help of my talented young intern and all of my … colleagues, we kicked a righteous amount of zombie ass today. 

     

  8. 3 May


    SUPER Designing Buttons

    SUPER

    Designing Buttons

     

  9. 10 Apr


    Meter Monkey // UI - WIP This is the first round of UI design for a mobile app I’m building called Meter Monkey. You enter the amount of time you’ve added to your meter and decide whether or not you’d like a twitter alert when your meter is about to run out. When your meter reaches less than 5 minutes, a tweet is sent to you and a meter monkey from the closest local business walks to your meter and adds a quarter, buying you more time. They leave a pre-designed note on your windshield letting you know you were rescued from a tow truck or a ticket. The whole idea is to use a community to help prevent drivers from being towed or ticketed, thus enriching their experience in that neighborhood, or on that specific street. *We’re testing the concept on a 2 block urban area with lots of coffee shops, restaurants, and bookstores. If it succeeds, then we’ll probably expand it to some other areas of the city as way-finding points for neighborhood events and location based advertising.

    Meter Monkey // UI - WIP

    This is the first round of UI design for a mobile app I’m building called Meter Monkey.

    You enter the amount of time you’ve added to your meter and decide whether or not you’d like a twitter alert when your meter is about to run out. When your meter reaches less than 5 minutes, a tweet is sent to you and a meter monkey from the closest local business walks to your meter and adds a quarter, buying you more time. They leave a pre-designed note on your windshield letting you know you were rescued from a tow truck or a ticket.

    The whole idea is to use a community to help prevent drivers from being towed or ticketed, thus enriching their experience in that neighborhood, or on that specific street.

    *We’re testing the concept on a 2 block urban area with lots of coffee shops, restaurants, and bookstores. If it succeeds, then we’ll probably expand it to some other areas of the city as way-finding points for neighborhood events and location based advertising.

     

  10. 28 Feb


    Good morning Tumblr UI Updates. 

    Good morning Tumblr UI Updates.