I can’t imagine a news site I’d want to use less.

You know what I really like? I mean really? I like iPhone-optimized websites. Often lately, I will find myself browsing a website on my laptop and wish that it could have the simplicity of its iPhone sibling, but with the features that I like best about browsing on the desktop: speed and resolution.
It’s a tricky [...]

This morning, I read an interesting discussion of Pentagram’s UI overhaul for Wells Fargo ATMs. You generally don’t see a lot of discussion of the unique UI design challenges inherent in working with a touch screen or kiosk. A kiosk user experience generally needs to be a very quick one, thus the number of [...]

An interesting interview with Kevin Fox on his UI design work for FriendFeed and Google. While I have my doubts about the visual design on all of the products he discusses, the interaction design is quite good, and the interview with Kevin is worth a read.
In the interview, he also mentions an older side project, [...]

A new concept house of the future in Brussels. Most of the ideas have been seen in one form or another in other “house of the future” projects, but they are very nicely executed here from a design perspective. In particular, I want one of those pods!
Video: Inside the House of the Future

I’m a big fan of Apple design under most circumstances, and their iconography, where used, tends to be pretty good. I think the most challenging icons to design would be the three for Control, Option, and Command, since these are pretty abstract concepts with no immediate symbolic correspondence. So, let’s take a look at them:
Shift: [...]