Whilst I was trying to book at table at The Moveable Restaurant, I noticed that their site is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace is a publishing platform that apparently allows you to design, build, manage and host personal websites for around £7 a month. I'm not entirely sure why anyone would choose this software for a personal site as opposed to free softwares like Blooger or Wordpress. If I was to choose from publishing softwares like these, what benefits or downfalls should I be aware of? Can any one enlighten me? http://themoveablerestaurant.squarespace.com/ http://www.squarespace.com/ 2009-10-02T10:02:10+00:00 88 165 Tali Krakowsky, one of the panelists contributing to the 5D Conference session at next week's i-Design conference, is a regular writer for creativity-online.com. In order to get the ball rolling in advance of next week's discussion she contacted 5D founder, Alex McDowell, and myself to ask us what we what we expected to be talking about next week. Check out this taster ... http://creativity-online.com/news/all-about-interfaces/138994 2009-09-16T08:18:49+00:00 87 2009-09-25T17:13:37+00:00 21 NMK needs your help! To help us direct investment to the right places (and secure any at all!) we need to conduct a survey of users. There are prizes to be won. <a href="http://surveys.polldaddy.com/s/C17B3E9CAF1C34CA/">Click here to get started</a> 2009-08-24T13:25:56+00:00 86 2009-08-28T15:02:44+00:00 64 This competition is run by the local government bodies in Camarines Sur along with UAP (the largest organization of professional architects in the Philippines), the My Shelter Foundation and Gawad Kalinga (GK). This competition calls for a masterplan and design of an eco-agro-tourism development for a rural community in Camarines Sur Philippines. The top 3 winning designs will be awarded US $ 10,000, US $ 5,000 and US $ 3,000 respectively. The 1st prize winning design will be built as a prototype master planned community of 50 houses in Cam Sur. Deadline for entry submission isn't until March 15th 2010. More here: http://www.philippineclimatechallenge.org/ 2009-08-10T14:01:23+00:00 85 2009-08-11T16:56:14+00:00 165 The government's official Swine Flu website will be launched today. We will able to use the website to fill in the official checklist as well and get access to a voucher number to claim your anti-viral medicine. Unusual brief. I'm interested to see how they've executed it. More later ... 2009-07-23T08:20:07+00:00 84 2009-12-15T19:31:20+00:00 165 hey kids listening to you tech bods upstairs talking about GPS and wi-fi etc...i've been sent on a revealling path about how it works and where it could go, and why it's not better than it is... here's the article and blog... GUARDIAN http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jun/04/satnav-travel-device-gps BLOG http://smartermobility.blogspot.com/2009/03/influencing-travel-mode-choice.html GOOGLE LATITUDE see where your friends are... www.google.com/latitude 2009-06-05T12:22:25+00:00 83 467 Going back to my predictions for 2009, number 2 on the list was the emergence of a new 'Cross Social Networking Language' CSNL. Well it seems that Google has delivered pretty much just that and its called Google Wave. Have a look at this video for the full deal. It's pretty long, and these are Alpha Alpha Geeks so be prepared for a tech heavy presentation. But don't worry, its pretty watchable. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/v_UyVmITiYQ&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/v_UyVmITiYQ&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> I also predicted that this would precipitate the ditching of Facebook, I actually suspect this will hook into FB rather than replace it. Or perhaps it will eventually squeeze it out. Just watch the video and tell me this isn't exactly what the internet should be. This is web 3.0 right here. 2009-06-01T15:09:57+00:00 82 13 ...is that you don't have any control over the quality of the content. I was clicking my way along the information super highway this morning and found a link to www.vox.com a service I hadn't heard of before, so I clicked away and was met with this rather alarming homepage: <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3321/3510083984_168d98a568.jpg" width="400px" /> It's an interesting notion that these sites which foster online communities and promote user generated content have only the content their community has made to call on. The result is that my introduction to the service is a somewhat unappealing (if not unpleasant) image of an ice cream sandwich thing. Now, i'm as rational as the next person, so I know not to judge a site by its cover. After a couple of clicks I found a little more information from the information page, and it turns out that the service does seem to be pretty good, actually. But that ice cream didn't half leave a funny taste in my mouth. 2009-05-07T10:46:17+00:00 81 2009-05-19T10:30:04+00:00 13 I've just noticed a really clever little bit of interface nuance with the last.fm website, and being a geek for these kind of things thought i'd share it with you. Its a simple little bit of code that swaps the artist image for a bigger or smaller version depending on the width of your browser: Before <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3502/3464650873_3ef34c94e1.jpg" /> After <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3567/3464650977_47a7575189.jpg" width="420px" /> Such a simple thing but its the first time i've ever seen a genuinely flexible design element which means that in the eternal world of variable browser widths, different users get the same experience no matter how wide their browser is. We must see more of this! 2009-04-22T11:36:58+00:00 80 13 Video of Robert Fabricant's presentation at the IxDA 2009 conference, with comments by Joshua Porter. The video lasts an hour, but it's time well-spent IMHO. http://bokardo.com/archives/demystifying-interaction-design/ 2009-03-27T11:03:41+00:00 79 64 This just landed in my inbox this morning and I have to say that it's rather impressed me. The basic idea is probably not new, but its new to me so forgive me if this is old hat. <img src="http://cdn.lastminute.com/lmn/webcourier/en_GB/2009/02/23/pre_promote/header.jpg" width="400px" /> on saturday lastminute.com will air three consecutive 60 adverts on three different UK TV channels (itv1, Channel 4 and five) with a load of thumbs in each. The game is to guess how many thumbs you think you have seen, bit like the old 'guess how many sweets are in the jar' game from the olden days. <img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xQEP00xGWlc/SULxrgrZkmI/AAAAAAAABfo/EqHdq99tVNQ/s400/odd+pub+015.jpg" /> This raises some interesting points, mainly about the interesting situation where by a new media company is invading more traditional media (is TV new media?) and doing something a bit more interesting with it. Admittedly there's nothing new here, but i'm fairly sure this particular combination of 'things' is new. And for some reason it feels more authentic than other similar campaigns, it 'feels' like a lastminute.com idea rather than an advertising company's idea that they foisted onto a client. I hope it is anyway. And here's to everyone recording in high def on their hdd recorders and stepping through each frame and counting every single thumb. 2009-02-27T10:19:37+00:00 78 13 News of a new youtube contest has just come to my attention. Sounds pretty interesting. I'm sure some of you will have some ideas lying around which could be appropriate... <embed src="http://www.theonion.com/content/themes/common/assets/videoplayer2/flvplayer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent" width="400" height="355" flashvars="file=http://www.theonion.com/content/xml/89922/video&autostart=false&image=http://www.theonion.com/content/files/images/GOOD_VIDEO_article.jpg &bufferlength=3&embedded=true&title=YouTube%20Contest%20Challenges%20Users%20To%20Make%20A%20%27Good%27%20Video"></embed> 2009-02-18T14:49:53+00:00 77 2009-02-20T00:24:47+00:00 13 stunning movie. not exactly sure of its origin, or how old it is, but there's more information on http://www.yankeegal.com/ it's a real visual treat. i must post more of this kind work up here. <object width="400" height="213"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3173246&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3173246&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="213"></embed></object> watch it big. 2009-02-16T16:44:11+00:00 76 2009-02-20T13:22:33+00:00 13 <p>This is how it started. We were having a meeting about something completely different when I was unwise enough to challenge <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Garrett">Malcolm Garrett</a>, my co-director on the <a href="http://www.dynamolondon.org/">Dynamo London</a> digital design community site when he said that the iPhone changes everything. He’s also been following <a href="http://www.macrumors.com/2008/12/30/large-screen-ipod-touch-device-in-fall-of-2009/">rumours</a> that Apple is apparently planning a tablet-style device.</p> <p>I said that Microsoft’s <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/tabletpc/default.mspx">attempts</a> in this area had met with niche success. Later, we followed up the debate on email:</p> <h3>Ian:</h3> <p>Still not convinced about the Apple tablet - Microsoft's Tablet PC was a pretty good platform (I know, I know...) but remained very niche because touch screens are so expensive. Their cost increases exponentially by size because the fault ratio on LCD panels is so much higher once you add touch. Also, people don't like 'typing' on touch screens because of the lack of physical feedback.</p> <h3>Malcolm:</h3> <p>I love typing on a touch screen :-) I hated my Nokia btns.</p> <p>I think we'll be surprised at the way a fully-functioning, populist, personalisable, programmable, portable (rather than mobile) entertainment, communications, information carrying, global gps and wireless, device will have infiltrated daily life before we even know it. iPhone is a real trojan horse. I don't think the Microsoft tablet was any comparison.