Archive for the ‘experience design’ Category

XOXO laptop by Yves Béhar

I’m away at MeshU most of today (which is going really well by the way) but I wanted to post quickly on an update to my favorite project. Yves Béhar revealed his redesign of the XO Laptop for OLPC. It’s a touch screen, fold-out tablet and it looks absolutely stunning. 
My immediate thoughts are that the full-screen interface [...]

Tha.jp

Tha = Crazy fresh work out of Japan. Just downloaded their Helvetica ‘dropclock’ screensaver (released under Tha’s ’src’ brand). Bad. Ass. (Via The Skinny)

New Work: SunChips.com Goes Live

SunChips approached teehan+lax to help them communicate their efforts toward making the world and their customers healthier. The result was a redesign along with some other great little social tools that speak directly to what the sun in SunChips really is about. I was proud to help out the team (which included the cool cats at [...]

BBC News Redesigns

I got to to start thinking out loud more often about the sites I want to see re-designed. Following up my (non-verbalized) gripes about LinkedIn for iPhone and BBC News, both sites launched recent updates that knock it out of the park. Simple HTML-based, big-text, great use of negative space — a web junkie couldn’t ask for [...]

Barack’s Branding

One thing that’s pretty noticable in the Democratic Primary campaign is Obama’s branding. From the very recognizable ‘O’ logo to the use of the web and social media, Obama’s camp really has it nailed. Newsweek’s Stumper blog interviewed Pentagram’s Michael Bieruit, one of the world’s most respected designers, about the success of the Obama brand. [...]

BBC Redesigns

BBC slams one out with their interaction-rich, user customizable site redesign.

Nailed it: Radiohead

I’ve got a post over at the Teehan+Lax blog discussing one of my favorite bands, Radiohead, and their innovative marketing strategy.

Gift Guide Smackdown

I’ve been keeping busy researching various Gift Guides for a current project and I thought I’d pause to share some findings. Just so I don’t mislead, this isn’t a guide in itself, it’s my thoughts on the various approaches to creating a Gift Guide.  
Contestant No. 1: The Uber GuideTarget really covers all the bases here. If you really [...]

Update

Been away for a while so I’ve gathered a few interesting items I’ve collected over the last week and a half.

Teehan+Lax-designed Telus Holiday Gift Guide is live 
Facebook’s ad service, Beacon: Not cool.
CSS-savvy developers get some “Best of 2007″ love
Get to know Jamario Moon (specifically his hops)
Leaving a huge void in Southern Rap music: Pimp C of Houston-based UGK unexpectedly passes
The Raptors have 3 of the [...]

Facebook’s “Remember Me”: Evolution of a New Feature

Facebook added something recently that many people may have never noticed before or always thought was there. At the login screen you’ll now notice a little “Remember Me” checkbox that allows a user to keep their login information saved on their computer so they can by-pass the login screen on future visits. Seems insignificant or overdue, depending [...]