Roadmap 2014 recap: Finding design’s place in tech
If you missed Giagom’s design technology conference Roadmap this week, here’s a recap.
The key to a good logo is first knowing your product
At Gigaom’s Roadmap conference, letterer and type designer Jessica Hische stressed the importance of knowing your brand before you build a logo because it will stay with you for awhile.
Five tech products that designers have fallen in love with
We asked five designers to tell us about the tech products that delight them every day. Here are their answers.
Medium is working on a new home page and new mobile tools
Fittingly, Medium founder and CEO Evan Williams shared a few details of the company’s roadmap with the crowd during the last session at Roadmap 2014. Expect a new home page (“our home page is terrible”) and a new mobile app.
Startups should adapt to the developing world, not ignore it
Feature phones are still around, and popular in the countries that will grow in population the most over the next few decades.
If you want to make a well-designed product, give it some love
At the center of any good product design is a whole lot of heart. Mladen Barbaric, the founder and CEO of Pearl Studios, explained at Gigaom’s Roadmap conference Wednesday why design is a “deeply human and profoundly emotional” process, and design projects created with love have a better chance to resonate with the general populace.
Ford moves away from car features to car “experiences”
While that focus has been mainly on industrial design throughout Ford’s century-long existence, Ford is now venturing into the world of digital design, shifting much of the design focus to the interior controls of the vehicle.
Nest’s Fadell: Being at Google doesn’t make us a slave to data
When Google acquired home automation company Nest Labs in January, more than a few people wondered how consumers would react.
How engineers and designers can work together in Silicon Valley
Building a design culture at an engineering company isn’t just about hiring a bunch of designers.
Good wearable design can actually reduce tech distractions
Many people see Google Glass or other wearables and immediately think “Great; here’s another device to distract me from my surroundings.” Designed with micro interactions in mind, however, these can actually give you more to experience the world around you.