</p> <p>IDEO had been saying for years and years that a touch screen device would NEVER be attractive to the public and consequently never be successful. I'm sure I saw Bill Moggridge (a hero of mine by the way) say something similar again in another magazine article at the weekend, despite such recent evidence to the contrary. In my view, iPhone blew that long-held tenet away comprehensively.</p> <p>I think IDEO simply came at the issue of the interface design in quite the wrong way. A visual screen needed sophisticated and contextual <em>visual</em> feedback, not just tactile as many product designers have steadfastly, and failingly, maintained. I believe iPhone proved that. The screen interaction uses visual feedback that is virtually tactile, with immediate finger response, and effortlessly smart interactions such as sophisticated spring-loaded window motion. People are ready for things that work in an <em>obvious</em> way, the actual hardware/software 'concepts' are lost on them. Only the effects (i.e. practical <em>and</em> usable) mean anything. The touch screen revolution has effectively happened (witness the immediate launch of copycat phones from every other major manufacturer), now the results will begin to inundate us. This is akin to 1998 when the web supposedly broke into the mainstream and ceased to be new or interesting to the cognoscenti. That was wrong then - it was almost ten years more before it really could be described as mainstream.</p> <p>As ever, we will need to be alive to exactly who are audience is, or should be, and target accordingly.</p> <h3>Ian:</h3> <p>&quot;People are ready for things that work in an obvious way&quot;</p> <p>completely agreed, but with the caveat &quot;People are ready for things that are better&quot;.</p> <p>However, touch screens remain extremely niche despite being available for years. The causes for this are:</p> <p>(a) cost (this can sometimes be offset by versatility/throughput e.g. tube ticket machines).</p> <p>(b) durability (increasing this increases the cost considerably, only suited for high-volume public terminal-type applications; obviously the durability problem increases exponentially with size of screen).</p> <p>(c) user experience.</p> <p>You believe that (c) isn't a factor any more, or can be overcome by great interaction design. You might be right - I disagree. Typing has been perfectly possible on touch screens for a decade. Nobody does it. Why is that? Not just cost and durability. Similarly, voice input. No one does it. Typing at a keyboard isn't just learned behaviour - it's incredibly efficient compared to the alternatives.</p> <p>You think that the iPhone is a game-changer - yet, you struggled to give me Catherine's contact details. Surely, that's pretty basic functionality? And you are someone who has followed every innovation in the digital space for 15 years. What chance Joe Normal?</p> <h3>Malcolm:</h3> <p>Actually, I found Catherine's details right away, much more easily than finding them by any other format I can think of. I struggled to <em>show</em> you the details on my screen as I recall, as I <em>pointed</em> and <em>clicked</em> simultaneously when I didn't want to - a result of having big clumsy fingers, and being eager to please, and trying to do something that it's not really designed for, nor was it intended to be. The iPhone is a personal device not a sharing device.</p> <p>I appreciate your typing argument. However, my argument is that in the real world most people don't type. They <em>do</em> text, and a <em>lot</em> more than they type, and without a keyboard. It's the keyboard that has kept the computer firmly perceived as a business machine. My argument actually suggests that because of the success and versatility of the iPhone and its touch screen many more activities stray away from the need to function with a keyboard at all. I think that is very significant.</p> <p>My view has always been that the keyboard has restricted broader acceptance and usefulness of computers rather than the other way around. I think this is just the beginning of a new relationship between people and and their little computer pals.&#160; Joe Normal has these little pals all around him as normal. It is we who are more likely out of step, not the young people naturally occupying the digital space that even I've struggled with these last 15 years.</p> <p>That said, I do now make more notes on the move, because it's easy and convenient to do it on iPhone, and it's guaranteed to directly transfer into the (currently) more versatile and permanent environment of my laptop. i think the effortless connectivity of iPhone and MacBook is another key to success, and conversely a reason for the failure of Newton, and every other phone I've possessed.</p> <p>Voice activation is not popular because it doesn't work (still) and is vaguely embarrassing. but so is Skype and that is slowly (quickly?) finding favour. The time may become right for a having a useful conversation with your computer some time in the future. I'm not fully writing that one off just yet.</p> <p>Don't let all that poorly designed, poorly functioning, crap hardware of the past cloud your vision for the future. 'Smartphone' has always been a misnomer, until now.&#160; yes, people are now ready for things that are better. And working in an obvious way <em>is</em> better.</p> <h3>Ian:</h3> <p>Before you had an iPhone, you had a notebook computer, I guess. And I am also guessing that you still carry that notebook around a lot of the time.</p> <p>If you need to do serious data-entry, then you need a device that is designed for that – and that’s your laptop (or, to be totally honest, your desktop). Your phone is fine as the equivalent for the back of an envelope, or a filofax. It’s not the same as being at your real computer. And if it can’t <em>really</em> replace your notebook computer, then isn’t it just bling?</p> <p>The mainstream. Allow me a little diversion. Twitter, for all the chat, <a href="http://www.ypulse.com/why-teens-havent-embraced-twitteryet">has not managed</a> to engage teenagers. Bluetooth has.</p> <p>You’d kind of think it would be the other way round. Twitter is really easy, while Bluetooth is sort of techy. Why’s that? Because the take-up of a technology is about what people want to do. File sharing is something teens want to do – pictures, music, what-have-you. On the other hand, microblogging to a community of peers? Isn’t that the same as Facebook status messages? The mainstream doesn’t adopt technology on the basis of trendiness, I take from this, but on the basis of functionality and cost. Interestingly and counter-intuitively, convenience seems to be less of a factor.</p> <p>The world does need personal, personalisable, portable devices for work/comms/entertainment/etc – no-one would be buying any of this stuff otherwise. However, I am dubious about the touch-screen proposition. What does a touch screen add that isn’t better served by keyboard and mouse?</p> <p><strong>One thing</strong>. It (the device, whatever it is, phone/tablet) can be smaller. So it is <strong>less useful, less functional, less durable, less usable and more expensive</strong>.</p> <p>But it – whatever *it* is - is smaller. Does this not smack of gadget fetishism rather than a real advantage?</p> [The discussion is ongoing. Malcolm's response to be posted as received] 2009-02-12T00:18:28+00:00 75 2009-05-19T10:51:21+00:00 64 ...I want to be a Russell Davies. I've espoused the excellence of Mr. Davies' blog before. And you know what, i'm going to do it again. Here's an excellent single post... http://russelldavies.typepad.com/planning/2009/02/the-invention-of-everybody-here-comes-air.html And the rest of the site is of a similar standard. Subscribe. That's all i've got to say. 2009-02-09T19:37:18+00:00 74 2009-02-11T10:05:11+00:00 13 It’s that time again. The Call for Competitors is open for entries! Got skills in 2D, 3D, or Motion? You could be one of the designers selected to represent London in fast-paced, single-elimination rounds, each with a unique design theme and set time limit. <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3468/3178911653_ce94776564.jpg" /> The annual global tournament is set to zip across 16 cities this year, hitting London on Saturday 4th April, and Cut&Paste is once again challenging designers from various backgrounds and nations across the map to dig deep and design their way into the spotlight. <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3428/3178911747_9128429d80.jpg?" /> Introducing 5 new cities, 2 new competition formats, and the first-ever Global Championship event. And with the addition of the new Show&Tell series while continuing our ever-popular Audience Design Contests, the 2009 tournament is one you won't want to miss. Get going and apply - deadline is 20th Feb. www.cutandpaste.com 2009-01-08T10:56:59+00:00 73 2009-04-02T17:19:59+00:00 64 'Tis the time of year for looking back, and reminiscing. It is also the time for looking forward and predicting. So here are my "9 Things In 2009" 1. Apple releasing some sort of 'Touchscreen-Netbook-Newton-Big iPhone-Thing' <img src="http://www.mobilemag.com/content/images/16458_large.jpg" /> There's been talk for quite a while of a full touchscreen MacBook, there were also rumours of a new 'bigger than an iPhone, Newton-like device' which probably also has a full touchscreen. Cap that with a MacBook Nano thing, and it all starts to come into focus. I think that Apple will release all of these things, as one thing. Probably something like an A5 sized iPhone, it will have all of its software managed through app store, like the iPhone. Or wirelessly from another computer with a CD drive (like a MacBook Air). It'll be multicolored and cheap! 