Articles
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The Future Of Interface Design
In the grand scheme of history, it wasn’t long ago that the first telephone conversation took place. Relatively speaking, that makes the personal computer an invention of yesteryear, and social networking only a blink of an eye later. Just imagine what’s coming in the near future… The future of how we interact with computers is exciting to say the least. What once seemed like nonsense outside of Hollywood and Science Fiction is now starting to find it’s way into reality, and some of the technology is a bit overwhelming. Have a taste of what the future of interface design has to offer:
18 Great Examples of SketchedUI Wireframes and Mockups
Whether you’re designing a user interface for a website or an iPhone app, it’s always a good idea to start with a wireframe. It can be a big time saver if you’re able to nail down the placement of major l ayout elements early on in a project. There are a number of wireframing applications out there, but a lot of user interface designers like to start out on paper with sketches of what things might look like.
Focusing Interaction Design With Design Strategy Therefore, I engage clients as early as possible in the course of their application’s development, preferably before any code has been written. As a consultant first and a designer second, I work hand-in-hand with my clients—because building a website isn’t easy.
I know this because I build websites for a living. With that in mind, empathize with your client: all they want is an application that does “what it says on the box” from day one. This is the reason why functionality is so important to them.
The Importance Of Designing An Experience Culture
There needs to be better evaluation of corporate culture and its influence on the actions and sentiments of its employees. Countless hours are spent setting up external communication policies, teams that listen to what customers are saying, and even entire departments dedicated to customer experience (CX). This outward focus on developing good experiences for customers often overshadows the need to live that philosophy inside acompany’s own walls. A culture that does not internally live a focus on experience will find it impossible to externally execute the same.
10 Surefire Ways To Screw Up Your iPhone App
Building a successful iPhone app is no small undertaking, and steering clear of these ten mistakes is just part of the equation. A solid idea and solid marketing are also extremely important. This list comes from obsessiveobservation of hundreds of iPhone apps as well as first-hand experience of designing and programming apps. It should help you design an app that stands out from the rolling sea of mediocrity in the App Store and becomes loved and shared by myriad happy users around the globe. Though this list covers some of the more important design issues, there are plenty of other important mistakes to avoid.
Tutorials
Design a Sleek, Dark Mobile App Website
In this tutorial we’ll be using Adobe Photoshop to design a sleek web interface that can be used for any mobile app website. We’ll be covering an array of techniques including shapes, textures, masks, custom icons,typography and much more that can be easily adapted and applied to your own web designs. This tutorial is based on the dark, clean website design for Leaflet, an iPhone app designed for Envato marketplace publishers. Eric Alli of Trilab Media helped design and code the site, so he’ll be walking us through the step by step tutorial. Whether you’re looking to use a similar design for your own projects or just want to see how it was made, there are plenty of excellent tricks and techniques in this tutorial that you’ll be able to pick up on. Enjoy!
Modern UI and Layout Tutorials for Photoshop
t would be very hard to find a situation where Photoshop does not have the perfect solution for any web (or print) design problem. With Photoshop you can pretty much design a web page just as you envisaged mentally, with virtually no creative restrictions and with a pixel-perfect result. Web design trends change, and they change regularly. As such, it is very important that a designer stays on top of the game and their UI designs reflect modern design demands. What was design relevant a couple of years will more than likely not be relevant now. It is the web designers responsibility to know what the current design trends are and have the necessary skills and tools to implement them in relation to the project.
40 Quality Photoshop UI Design Tutorials
The Top 40 tutorials of UI design in all fields, including web, mobile etc. All these tutorials are done in photoshop and with each one you’ll learn a new skill. There in mixed formats like videos and text based. I hope you like this post! In this article we have a huge collection of current web design Photoshop tutorials, that covers not only web page layouts, but also web app layouts, mobile UI.
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Create an iPhone App Website in Photoshop
In this tutorial you will learn how to create a simple, yet beautiful application page for your iPhone app. If you have any questions about thistutorial be sure to ask in the comments. Also, remember with all the tutorials, the psd is available for download. Also you’ll be shown how to create a textured web layout, starting from the concept on paper, leading on to the Photoshop design and you will use the 960 grid to organize the layout. Also you will learn how to use layer styles to create an engraved text effect.
This tutorial will guide you trough the steps of a complete and beautiful layout of an Iphone App. Along the way,we`ll learn how to create nice effects inspired by Iphone and Apple,we`ll play a bit with some blending options and we`ll integrate some custom graphics which will beautify the layout. Also, we’ll take advantage of a few fundamental tools in Photoshop such as Rectangle Tool, Shape Tool and Marquee Tool.
Downloads
8 SEAMLESS “DARK METAL GRID” PATTERNS
Apple iPod Touch 4G PSD
Palm Pre Interface Examples
Android 2.3 GUI
Led Cinema Display.psd
Apps
Camera+ 2
Whether you’re a seasoned photographer or someone who’s barely touched a camera, Camera+ will make you love taking photos. Everybody has a creative side… Camera+ will help bring that creativity out in you, all with a fun, innovative, and beautiful design. Whether you’re a seasoned photographer or someone who’s barely touched a camera, Camera+ will make you love taking photos. Everybody has a creative side… Camera+ will help bring that creativity out in you, all with a fun, innovative, and beautiful design. 
Battle Bears -1
Join OLIVER, RIGGS and the rest of the BATTLE BEARS on a space odyssey none of them are anywhere close to thrilled to be experiencing. Defend the flagship Ursa Major from an onslaught of confused creatures hewn from the deepest, darkest corners of the cosmos’ disturbed imagination. Discover new situations where excessive hugging becomes extremely inappropriate and unwelcome as you traverse the many cells of the Ursa Major (now with REAL bipedal action!) mowing down hordes of Huggables colored brightly in appearance and disposition in extremely amusing and satisfying manners. 
TapTap 4
The longest-running, most-dowloaded music gaming app of ALL TIME just got a brand-new UPGRADE – it’s our biggest, baddest, most mind-blowing version yet!
Tap and shake to the music of your favorite artists like Lady Gaga, Ke$ha, Taio Cruz, Jason Derülo, Metallica, and more! With a huge library of today’s biggest hits, plus over 100 FREE TRACKS, Tap Tap Revenge is the most addictive, adrenaline filled game on the App Store. 
360 Panorama
Capturing panoramas has never been easier! Just tap the screen and pan your phone camera in any direction. You’ll see your panorama being built in realtime as every incoming frame is processed. When you’re done, you can save and share your panorama instantly with no need to fumble around with a clumsy stitching process. There’s nothing else like it! You can also share all the 360 Panorama picture you take, in side the app.
Lab
Get detailed information about the pictures in your device’s photo library with Lab! Using Lab you don’t need to transfer your photos to a computer to find out details about your own photo library. Sporting a gorgeous design, Lab is the perfect complement to your iPhone’s photo album. You can also tag the location inside the app!
