Touchscreens are everywhere we look these days, but they’ve actually been around for a lot longer than you might think. Join us on a tour through nearly four decades of touchscreen devices that changed the world…
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Your opinion is very important to us. In an effort to deliver more of what you want and need, for the first time ever, we’re releasing concept images of a potential product. We want your input — what you like, and what you don’t. So take the poll, sound off, and tell us what you think!
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Pro Control, a new brand of touchscreen remote controls, was unveiled today at CES by our friends at RTI. And with it, a new graphical user interface designed right here in our studio. The interface utilizes our Quick Key™ navigation and compliments Pro Control’s sleek industrial design. Together, a powerful and flexible solution.
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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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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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We created a tutorial for our friends over at Psdtuts+ titled “How to Make a Menu Interface for a Fantasy Themed iPhone Game”. Psdtuts+ is a Photoshop tutorial site that receives over 1.2 million monthly visitors and publishes some of the best tutorials on the net. We are honored that they asked us to create something …
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Two of my favorite gadgets are my iPhone and my TiVo Series3. DVR Remote, by Stutsman Software, is an iPhone app that controls compatible TiVo boxes over your wireless network using telnet commands that were originally written to support control systems like Crestron and AMX.
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Before there was the Apple Store that we know and love today, there was the Apple Cafe — well, almost. On November 12, 1996, Apple announced plans to open a chain of cybercafes around the globe. State-of-the-art, even by today’s standards, Apple Cafes promised health-conscious food (served …
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Installing a touchscreen microwave is a great way to enhance and modernize the appearance of any kitchen. But it’s not all about a pretty face. There’s something playful about the intuitive navigation of a touchscreen … and that improves the user experience. Conventional microwave keypads are often cluttered …
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To deliver our fonts to a wider audience, we decided to upload them to websites that distribute free fonts. During the process of sifting through the hundreds of good and bad free font websites, we realized that our research could be useful to others. We all love free fonts, but what are the best sites?
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