2. Growing boredom with Facebook <img src="http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/images/facebook1.jpg" width="300px" /> Just like we got bored with myspace and moved over to Facebook, we're all going to get bored of Facebook and move onto something else. Someone will successfully sue Facebook for holding private data and Facebook will be forced to shift its stance of holding information. And it'll crumble. We'll all find new social networks, someone will invent a Cross-Social-Network-Language (CSNL) which will allow us all to use a more niche social networks centred around things of more use (i.e. not SuperWalls). The new CSNL language will make someone very rich, that person wont share any of the money with me. 3. The commercialisation of Wikipedia <img src="http://acte.xtec.cat/usuaris/web167/PROJECTE/Wikipedia-logo.jpg" width="300px" /> At the moment wikipedia is solely supported by Wikimedia, a charitable foundation setup by Wikipedia owner Jimmy Wales. It survives entirely on dontations from users, I fear that 2009 will be the breaking point as it becomes a victim of it's own success. Much like YouTube was a virtually unworkable business at the point when Google bought it, Wikipedia will be snapped up and blighted by sponsorship and advertising. On the plus side someone will improve the interface and make it a bit more beautiful, not the dogs dinner it is at the moment. 4. Convergence <img src="http://www.ciadvertising.org/sa/spring_07/adv391k/camay128/convergence%20last%205%20years.gif" width="300px" /> Technological sooth-sayers will again call 2009 the year when 'convergence really will happen'. Except it wont. People still aren't ready for it, although people will realise that convergence will in fact be 'divergence' as we all buy and 'empty' device which we customise with software (kinda like the iPhone eh?). It wont happen this year, call me in 2011. 5. Internet Explorer <img src="http://www.istartedsomething.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/ie8-install.jpg" width="300px" /> The sound of a million webdeveloper's raising eyebrows will ringout around the world as they begin to use IE8 and find it behaving normally! As IE finally embraces web standards, the world of cross browser testing will begin to evaporate. People will sing and dance in the street as they find the internet working normally on all computers! However Microsoft will have the last laugh as IE9 comes out and screws it all up again. I've seen it happen. 6. Accessibility Officers for websites <img src="http://www.uberreview.com/wp-content/uploads/cursor-powered-by-humans.jpg" width="300px" /> Just as graphic design has stratified into subsections (illustration, typography, art direction) so too will website design undergo further division. Just as we have SEO experts today, there will be Accessibility experts tomorrow. Website have been moving toward better accessibility ever since HTML 2 separated content from design. We're all going to have to get used to designing for screen readers, those with visual impairment, and an infinite range of other considerations. Far from adversely affecting 'normal' users, it will make it better for all of us. 7. Digital Drawing boards <img src="http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Arts/drawings/DrawingMaterials/Drawingillustrating/drawingboard1.gif" width="300px" /> In one last statement of decadence before the credit crunch bites hard and we all have to learn suvivalism, Apple will release a iPhone the size of a piece of A3 paper. Multi-touch, gestural, low power LEDs. The works. They'll sell it at a loss for the first couple of months, we'll all get hooked and be asking Santa for one next xmas. 8. Digital paper <img src="http://www.mobilemag.com/content/images/2393_large.jpg" /> Digital paper will 'come-and-go' in 2009. Like many bits of new technology, it'll come out, be quite useful, be too expensive, disappear. But for that brief time it'll be everywhere. Expect animated flyers, packaging which has a built in manual, music packaging (download the track, get the artwork to hang on the wall), dashboards, mobile phones, eBook readers, anything that has an LED readout today that doesn't change too often. 9. BBC iPlayer becomes third biggest channel <img src="http://ontechnology.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/bbc-iplayer.jpg" /> If it hasn't already. As we all get used to watching BBC stuff whenever we want, and as it becomes better integrated into other provider's systems (Virgin Media, Sky etc). more people will watch iPlayer than BBC3, BBC4, and all the other BBC channels. The BBC will then sell this service to the rest of the world as a subsciption service and use it to fund the whole company. Here's to a happy and productive 2009. 2008-12-29T15:51:25+00:00 72 13 So, i'm sitting here posting a discussion on a website, listening to music i've just downloaded, avoiding work on a map i'll email to a client, having just updated an InDesign file that someone else will pdf and upload to an ftp server, then it'll be downloaded and projected from a laptop onto a wall in Vancouver. 10 minutes ago i took a screengrab of a 3D environment of a train station, the screengrab was saved onto our server, and then i inserted it into the presentation. I used a CD once in the whole process: to verify i owned the software to run the 3D environment, and even this will be superseded in a couple of weeks with an Open Source alternative. I probably use CD's once a fortnight at best. <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/CDROM.jpg" width="100%" /> And it struck me, how long before the CD drive goes the way of the floppy drive? <img src="http://uk.gizmodo.com/floppy.jpg" /> i reckon we've got about another 2 years before computers are sold without CD drives any more, Macbook Air is sort of on the way there. As soon as broadband becomes broad enough. And forget BluRay, its just another Laserdisc waiting to happen. <img src="http://www.laserdiscarchive.co.uk/laserdisc_archive/pioneer_ld-7000_advert.jpg" /> 2008-12-17T12:23:39+00:00 71 2008-12-18T15:45:43+00:00 13 If you're like me then you might get asked a lot of questions about things that are probably 'googleable' by the questioner. You're even more like me if you wonder why people don't answer the questions themselves. Here is the cynical way to send someone an answer: http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/ type in the google search and then forward the created link to the questioner. Here's an example: http://tinyurl.com/5tm2tw ta da! 2008-12-08T14:35:15+00:00 70 13 Apple has just announced that you can now buy the 3G iphone and get a pay as you go contract from 02 (uk only as far as i can see) http://www.apple.com/chatterbox/europe/2008/12/iphoneprepaidcloneaos/version4/uk/index_uk.html and just in time for Christmas! What a coincidence! So thats £350 for the phone and then £10 ish a month. Not too bad. I wonder if i can 'go legal' with my cracked 2g phone and make the most of app store? 2008-12-05T12:48:25+00:00 69 13 Just a quick note to anyone hanging out in central London tonight, The Modified Toy Orchestra ( www.myspace.com/toyorch ) are playing tonight in the Covent Garden Market with visuals by UVA ( www.uva.co.uk ). not sure what the deal is but Brian Duffy from the Orchestra was on BBC breakfast this morning talking about it. We're big fans of both UVA and MTO here at dynamo, and so hopefully get down to it. Pun intended. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gnzEB910Y4E&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gnzEB910Y4E&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> 2008-12-04T13:19:55+00:00 68 2008-12-05T11:43:48+00:00 13 Here's an interesting case study on email marketing, something that i'm sure many dynamo users will have worked on their time. Dell have employed the method of testing developed by Genichi Taguchi, which is almost too complicated for me to get into here, basically it is the approach of prototyping before building in order to rapidly ascertain the real world function of a design. Not exactly news to the design community, this is pretty much our M.O. but the examples of the Dell emails show the power of a simpler design with a clearer message. It all feels a bit obvious to me: clearer message and design = better user engagement. But never the less just seeing the before and afters and the stats about click throughs is interesting. http://www.taguchinow.com/success_stories_dell.html If you want to read more about Taguchi Method have a look at the Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taguchi_methods ) although i should warn you that it's pretty heavy stuff. 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href="http://www.newseum.org.nyud.net/media/dfp/jpg5/lg/TX_TDT.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://obama2008.s3.amazonaws.com/TX_TDT.jpg" /></a> <a rel="lightbox" href="http://www.newseum.org.nyud.net/media/dfp/jpg5/lg/TX_TMT.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://obama2008.s3.amazonaws.com/TX_TMT.jpg" /></a> <a rel="lightbox" href="http://www.newseum.org.nyud.net/media/dfp/jpg5/lg/TX_WTH.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://obama2008.s3.amazonaws.com/TX_WTH.jpg" /></a> <a rel="lightbox" href="http://www.newseum.org.nyud.net/media/dfp/jpg5/lg/UT_HJ.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://obama2008.s3.amazonaws.com/UT_HJ.jpg" /></a> <a rel="lightbox" href="http://www.newseum.org.nyud.net/media/dfp/jpg5/lg/UT_SLT.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://obama2008.s3.amazonaws.com/UT_SLT.jpg" /></a> <a rel="lightbox" href="http://www.newseum.org.nyud.net/media/dfp/jpg5/lg/VT_BFP.jpg"> 2008-11-07T17:03:19+00:00 66 13 found via Information Aesthetics ( http://infosthetics.com/ ) this is a funny little bit of advertising, probably not a million miles away from some people's desktops these days. