As interaction designers, we’re keenly aware of the explicit meanings in words and images. But how many of us also focus on the what is suggested by our words and images?
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Microsoft Surface is so 2008. That is what we are led to believe reading about the latest product from Future Labs, a interactive technology company that has developed Displax, a flexible and portable multitouch surface that can be integrated with any existing surface or screen.

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We  just posted our 100th video to Johnny Holland TV. To celebrate, we collected the ten videos that we think are the best of the bunch. So without further ado, and in no particular order…
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Style guides are a great way to ensure user experience consistency when developing an application and a way to communicate user experience standards across an organization. They can be application specific, platform specific, and may encompass enterprise-wide standards. A style guide can help make the development of user interfaces more efficient and help ensure good user interface design practices. … »

How many times have you asked yourself why something was even designed in the first place? Or why some designs endure and others don’t? In this article the focus is one of the key dimensions of ‘sustainable design’: Durability. … »

The days are getting shorter, the nights longer. The end of the year is approaching, but first we are going to have the best party ever: Christmas. Every year you had the same problem: what to ask Santa? Well, that’s over. Because we put together a list of 10 things that each UX geek wants to ask for Christmas.

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A few weeks ago we celebrated our first birthday by launching a contest. We challenged you to put your best UX tips on Twitter in exchange for beautiful prizes. Now it is time to announce the winners. … »

Johnny is having a party today, so let’s give away cool prizes. We organized a simple, but cool contest. It is really easy to join and at the same time you are contributing to the community. So join, and win. … »

When I was checking some statistics a week ago I realized Johnny was reaching a special day: his first birthday. Since it is our child, we would love to have a small party for him. So let’s start of with the speech and see what goals we reached in the past year. … »

When you’re knee-deep in wireframes or CSS it’s all too easy to end up in a bubble of IxD books and blogs. One option is to take inspiration from vintage art and nature, but what about what other smart people are doing in their respective disciplines? In other words, why not steal from them? Here are my picks of a few other fields with ideas worth appropriating, or at least glancing at.

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