Tag design

Notes on designing the Guardian iPhone app

Finally the Guardian iPhone app is out there – I’m distracted by Tweetdeck and buzzing with excitement. Congratulations to Jon Moore, Andy Brockie, Akemi Takagi and all the others from The Guardian and 2Ergo who I worked with on this. And cheers to Emily Bell, Tim Brooks , Alan Rusbridger and others at GNM for [...]

Inside Apple

All was full speed ahead inside the Apple studios when I went to visit on 12 June. Their top designers took the time to meet with me, and for every minute I was there it was clear that all parts of the machine were geared up to the launch of the iPhone3G, Mobile me and [...]

Musings on design for Print and Web

I think it’s worth posting some ongoing musings on the web app design process as compared to the print design process.

Designing for the web has quite a different set of requirements. I like that you have to constantly think about the structure – where the user goes, how they get there, what they find when they are there and how they get back.

Living with a video nano

When video first made an appearance on the ipod I could see how some might want to watch videos on them, but not me.So when Steve jobs launched the video nano a few weeks ago, saying “It’s amazing, we have packed in as many pixels as on a larger ipod, but into a smaller screen”. [...]