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98846710@N00/3007961740/" title="über widget by MattCooperInLondon, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3217/3007961740_5e197d2b04_o.png" width="533" height="394" alt="über widget" /></a> have a look at it here: http://now.sprint.com/widget/ reminds me of the prophetic The Day Today: <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4e/Currency_cat.jpg" width="400"> 2008-11-06T11:52:09+00:00 65 13 thanks to <a href="http://mrnedselby.blogspot.com">Ned</a> at <a href="http://www.newfuturegraphic.co.uk/">New Future Graphic</a> for the tip, here's a great example of multitouch interfaces being useful in the real world, and not looking like it has to be as big as a table (nice try microsoft): <script src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/js/2.0/video/evp/module.js?loc=int&vid=/video/nitn.intl/2008/11/04/wnewsnow.edition.10.tue.cnn" type="text/javascript"></script><noscript>Embedded video from <a href="http://www.cnn.com/video">CNN Video</a></noscript> Almost makes the US electoral process look interesting 2008-11-04T16:57:41+00:00 64 13 I don't know if you've heard of this new advertising technique used on websites, they're called 'pop-ups' and they always deliver useful information just when you need it. Without even needing to click anything! <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98846710@N00/2997540668/" title="Welcome to politics in the 00s by MattCooperInLondon, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3251/2997540668_543e20fa40.jpg" width="500" height="233" alt="Welcome to politics in the 00s" /></a> Its a straightforward question, but a difficult one to answer... what is the internet coming to. 2008-11-03T00:10:37+00:00 63 13 Mark ( http://m44rk.blogspot.com/ ) pointed this one out to me the other day. As usual I was skeptical at first, but after a bit of digging around I thought i'd post something up about it. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98846710@N00/2989426374/" title="SOUNDCLOUD by MattCooperInLondon, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3296/2989426374_ebb944b487_m.jpg" width="240" height="211" alt="SOUNDCLOUD" /></a> I love the interface and interaction work that has gone into this site, nice touches everywhere, well written, nicely designed, visually engaging and very clean. All of the ingredients for a successful website. I have to say that just the sign up and upload procedure is a genuine pleasure, I really love this interface. It opens with a well produced intro video, as a complete novice about the service it felt like i needed a bit more explanation about what gap this service actually fills (although this is a symptom of all great 2.0 sites i suppose). <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98846710@N00/2989433458/" title="Soundcloud video by MattCooperInLondon, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3007/2989433458_1abd12f85f_m.jpg" width="240" height="145" alt="Soundcloud video" /></a> Like Blip they're keen to hear comments and feedback. and have clever bits of interface things, in track comments! <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98846710@N00/2988577809/" title="soundcloud track comments by MattCooperInLondon, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3240/2988577809_39f772f019_o.png" width="236" height="159" alt="soundcloud track comments" /></a> And its all nice a big. I'm sure we'll look back and laugh at the notion of pixel fonts in a few years. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98846710@N00/2988577905/" title="Soundcloud upload page by MattCooperInLondon, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3068/2988577905_5e6c966a80_m.jpg" width="240" height="192" alt="Soundcloud upload page" /></a> My only concern is the ease at which you can directly access the files (I wont tell you how, but it was the same flaw that Muxtape had) and essential steal the mp3s. Hopefully they can tighten this up. I'll get stuck into it... 2008-10-31T15:18:33+00:00 62 13 I found this via Crack Unit a month or two ago, I have to admit that I'm not able to eulogise about it in the same way that Mr Tait does. But I do enjoy using it, and quite like it as a change of pace to iTunes and podcasts. Its got that nice blend of gameness* that keeps you using it, and i've certainly heard songs i'd never otherwise have heard. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98846710@N00/2989412606/" title="blip.fm by MattCooperInLondon, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3150/2989412606_10b1d0fdd3_m.jpg" width="240" height="208" alt="blip.fm" /></a> do any of you use it? Click through and have a listen if you're so inclined: <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="BlipEmbedPlayer" height="150" width="100%" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab"><param name="movie" value="http://blip.fm/_/swf/BlipEmbedPlayer.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="FlashVars" value="username=internetmusicprogramme&limit=3" /><embed src="http://blip.fm/_/swf/BlipEmbedPlayer.swf" quality="high"height="150" width="100%" name="BlipEmbedPlayer" align="middle"play="true"loop="false"quality="high"allowScriptAccess="always"type="application/x-shockwave-flash"pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer"wmode="transparent"flashVars="username=internetmusicprogramme&limit=3"></embed></object> Internet Music Programme is my handle btw, its the podcast I do in my spare time if you're interested ( www.internetmusicprogramme.com ) shameless plugging, sorry. 2008-10-31T14:39:13+00:00 61 13 i'm sure you've already spotted this if you're: a. in the interactive design industry b. using iPlayer c. a fan of the the 'Tap <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3062/2869261371_d9e6881925.jpg?v=0"> Believe it or not, I value things like this more highly than faux reflection effects. 2008-10-31T14:28:42+00:00 60 13 For a very long time the world of graphic design (as an all encompassing term) has referenced the art world, using it as a rich source of material to draw influence from. Perhaps the most interesting cross over has been advertising's love of Surrealism. This is a particularly splendid example: <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jNBoJZN-KIk&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jNBoJZN-KIk&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> The lineage runs right up to the modern day with the Cadbury's Gorrilla and racing airport vehicles: <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BGYMMsPg_ME&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BGYMMsPg_ME&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Recently I got to wondering if there's any room in the world of websites for some surrealism. I can't think of any off the top of my head, I was reminded of this by the recent post http://www.dynamolondon.org/projects/182 which is almost surreal but falls short into the category of 'lazy metaphor stolen from cinema' which is infinitely less desirable. So could you have a surreal website? Or do the rules of interface design take precedence? I'm sure there are quite a lot of websites (like the Nokia one mentioned above) which do surrealism as part of a virtual environment, an immersive experience with a story to follow, but could you take the weirdness of Surrealism into a more mainstream website? Here's perhaps the greatest example of a surreal advert, Seriously what the hell is going on here? <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Yxbgm9Bmkzw&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Yxbgm9Bmkzw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> 2008-10-06T14:03:15+00:00 59 2008-10-08T20:19:51+00:00 13 Well, it seems that the might of the ancient music business has steamrolled another music internet site. <img src="http://muxtape.com/muxtape.jpg"> whether or not you agreed with the legal stand point of Muxtape, it did bring an interesting new way of sharing music to the people, a kind of podcast/radio show to anyone with an internet connection. You can read the fascinating story of the legal wrangling what Muxtape went through here: http://muxtape.com/ its really good to hear the true story behind it all. Next in the series of RIAA vs. Music: http://www.blip.fm/ 2008-09-29T11:06:47+00:00 58 2008-09-30T15:23:56+00:00 13 Project 10100 (pronounced "Project 10 to the 100th") is a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible. Here's how to join in. <img src="http://www.google.com/images/google_sm.gif"> http://www.project10tothe100.com/how_it_works.html 2008-09-26T13:12:20+00:00 57 2008-09-26T14:37:16+00:00 165 <img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2008/09/reckoner098234.jpg"> Radiohead have setup another remix opportunity, just like they did a couple of months ago with the "Big Ideas" track. That lead to some really interesting versions, perhaps most famously with this version: <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pmfHHLfbjNQ&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pmfHHLfbjNQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> hopefully this will lead to some interesting versions. Have a look at the details here: http://www.radioheadremix.com/ p.s. in true 2.0 fashion you can widgetise an entry: <object width="100%" height="355"> <param name="movie" value="http://radioheadremix.com/widget/remix_widget_reckoner.swf?remix_id=761"></param><embed src="http://radioheadremix.com/widget/remix_widget_reckoner.swf?remix_id=761" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> 2008-09-24T19:04:27+00:00 56 2008-10-06T14:28:47+00:00 13 Design consultant Martyn Perks claims that green design is making design weaker in the latest issue of spiked (nee Living Marxism): "Let the government, politicians and policymakers take the flak for the consequences of design, while leaving the designer with the job of recreating the world around us. The designer, while living in the real world, cannot be constrained by it, because it’s his or her job to make it better. " http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/5604/ *cough* http://url.ie/mtb 2008-08-22T16:21:29+00:00 55 2008-09-24T15:57:59+00:00 64 Flicking through my blog subscriptions this morning and something on crack unit caught my eye: <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3041/2759840380_91f0b5a10f.jpg" border="1"> see the full post here: http://www.crackunit.com/2008/08/13/making-a-youtube-band/ This struck me as a very good idea for public/private beta testing for cross browser compatibility. perhaps there could be a network of people out there who all help by doing cross browser testing for each other on smaller projects that don't have a budget for it. You spend 10 minutes looking at someone else's site and earn credits for use on your own sites. Everyone who works with websites knows how tedious it it to do proper cross browser testing (especially for Mac only studios like ours at AIG) at least this way you'd be looking at someone else's site, and not the one you've been slaving over for the last 3 months. Anyone out there like the idea? All it needs now is a clever 2.0 name like BetaOpenr... 