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When Creativity Applications Hamper Creativity

  • Apple, Apple iOS, Content and Copy, Design, Design Tools and Software, Information Design and Architecture, Interaction Design, Interface and Navigation Design, Mac OS, Microsoft, Product design, Usability

Creating content in a “workshop” environment inspires the creativity that result-oriented interfaces stifle.

Article by Anastasios Karafillis
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Refining Simplicity

  • Apple, Content and Copy, Design, Gaming, Information Design and Architecture, Interaction Design, Interface and Navigation Design, Mac OS, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Product design, Psychology and Human Behavior, Simplicity, Technology, Twitter

There are some simple things you can do to make sure your designs stay simple and user-centric.

Article by Jared Lewandowski
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User Interface: Windows 8 Style

  • Android, Apple iOS, Content and Copy, Content Strategy, Design, Design Tools and Software, Flow and Immersion, Gestures, HTML5, Human factors, Information Design and Architecture, Interaction Design, Interface and Navigation Design, iPad, iPhone, Mac OS, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Mobile Applications, Mobile Technology, Operating Systems, Product Releases and Redesigns, Psychology and Human Behavior, Tablet, Technology, Touch, Usability, Web

The unique interface features and horizontal navigation of Windows 8 present a wealth of challenges and opportunities to designers.

Article by Konstantinos Drachtidis
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Improving User Experience in Manuals

  • Consumer products, Content and Copy, Content Strategy, Customer Experience, Data visualization, Design, Development, Information Design and Architecture, Interaction Design, Interface and Navigation Design, Microsoft, Privacy and Data Security, Product design, User Acceptance Testing

Help users make the most of the instruction manual that comes with a product by taking a user-centric approach to writing it.

Article by Anastasios Karafillis
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Designing In and Around the Windows 8 Ecosystem

  • Content and Copy, Content Strategy, Data visualization, Design, Design Tools and Software, Digital Publishing and eBooks, Flow and Immersion, Interaction Design, Interface and Navigation Design, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Mobile Applications, Mobile Technology, New and Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Product design, Tablet, Technology, Touch

The unique features and attributes of Windows 8 present designers with opportunities to mature the OS and help users learn its ins and outs.

Article by Tiffany Chow
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Re-Introducing Page Description Diagrams

  • Business Value and ROI, Data visualization, Design, Design Tools and Software, Flow and Immersion, Information Design and Architecture, Interaction Design, Internal Company Dynamics, Microsoft, Mobile Technology, Product design, Project Management, Requirements and Specifications, Research Tools and Software, Sketching, Vendor-Client Relationships, Wireframes, Working With Stakeholders, Workshops and Brainstorming

A useful blast from the past, PDDs let you work with clients to organize site priorities without muddling design.

Article by Colin Butler, Andrew Wirtanen
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