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| Dec 15 |
Deana UI Kit Released |
Give us 3 minutes and watch the User Demo Video on Deana’s page. We know you’re going to love it.
Deana was 2037 man-hours in the making. Special attention was given to streamlining multi-zone operation, maximizing flexibility, and making every element absolutely gorgeous. In the end, Deana is not only easy to work with, it’s easy to live with.
| Nov 30 |
Byron Icon Set Now Available |
Byron is our new flagship Source Icon Set for everything you need to watch, listen, connect, adjust, or communicate with. Over 3 months in the making, this beautiful set includes 52 icons plus 60 bonus icons. Byron is available immediately.
| Nov 3 |
Private Stock Icons |
Twenty-five logos and icons from popular high-end manufacturers. Gets the best equipment out of the closet and onto your touch panel.
| Oct 30 |
Satellite Radio Icons |
Six Hi-res source icons for Satellite Radio. Contains several variations of the XM and Sirius Satellite Radio logos with custom glossy effects applied.
| Sep 29 |
Our Creative Director Dan Wiersema Interviewed at Psdtuts+ |
A few days ago an interview with our Creative Director, Dan Wiersema, was published over at Psdtuts+. In the article Dan discusses his background, our new website, our business card, our team and process of design, some of his personal projects, and much more. If you ever wanted to learn more about …
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| Aug 13 |
Starry Morning Wallpaper |
Brighten up your day with some happy little stars! Using the word “little” might be doing this a disservice with the widescreen version being a whopping 2560×1600!
| Aug 12 |
Touchscreen Button Dimensions and Spacing — Hell If Phi Know |
When it comes to touchscreen buttons, size plays an important part in usability. ISO and ANSI standards recommend making them .75″ (3/4″) square, and this is reinforced by a Wright State University Department of Psychology study which showed that .75″ buttons were most effective at maximizing both …
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| Jul 29 |
Making Pots – Personally and Professionally Rewarding |
When our touchscreen designers are between project assignments, they’re busy making pots. Yes, pots. Pots, in our case, are simple interface design concepts. We started calling them pots after reading about an interesting experiment mentioned in the book “Art & Fear” by David Bayles and Ted Orland. Briefly, here’s …
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| Jul 15 |
Labeling Touchscreen Interfaces |
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but a user interface needs real words to clearly indicate what the user needs to do. The words we choose are as important as, if not more important than, the graphics that frame them. Here are four simple rules you can apply to instantly improve the usability of your …
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| Jul 8 |
Optimizing Graphics for 16-Bit Touchscreens |
Designing a touchscreen interface can take a lot of time and hard work. Then you put it on the touchscreen and the colors shift and band. Yuck. Shifting is where the color on the touchscreen is different from the intended color. Banding is where you see abrupt changes between shades of the same color instead of a nice …
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