2008-08-13T13:08:14+00:00 54 2008-08-17T08:56:51+00:00 13 Has anyone else received the A0 posters designed by Browns inviting you to submit entries to the Howard Smith design 2008 awards? I received another this week... it is number 4 of 6 and seems to be the biggest waste of paper I have ever seen. I have no problems with A0 posters - but I just don't get the point of these invites. It's a solid colour A0 poster, with a block of white out... would anyone put these things up? Can someone explain them to me? The last one was just yellow - rendering the type unreadable. Because it has come from the Browns camp I feel there could be something hidden until I receive the 6th and final poster - but it will have to be something amazing to justify that amount of waste. Any thoughts? 2008-07-29T14:10:55+00:00 53 2008-08-01T09:57:06+00:00 378 I don't want to turn this discussion section into a personal gripes section, but i got a response to my last one adn so i thought i'd post this just while its at the front of my mind. Google/Blogger has always seemed like a bit of an awkward combination, with Blogger not really fitting into google's minimal straight forward approach to life. This is highlighted by the disparate login options for those of use with blogger accounts that became google accounts. I've found at least three different login forms: <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3020/2691868771_c094501c30_o.png"> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3251/2691868727_a0a33f771d_o.png"> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3136/2691868651_d065281434_o.png"> Now aside from the different look and feel (which i can just about excuse) the most annoying thing is the changing language. Is it an email address or a username that i login with? I tried the username i usually use for these thing but to no avail, there isn't a 'forgot password' option on the one i'm using. If my username <i>is</i> my email then call it my email and do me a favour. moan moan moan. 2008-07-22T13:42:54+00:00 52 2008-07-23T22:04:09+00:00 13 I was joust bouncing round various blogs at lunchtime and while trying to subscribe to http://www.charlesfrith.com/ aka Punk Planning I was hit with this message. <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3060/2676563077_9609a83354_o.jpg"> Pretty annoying, especially when you've got used to blogs being totally free. Even more annoying because its a really good blog but i'm not organised enough to check back on it without a little RSS prompt from Safari. Ah well. 2008-07-17T15:29:42+00:00 51 2008-07-22T12:56:56+00:00 13 I'm just getting started with joomla. Initially it looks very powerful and spot on for what i'm doing. I was just wondering if anyone out there has used / is using it and if you have any tips or tricks thanks 2008-07-09T17:48:24+00:00 50 13 I have recently been given a quite horrendous brief from a client. It basically involves using a photo as a background image. Its not a nice image and i am trying to come up with compromises to show then to see that it is not really necessary to use it. Does anyone have any ideas or any websites that use this photography background successfully? Flash or HTML is does not matter so long as it looks clean and fresh. Thank you! 2008-05-28T15:33:33+00:00 49 2008-06-26T16:59:08+00:00 384 i'm sure muxtape isn't news to many of the up-to-the-minute dynamo london users out there, but i am intrigued to know if any of you use it. It feels a bit to chunky to me. and the whole process feels a bit uncomfrtable - i mean, where is all the music going? I'd love it if there was someone in a bedroom somewhere was getting thousands and thousands of mp3s for free. now we all chorus - 'why didn't i do that' www.muxtape.com 2008-05-27T18:04:10+00:00 48 13 A fascinating look at the similarities between Liberty City in the new Grand Theft Auto game and the parts of New York it was based on. Pretty amazing stuff that eclipses cut scene standard graphics from just a few years ago. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewj/sets/72157604988911230"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3039/2481356167_d28b4b7335.jpg"></a> i'm sure someone will post the game to the projects section soon too. Found via <a href="http://www.fubiz.net/blog/index.php?2008/05/14/1604-gta-liberty-city">fubiz</a> 2008-05-15T15:26:18+00:00 47 2008-05-22T15:47:24+00:00 13 Here in the AIG studio yesterday, we got to musing on what musicians would be called if they were typefaces, and came up with the following list of names: The Futura Heads Anthony And The New Johnstons Sly And The Family Stone Sans Gill Sans Heron Slim 'ITC' Galliard Caslonnie Donegan Then someone got a bit clever and suggested a visual: http://anygivenname.org/load/2007/10/helvetica.jpg which caused some debate as to its eligiblity. Someone (ok, it was me) suggested that The Faces embraces just about every music/font, except perhaps for The Small Faces (thanks Matt), and that seemed to be an end to it. Following a delightful lunch at St John today, however, with Mark Hurst and pals, the idea raised it's head again and a few more gems were suggested (mainly by Martyn), including: Cooper Black Sabbath (my favourite) Futura Black Rebel Motor Cycle Club Letrazeppelin (lead singer Robert Plantin) Garamond Glitter Eurostyle Council Frank Zapf (and his daughter Moon Unit Zappa) Back at the studio, things started to disintegrate again with the suggestion that the crazy frog did a tune called 'wingdingdingdingdings'. And then everyone tried to out-obscure one another with suggestions like: 18pt Wheeler Nick Kernshaw and the ridiculous idea that Tangerine Dream's 1972 album, Atem, could be played backwards. Mark Hurst, in his infinite wisdom, had insisted that we post this to dynamo and thus encourage further contributions. So here we are. I leave you with celebrated punks, Ed Upper & Lower Case, and Generation X-height... 2008-04-25T16:42:24+00:00 41 2008-05-12T12:33:34+00:00 21 The Webby People's Voice award has opened to voters today. This is the link: http://pv.webbyawards.com Once you've registered (it only takes a second) you can vote for your favourites from five nominees in Web and Mobile Sites, Interactive Advertising and Online Film & Video. I haven't had good look at the nominees yet. I'll have more to say, once I've checked out the talent. 2008-04-09T09:26:10+00:00 39 165 Just thought I'd post up the new pitchfork.tv beta. It'll likely change lots, and sorry it is not Lndn based but promising none the less. Maybe it'll be worthy of a full project post in the future. http://pitchfork.tv/ 2008-04-07T19:08:30+00:00 38 2008-08-08T16:32:37+00:00 70 I have just received this link from a friend: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3666992.ece I'm sure I'm not the only one who says "ooo that’s a nice clean shiny one" then look to see what the date is. But will you be saying ooo that’s nice to these new editions... 2008-04-03T11:26:24+00:00 37 2008-04-15T19:16:42+00:00 342 Another little online presentation found via www.slideshare.net this time its a raher good overview of interface design full of great quotes from some familiar names. It touches on some broader concepts and ideas which are equally applicable to all fields of design. i'm not sure who Garrett Dimon is as his site seems to be down as I write this, but he seems to know what he's talking about (even if he doesn't know the difference between two hyphens and a dash) <div style="width:425px;text-align:left" id="__ss_49815"><object style="margin:0px" width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=improving-interface-design-29757"/><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><embed src="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=improving-interface-design-29757" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div style="font-size:11px;font-family:tahoma,arial;height:26px;padding-top:2px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/?src=embed"><img src="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/logo_embd.png" style="border:0px none;margin-bottom:-5px" alt="SlideShare"/></a> | <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/garrettdimon/improving-interface-design?src=embed" title="View 'Improving Interface Design' on SlideShare">View</a> | <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/upload?src=embed">Upload your own</a></div></div> 2008-03-27T11:31:26+00:00 36 2008-03-27T15:01:02+00:00 13 To anyone who works on screen based projects: please watch/read this excelent presentation by Mark Boulton about typography. Crimes against typography will be avoided! Quality is increased! People will rejoice! <div style="width:425px;text-align:left" id="__ss_158392"><object style="margin:0px" height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=better-typography-1194448571309611-4"/><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><embed