Animations have existed for a long time. But because of the increasingly better browsers and mobile processors it gets more and more important to spend some time on animations in your interfaces. They can enrich interaction and clarify interfaces. But what are micro-animations anyway? And what should we think of when we want to use them?
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23 December 2015 | Evelien Gebler
A lot of first world problems we encounter today, like obesity, are due to behavioural factors that people are not aware of. People often think that raising awareness is enough to change unwanted or unhealthy behaviour. But in a world where information is everywhere all the time, awareness is not enough. We explored this field for a while now and we think the time is right to share our insights.
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6 January 2015 | Matthijs Collard
As of late we have been running more and more projects using the Agile Scrum method. In fact, our largest projects are almost all conducted in multidisciplinary Scrum teams. And very successfully! Formerly we primarily worked using the Waterfall project methodology, so we had to adjust our workflow. Gradually we have developed an effective way of working for interaction and visual designers within Scrum projects.
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7 November 2014 | Myrthe Geldof
& Jimmy Goedhart |
3 replies
Google Glass offers new ways to start a dialogue with users. It gives an opportunity to reach people right in front of their eyes when they need it. As an advanced Nike+ user and interaction designer I am using the Nike+ products very consciously. While my phone and Fuelband are close to my senses, they are not close enough to get my attention and keep me focussed all the time. What if Nike+ could be present in my field of view?
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5 November 2014 | Myrthe Geldof
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1 reply
Recently Sonos updated their controller app for iOS and Android with a brand new visual style and some cool new features. Yet some usability issues remained, so we spent some time figuring out how to solve these.
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11 August 2014 | Roderick Trompert
& Evelien Mooij-Gebler |
4 replies
How are you doing?
And how is your website doing?
Has your latest redesign been successful?
Are you achieving your goals?
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7 August 2014 | Matthijs Collard
We are addicts. Addicted to design software and productivity tools. Here is a list of our favourite tools at UNITiD Interaction Designers. Some are design tools and others are “how-to-handle-office-stuff” tools. Let’s go!
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30 July 2014 | Matthijs Collard
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6 replies
As designers we are asked all sorts of questions by our clients. The topics no longer only cover the subject of design. Today we will talk about A/B testing of your website. (Last time we discussed how to rank higher in Google with these 10 SEO steps.)
So, let’s get started!
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10 June 2014 | Matthijs Collard
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Most of our work is interaction design and visual design for websites and apps. In some projects however, we get asked questions on online marketing and optimization like:
“I think we should have long text paragraphs for SEO purposes. What do you guys think?”
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20 May 2014 | Matthijs Collard
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Usability testing is an extremely important part of our work as designers. At UNITiD we do a lot of usability testing and are ready to share with you our approach to usability testing. We call it Nano testing.
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18 May 2014 | Matthijs Collard