Once again, it’s time for the Seattle Design Festival, the Northwest’s largest public design happening. The annual event brings together experts, city leaders, and citizens to celebrate and explore the ways design improves the quality of our lives. The theme for 2013 is “Design in Health” and explores the connection between environmental design, health, and well-being. This … Continue reading
Perhaps the most beloved book on color for artists, Joseph Albers’ “Interaction of Color,” is now available for your iPad, thanks to Potion and Yale University Press. The app features two hours of video content, and 63 color plates. Users can create their own studies, share their work on social media sites, and read text … Continue reading
Coming this fall is Apple’s new iOS 7. The company’s marketing message hits home how Apple products have become a part of our everyday lives. The products themselves take a backseat… but how we use them to make our lives better takes center stage. But how does the new OS look? Rumor had it that … Continue reading
© MARTINA DALTON, Designer, Allovus Design UX Designers are in big demand these days. Luckily for Allovus, we have Steve Godfrey on our team. What makes Steve so special? He is the ultimate problem solver. “The ability to problem-solve is really at the core of good UI and UX design,” Steve says. “I like the … Continue reading
One of the many challenge designers face these days is designing for more than one platform and more than one device. As a result, we’re seeing the phrase interaction designer being referenced and tossed about. A recent video produced by the Windows Phone Design Studio and Bassett & Partners gives a thought provoking look at interactive design and … Continue reading
© STEVE GODFREY, UX Designer, Allovus Design In many ways the UI and UX Designers share some overlapping skill sets. They are both visually sensitive, and understand a great deal about the users’ needs. However, typically the UI designer will start where the UX designer leaves off. User Interface design tasks include: Creating visual explorations. Multiple compositions … Continue reading
© STEVE GODFREY, UX Designer, Allovus Design Usually smaller companies work with a “designer,” or a design “team” composed of a designer and developer when developing products. This can be an excellent choice for smaller design projects or for creating a working prototype. However, for larger projects involving a lot of developers and complex user interactions, companies … Continue reading
A great feature about the reinvention of the Cleveland Museum of Art and how their redesign, by Local Projects, is a case study in blending the physical and virtual worlds in an engaging way for museum visitors of all ages. Five great videos are embedded in the article written by Cliff Kuang, design editor at Fast Company. From … Continue reading
UX DESIGNER|APPLICATION DESIGN. Allovus is looking for great UX Designers with experience in product research, information architecture and interaction design to create well-functioning corporate websites, software applications, or consumer electronics devices. The UX Designer should be able produce user requirements specifications, users (personas), storyboards, scenarios, flowcharts, design prototypes, design specifications, information architecture, interaction design, and … Continue reading
Paper FiftyThree recently won the Best in Category Award for “Expressing”. “Paper” is a simple and beautiful app for the iPad. It allows you to express ideas as sketches, diagrams, illustrations, notes or drawings and instantly share them across the web. They were one of 25 global winners in the second-annual Interaction Awards competition. The … Continue reading