src="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=better-typography-1194448571309611-4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div style="font-size:11px;font-family:tahoma,arial;height:26px;padding-top:2px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/?src=embed"><img src="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/logo_embd.png" style="border:0px none;margin-bottom:-5px" alt="SlideShare"/></a> | <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/markboultondesign/better-typography" title="View this slideshow on SlideShare">View</a> | <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/upload">Upload your own</a></div></div><img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/CIMP/Jmx*PTEyMDY*NTY*NTM2NDEmcHQ9MTIwNjQ1NjcwOTIzMyZwPTEwMTkxJmQ9Jm49.jpg" /> Have a look at Mark Boulton's journal, a blog worth following: http://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal 2008-03-25T14:54:54+00:00 35 2008-03-26T11:25:42+00:00 13 A very interesting slideshow presentation version of a talk given by Dave Gray of Communication nation http://communicationnation.blogspot.com/ <div style="width:425px;text-align:left" id="__ss_46601"><object style="margin:0px" height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=be-like-the-internet-8-steps-to-success-in-a-post-20-world-14857"/><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><embed src="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=be-like-the-internet-8-steps-to-success-in-a-post-20-world-14857" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div style="font-size:11px;font-family:tahoma,arial;height:26px;padding-top:2px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/?src=embed"><img src="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/logo_embd.png" style="border:0px none;margin-bottom:-5px" alt="SlideShare"/></a> | <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/Thor/be-like-the-internet-8-steps-to-success-in-a-post-20-world" title="View this slideshow on SlideShare">View</a> | <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/upload">Upload your own</a></div></div><img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/CIMP/Jmx*PTEyMDY*NDQxNzgwNTcmcHQ9MTIwNjQ*NDE4MzgxNSZwPTEwMTkxJmQ9Jm49.jpg" /> It was part of SXSW which i thought was just a music festival, but it looks like much more than that. Must look into going to this next year. I probably need to start offsetting the carbon now. 2008-03-25T11:28:28+00:00 34 13 Being the cynical new media type it's not often i'm wowed by a bit of video, but this really caught my eye. http://www.peliculasponder.com/2004/content/directors/gi_01.htm Not because its technically so astounding (which it is) but more because it is really rather beautiful. Found via http://dangermain.typepad.com/dan_germain/ 2008-03-17T11:19:16+00:00 33 2008-03-17T11:21:43+00:00 13 After attending the designs of the year opening at the Design museum on Tuesday I thought a topic discussing the shortlist seemed appropriate. I was one of the nominators, so I thought to get the ball rolling I would post my quick reasons for choosing the two of my nominations that were shortlisted. These were meant to be included in the exhibition but were sadly omitted. I think it would be worthwhile to see WHO is nominating (a short bio perhaps) and their reasons WHY. -------- 1 Rites, Klaus Obermaier/LPO, Royal Festival Hall http://tinyurl.com/2gw8ne I should start by saying that I didn't really care for the aesthetic they chose for this piece, it was a bit 'generic futuristic' for my tastes but the idea at the heart of the piece is very interesting. I'm not usually a fan of interactive works being 'performed' but I was very impressed with how stylish and graceful this piece was, with all the elements (3D, sound reactive, camera tracking, live music, performance) working perfectly together. The staging was very simple and really helped reinforce the link between the movement of the live dancer and her onscreen persona. Camera tracking is certainly not a new idea but it was very inspiring to see it handled so deftly and playing to a full house of regular paying patrons, not just the usual crowd of interactive designers. 2 Unlimited Web Page/ POKE http://unlimited.orange.co.uk/flash/go A fun site that encourages the user to play about and spend time on the page and therefore with the brand. What impressed me most about the site was the wealth of play opportunities on offer and the care and attention the designs have clearly lavished on it . The core idea of a long web page is great but they have taken it a step further with great illustrations and lots of simple, engaging interactive toys. ----- so, anyone been? any thoughts? 2008-02-14T14:39:26+00:00 32 2008-04-07T10:59:14+00:00 28 I have only just started to actively search out and subscribe to blogs, I was initially put off by the generally low standards of writing and the obscurity of the content. That changed recently when I found Iain Tait and Russell Davies' blogs and became an immediate fan of both. Well written by people with an understanding of design but without being a geeky trawl of the graphic environment. I recommend both and i'm looking for more. I'm also interested in the niche blogs out there, 'Who needs friends...' is a great blog about pens by illustrator/designer Richard Hogg. Insightful and knowledgeable it really strikes a chord with me. So I was wondering if anyone else has any good blogs they'd recommend, not necessarily just design blogs (but that'd be a good start) anything that has caught you eye. Video blogs and picture blogs would be good too. I also recommend the Daily Monster, a great example of a video blog. So post them as comments below and share the wealth Iain tait http://www.crackunit.com/ Russell Davies http://russelldavies.typepad.com/ Who Needs Friends... http://pens.h099.com/ The Daily Monster http://344design.typepad.com/ 2008-01-21T11:34:04+00:00 31 2008-02-06T16:34:03+00:00 13 Some of you may have seen recently that the GLA are in the process of commissioning a new piece of work to be installed on the empty 'fourth plinth' in Trafalgar Square. No question about the pedigree of the artists in the running, but when I heard what their various propositions are I was a little surprised. Anthony Gormley plans to invite members of the public to take turns on the plinth. Tracey Emin would like to put a modestly sized model of a meer cat family. Also in the running Anish Kapoor is proposing some impressive looking cloud mirrors. There's also a burnt out car from Iraq, a giant ship in a bottle and a solar and wind powered light sculpture. have a look here http://www.london.gov.uk/fourthplinth/plinth/future.jsp Now, don't get me wrong the complexity and scale of this project is, in itself, a mammoth task but something about all of these suggestions seemed more like the kind you might get from a secondary school project. It was this original dismissiveness that lead me to ask 'Well, if you're so clever, what would you do?' As yet I don't have an answer, but I thought it might be an interesting question to put to dynamo members, i'm sure there are plenty of interactive and exhibition designers who would relish such an opportunity. So what would you do? The only restrictions the artists face are: no drilling into the plinth and no source of electricity (solar-, wind-power etc are fine) 2008-01-09T17:06:56+00:00 30 2008-01-11T17:46:47+00:00 13 I was recently asked by a colleague to contribute to a promotional book for a paper company. The contribution comprised of answering a few questions about my relationship with paper as a designer. I had been asked to participate because I work in the specific fields of digital and information, both of which don't use very much paper as part of the final solution. As I began to answer the questions I realised that my feelings about paper have changed rather a lot since I was an enthusiastic G.C.S.E art student, painting water colours and being quite picky about the brand of cartridge paper I used. I haven't bought specialist paper in years and the last job which involved specifying paper essentially boiled down to gloss, silk or matte. I chose matte. This has got me to thinking about the digital designer's relationship with paper, what do you use paper for? Do you work on jobs which require a choice about paper? Is paper just a format you use for developing digital work? Do you recycle? Where does paper fit in your process? Has the computer changed you relationship with paper? When was the last time you got excited about paper? 2007-12-05T04:31:29+00:00 29 2007-12-20T04:33:11+00:00 13 What would happen if an individual (rather than an organisation or a product or a process ) asked to be redesigned, rebranded and relaunched? Obviously surgery and education will do this already, but what if I walked into an agency and contracted them to do so? I am interested to hear this communities thoughts. What are the possibilities? Or is this a stupid idea? 2007-10-28T00:02:07+00:00 28 2007-11-10T04:44:02+00:00 250 <p>We're delighted to say that the <b>iDesign conference</b> at the London Design Festival went down a treat. If you wanted to know where exactly this country is up to with interactive design, then we think the <a href="http://www.dynamolondon.org">Dynamo</a> team nailed it with this conference.</p> <p><strong>Some YouTube videos of the presentations should appear here soon. Podcasts are already </strong><a href="http://69.89.31.94/~nmkcouk/2007/09/13/idesign-podcasts/"><strong>available</strong></a><strong>. They are also available</strong> <strong>through iTunes </strong><a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=264354911"><strong>here</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.dandad.org/">Simon Waterfall</a> - our conference chair - laid out the shape of the day and explained why this discussion was so important. Simon's rigorous time-keeping, intelligent contributions and withering put-downs kept the day running smoothly and we'd like to offer a virtual cheer for his efforts here (Yay!).</p> <p><a href="http://www.creativelondon.org.uk/">Tom Campbell</a> - head of creative industries at the <a href="http://www.lda.gov.uk/">LDA</a> - explained why the digital design industry is so important. Eight percent of this country's business revenues can be directly linked to the creative industries, potentially outstripping financial services as our most important export. This segment's growth is double the rate of the rest of UK industry at the moment. There's still a lot of work to do, though, and Tom wants to hear from potential contributors in need of funding or other assistance.</p> <p>David Kester from the <a href="http://www.design-council.org.uk/">Design Council</a> explained why it's so important that digital, interactive design receives the credit it's due. The creative industries as a whole are burgeoning, but it's interactive that leads the pack when it comes to solid financial growth: the London design scene, in particular, is humming. While policy and design might seem like opposites, it's the Design Council's job to put those two things together.</p> <p>The first session of the day emerged as something of a head-to-head. Psychologist <a href="http://www.nickbaylis.com/">Dr. Nick Baylis</a> explained how our love-affair with technology might be endangering far more important parts of our lives. Are we spreading ourselves too thin by taking on virtual friendships when hugging and kissing our 'real-life' friends would make us healthier? Baylis believes we're spreading ourselves too thin by attempting to maintain dozens (hundreds?) of online friendships. His nemesis - arguably - came in the form of BBC technology writer <a href="http://www.andfinally.com/">Bill Thompson</a>, who argued that technology was innocent. The Internet is giving 14-year-old girls (and the rest of us) a freedom and flexibility that not even Le Roi Soleil, Louis XIV, experienced. What followed was certainly 'healthy debate': technophiles raged against the suggestion that their lives were less full or their relationships more shallow because they chose to conduct those relationships through online media. Our speakers, on the other hand, ended up agreeing with each other on some significant points!</p> <p>The second panel session of the day was pretty diverse, but united around the theme of how design and technology is affecting the lives of everyone, not just a digital elite. <a href="http://pixellove.wordpress.com/">Toby Barnes</a>, who heads up <a href="http://www.pixel-lab.co.uk/">Pixel-Lab</a>, explained the state of play in computer games.&#xA0; He argued that more is not always better. Commentators on this scene often obsess about the degree of graphical detail in games, for example, but there are far more important challenges around involving the mainstream in gaming, especially when it comes to women. <a href="http://neoco.com/">Benn Achileas</a> of Neoco spoke about the elements of good and evil in digital marketing. His main point was that the vast amount of content on the Web means that marketeers need to offer real value in order to compete with the free material that is readily available. Gerry Griffin spoke about the difficulty experienced by people trying to educate in the current climate. He had the modesty to avoid talking about his own product, <a href="http://www.skill-pill.com/">Skill Pill</a>, which might alleviate that situation - it's mobile learning in short segments, delivered through your mobile phone. </p> <p><img id="id" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1243/1402290446_2ff93d27be.jpg?v=0" /> </p> <p><a href="http://www.beepmarketing.com">Helen Keegan</a> gave a great overview of the mobile scene as it stands, with a keen insight that while location-based services appear to be the flavour of the month, context-based services offer considerably more promise. The information we would like to receive standing at Piccadilly Circus at noon on Tuesday is considerably different to what we want to hear about at 9pm on Friday night, for example. </p> <p><img id="id" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1058/1402308526_0b9fc07f0e.jpg" /> </p> <p>During the breaks, thanks to our good friends at <a href="http://www.cybersalon.org/">Cybersalon</a>, there was the opportunity to see some of the more avant garde elements of the digital design world with contributions from design projects based at Channel 4, Cambridge University, <a href="http://www.sennep.com/">Sennep</a>, <a href="http://www.troika.uk.com">Troika</a>, <a href="http://www.somethingonline.org/">Someth;ng</a>, <a href="http://proboscis.org.uk/">Proboscis</a>, <a href="http://fijuu.com/">Fijuu</a> and Igloo. However, the <a href="http://www.futureofsound.org/index1.htm">lunchtime presentation</a> from former pop idol and now major music theorist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyn_Ware">Martyn Ware</a> with contributions from <a href="http://showstudio.com/">SHOWstudio</a>, <a href="http://www.jasonbruges.com/">Jason Bruges Studio</a>, and Soda Creative was very much in danger of stealing the show. The feedback from that session was extremely positive and we'll be approaching Martyn with a view to a standalone session very shortly.</p> <p>The afternoon consisted of two panel debates, united under the banner of 'the design response'. Given the fragmented, multi-media world that people today inhabit - the morning panel's theme - what are designers to do? <a href="http://www.clivegrinyer.com">Clive Grinyer</a> from mobile operator Orange discussed the extent to which designers need to take leadership on product design. If products are designed for 'normal people' and designers are (loosely) normal people then their insight into what works and what doesn't ought to take precedence over marketing managers obsessed with average revenue per user and the feature-count on the side of the box. Grinyer spoke of the debt of responsibility designers carry: while he's an advocate of knowing the audience in order to inform a design, handing responsibility over to that audience in the form of voting or user-created donations seemed to him an abrogation of that duty. <a href="http://elliotjaystocks.com/blog/">Elliot Jay Stocks</a> came from the opposite side of that debate. He talked about how he'd engaged his (former) audience in the re-design of Carson Systems' <a href="http://www.carsonified.com/">site</a>, blogging and discussing changes and new ideas with users in minute detail.Their insight - both positive and negative - had allowed the design to more properly respect the views, tastes and ideas of the community that used the site. Also, how the internet designer bugbears of usability, accessibility, standards and guidelines might also be our friends.</p> <p>Two case studies of interactive design in the public sphere followed. Steve Flaherty gave an outline of his company, <a href="http://www.starsightproject.com/en/africa/index.php">Starsight</a>. Starsight is solar-powered streetlighting that contains an integrated wi-fi hub that is powered by the same battery. Aimed at the developing world, the design considerations included the need for variable ingredients for the construction of the lights, so that they could be made from local resources in any part of the world, and the ways in which they could be made secure - in places where any metal has significant worth - by feeding into the community through their educational contribution (internet access, light for tradespeople working at night) and thus becoming protected by the communities it is placed into. </p> <p><img id="id" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1362/1402814216_c7c9a3d9b6.jpg?v=0" /> </p> <p>Channel 4 commissioner Adam Gee described the <a href="http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/B/bigart/">bigartproject</a>. Members of the public take pictures of public art using their mobile phones and upload it to the website, to be shared with other contributors and viewers. The project is destined to be a short television series next year and is perhaps unique in the way it is 'crowdsourcing' the subject matter of those programmes.</p> <p>Chaired by Design Week Editor, Lynda Relph-Knight, our final session challenged four leading interactive designers to present the work of another designer who had inspired them. <a href="http://airside.co.uk/about/">Nat Hunter</a> presented the work of Yugo Nakamura, from his earliest <a href="http://www.yugop.com/">web toys</a> to his <a href="http://uniqlo.archive.tha.jp/us/index.html">engagingly toy-like work</a> for clothes store Uniqlo. <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/98a/689">Tom Roope</a> discussed the work of Hans Bernhard, a digital design interventionist whose work embraces the concept that design might not be about appearances, but ideas. Berhard has created interventions such as voteauction.com (no longer around, it seems), which hit news headlines and challenged ideas about the sponsorship of political campaigns in the States. Eva Rucki from <a href="http://www.troika.uk.com/troika%20design%20index.htm">Troika</a> talked about the need to re-introduce subjectivity into technology if we want to engage people, with examples like the <a href="http://www.troika.uk.com/virus.htm">Newton Virus</a> and the <a href="http://www.kirchersociety.org/blog/?p=116">Cat Piano</a>. Finally, <a href="http://www.aiglondon.com">Malcolm Garrett</a> presented the work of <a href="http://www.cogapp.com/home/">Cogapp</a> for the MoMA gallery: not a flashy piece of work, but exhibiting real genius when it comes to information design and recognition of what users really want and need when they approach a gallery site.</p> <p><em>Photos by Darrell Berry, </em><a href="http://www.BigShinyThing.com"><em>BigShinyThing.com</em></a><em>.</em></p> <p></p> 2007-09-21T11:24:48+00:00 27 2007-09-26T03:48:27+00:00 64 Please feel free to take a look at my first uploaded project. Currently still in development, but this is the raw footage. Let me know what you think either here, or in the comments pages. http://www.dynamolondon.org/projects/105 2007-09-21T07:16:01+00:00 26 235 Why is it that once again, there are only 2 women speakers out of a total of 21? When the gender balance is so unbalances, how can a conference "examine the impact of digital interactive media on ALL of our lives"? There are plenty of interesting women working in this area, why can't organisers of conferences try a bit harder to include them? 2007-09-18T00:12:30+00:00 25 2007-10-03T17:12:05+00:00 232 Something interesting has happened to tv adverts over the last few years, and i suspect it can be traced back to Intel adverts in the early 90s. It seems to be a growing trend particularly in big international brands, and I find it espacially annoying. I'm talking about the practice of 'sound branding', I call it this because I can't find any official title for it, perhaps 'audio logo' is more appropriate, some might even call it a jingle. The all to familiar "bing-bong-bing-bing" which invaded your consciousness in 1991 accompanied Intel-Inside adverts, then due to an interesting piece of marketing Intel subsidised other adverts for products which used the intel chips. A clever move which ensured Intel's sonic stamp has been placed on thousands of adverts ever since. This sparked something of a revolution, over the subsequent years more and more brands adopted audio logos, infuriatingly catchy yet somehow subconscious, I imagine you would find the majority of regular tv watchers could associate a visual and audio logo, probably without even realising it. I wonder what people's thoughts are on this? Does it add richnes in this multimedia age we are living in? Is it a crude onslaught under the guise of multimedia? Do these things work? What do they achieve? The obvious benefit of a visual logo is the repetition in a number of locations, specifically in the shop where you buy the goods advertised. You recognise the Hovis logo from the advert and then see it emblazoned across the loaf of bread in Tesco's, but what advantage is gained from an audio logo? So, dynamo members, what do you think? (de-de-la-la-de) 2007-08-02T01:16:20+00:00 24 2008-08-12T14:03:32+00:00 13 I posted facebook onto dynamolondon in March ( http://www.dynamolondon.org/projects/53 ) and it got some positive feedback, I have noticed since then a massive increase in the number of people using it. Facebook’s own statistics tell us that in the month of March alone page views jumped from 1 billion a day to 1.5 billion. That in it self is an amazing statistic and since then it had launched Facebook Platform, essentially an open source approach to the data it holds. Now if you’re so inclined you can go to http://developers.facebook.com and watch the rather dull keynote given by the young chap behind facebook. I warn you it is rather techy. In short he has announced the opening up of facebook into a resource in which developers can create applications based on facebook as an information resource and communications platform. Users of facebook will already have noticed that this means you can now share videos, music and files as well as a whole host of other tools (of varying flippancy) through the same interface. It also points the way forward for the relationships between users and the tools they use to connect to each other. So, are there any new converts out there? New users, old users, developers and facebookers, what do you think of this change? Personally I still rather dislike the design, I can’t understand why the top right hand corner doesn’t line up properly, perhaps I can write an application to fix this... 2007-06-05T14:09:01+00:00 23 2007-10-28T00:19:12+00:00 13 Hello I realise I can adjust the size of the text using apple+ but it seems to me that at my default setting the size of the text is just too small to read, and especially with it being in light grey as well! It is particularly hard to read in 'what's been said' http://www.dynamolondon.org/projects/62 sorry malcolm! 2007-05-22T02:30:03+00:00 22 2007-07-25T07:16:04+00:00 28 The third __dynamo london__ event, in association with NMK and Design Week was a great success. The venue was the The CC Club in the bowels of the Trocadero, which once you'd negotiated your way in, proved to be a relaxed and intimate space conducive to this kind of event. Chaired by Design Week's editor __Lynda Relph-Knight__, with short presentations from __dynamo london__'s __Malcolm Garrett__ (AIG), __Clive Grinyer__ (Orange France Telecom) and __Simon Crab__ (Lateral). The evening saw some lively and animated debate with audience contributions from Harriet Devoy (Apple), Nico Macdonald (Spy) and Deborah Dawton (DBA) amongst many others. NMK's editor (and __dynamo london__ member) __Ian Delaney__ has written an excellent summary of what was an engaging and interesting discussion: http://www.nmk.co.uk/article/2007/04/25/not-just-pretty-faces We'd love to hear from anyone else that attended. 2007-04-26T04:14:39+00:00 21 2007-04-27T11:54:01+00:00 21 hey you lot. I just signed up and to my horror noticed no RSS feed! How do you survive? Are there plans for one, especially in the 3 main areas? See you on the 24th(?). 2007-04-12T03:51:26+00:00 18 2007-04-26T04:51:21+00:00 150 Something really interesting happened when we launched our new id project www.madeinbunch.com, which is an initiative to get other designers to bastardise our logo which we will then turn into our new id. We found that out of the forty or so who have so far had a go, only 3 were girls! And that's myself included! I KNOW there are female designers out there, so where are they hiding? I remember when I was at LCP, our course was split 50/50, boys/girls, so where are they now? Nille (who I presume is a girl) actually addressed this point in her bastardisation of the Bunch logo. Anyone got any ideas? 2007-04-11T09:02:14+00:00 17 2007-10-01T06:13:21+00:00 149 i know recruiting is always a nightmare, but it does currently seem to be a major issue. i'd like to see if we can use dynamo london to help ease the burden in any way - any realistic suggestions would be really welcome. 2007-03-06T08:49:23+00:00 15 2007-04-26T05:33:49+00:00 24 We at Illustrious believe that sound design should be regarded on an equal footing with visual design as an extremely engaging and powerful tool - particularly in this supersturated visual world we live in. What do you think? 2007-02-17T02:27:41+00:00 14 2007-02-28T03:42:09+00:00 30 Nice article about <b>dynamo london</b> and a lovely photo of Malcolm (loving the Westwood!) http://tinyurl.com/3ajj7m 2007-02-05T07:37:06+00:00 12 2007-02-06T13:18:43+00:00 24 <strong>dynamo london</strong>'s second event in association with NMK was a sell out success. NMK's editor (and <strong>dynamo london</strong> member) Ian Delaney has written an excellent summary of what was an engaging and interesting discussion: http://www.nmk.co.uk/article/2007/01/31/beers-and-innovations7 the event was also blogged about at: http://broadstuff.com/archives/135-Innovative-Agency-Theory-or-how-to-get-a-head-in-Advertising.html http://ivankamajic.com/?p=26 http://www.stephantual.com/index.cfm?fa=contentNews.newsDetails&newsID=8473&from=list we'd love to hear from anyone else that attended. 2007-02-05T07:05:39+00:00 11 2007-02-27T07:43:16+00:00 24 OK, so this is slightly tangential, and not really a discussion topic in itself, but it should get you thinking, and talking... If you have any interest at all in the origins of the business we work in, and care to know how the hardware and software that shaped it came to be the way it is, then consult <b>Designing Interactions</b> by Bill Moggridge, founder of product design company IDEO, and designer of the first laptop computer. It is packed full of discussion material. In the book, on the DVD, and on the website, he interviews nearly forty major contributors to the development of personal computing and hypermedia in all its guises, from Doug Engelbart (inventor of the mouse) to John Meada (associate professor of design and computation at MIT). It reminded me of all the reasons I got inspired by this stuff in the first place. Absolutely indispensable. Check it out at the website: http://www.designinginteractions/chapters 2007-01-25T15:58:58+00:00 10 2007-05-31T10:43:37+00:00 21 We are really open to suggestions for events about subjects which are important to you. Please let us know what kind of events you'd like to attend. * Have you been to an event which had an interesting format? * Are there business challenges that you are facing that might be addressed through discussion with your peers? * Are there any strategically important topics which you'd like to explore with your industry peers? Let us know and we'll try our best to tailor our programme to your requirements. 2006-12-15T09:53:57+00:00 8 2007-10-31T03:04:30+00:00 21 We've been calling this field we work in 'new media' for what seems like, well... a very, very long time. It is hardly 'new' any more. Can we really not find a name that is more accurate and actually works for it? 2006-12-13T15:00:44+00:00 7 2007-07-12T07:34:41+00:00 21 The evening of Tuesday 12 December saw the glittering launch of the website, and commencement of the event programme. <b>Malcolm Garrett</b> chaired the evening with <b>SImon Waterfall</b> (Poke), <b>Sanky</b> (AllofUs), <b>Jason Bruges</b> (Jason Bruges Studio) and <b>Andy Cameron</b> (Fabrica) all delighting the audience with examples of work that they most admire. My personal favourite was the mobile phone controlled light cannons. NMK has on its site a comprehensive report on the event: http://www.nmk.co.uk/article/2006/12/19/christmas-06-lecture There is also a rather nice write up from Chris O'Shea: http://www.pixelsumo.com/post/christmas-lecture And this from Lisa Devaney on her VOX blog: http://lisadevaney.vox.com/library/post/tis-the-season-to-wish-you-did-more.html 2006-12-13T11:55:13+00:00 6 24