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By Rain Noe - Sep 26 New
Bad UX: Wireless Emergency Alert Asks Public to Spot Terrorist, But Can't Include Pictures or Links
Why can we Tweet cat videos, but the government can't message a thumbnail?
When a then-unnamed bomber detonated his homemade bomb in New York City on September 17th, injuring dozens, he used a cell phone as a timer. Several mornings later, I was in downtown Manhattan when my own cell phone made the "emergency alert" noise. Here was the message:
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By Coroflot Jobs - Sep 23
Design Job: Clean Up Your Life. iRobot is Seeking a Sr. Industrial Designer in Boston, MA
Help create consumer robots, including the beloved Roomba
iRobot, one of the world’s leaders in the design and development of AI technologies and consumer robots, is seeking an amazing Senior Industrial Designer to join our Industrial Design/User Experience (ID/UX) team in Greater Boston. With iRobot’s sharpened focus on home robots and connectivity, the ID/UX team is central to delivering on the Brand promise of “Empowering people to do more” – with designs that embrace simplicity, approachability and seamless usability as a means of humanizing roboti
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By Coroflot Jobs - Sep 22
Design Job: Help Products Like the Fidget Cube Rise to Fame Through UX as Kickstarter's Product Designer in Brooklyn, NY
Design and code innovative and intuitive product solutions all across Kickstarter's site
We’re seeking a top-notch product designer to work on beautiful and functional tools to help our community create, discover, explore, back, and share creative projects. You’ll collaborate with teams across Kickstarter to solve new problems, ensure a consistent user experience, and push the needle forward for creativity so Kickstarter is always engaging and inspiring.
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By Core Jr - Sep 19
How to Design a Conference
Take a tour with Core77's Conference design team to see what it takes to create an unforgettable conference experience
The thing about the design of an event space experience is, if done correctly, it's so seamless that the effort behind it often goes unnoticed. You are simply left with this inexplicable sense of fulfillment and, well, experience—and that right there is a surefire sign of thoughtful work. Although often
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By Coroflot Jobs - Sep 19
Design Job: Turn User Research Into Reality as Penguin Random House's UX Designer in New York, NY
Keep this leading publisher on top of its game!
The Corporate Design team of Penguin Random House is looking for a user-experience (UX) designer responsible for conceiving and conducting user research, interviews and surveys, and translating them into sitemaps, wireframes and prototypes for corporate and B2B websites. You will work closely with interdisciplinary teams to gather and understand business strategies and user needs, and to translate these into design solutions.
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By Rain Noe - Sep 15
If You Upgraded: What Do You Think of iOS 10?
Input from designers, please
The new features of Apple's much-ballyhooed iOS 10 are supposed to be "more expressive, more dynamic, and more fun than ever." Thing is, I don't want my phone to be expressive, dynamic or fun; I want it to work for the things I need it to, and right now iOS
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By Coroflot Jobs - Sep 14
Design Job: Create Unorthodox Solutions to Major Design Projects as Montaag's Senior UI/UX Designer in Berkeley, CA
Help drive (hint, hint) the future of an industry that is in the midst of a complete shift
Hello. Here's the deal... US: Superfantastic Berkeley, CA team within a superfantastic, award-winning Scandinavian-American design agency. YOU: UI/UX designer experience designing digital interfaces and leading design projects for world class brands. Design fundamentals are part of your vocabulary, and Adobe Creative Suite, an extension of your being.
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By Coroflot Jobs - Sep 13
Design Job: Calling All CG Gurus—Aniden Interactive is Seeking a CG Artist in Austin, TX
The catch? You MUST like breakfast tacos...
Question #1: Are you a CG guru who loves every facet of the craft, from modeling to animation? Question #2: Do you geek-out over the opportunity to work with cool new consumer electronic products? Question #3: Do you like BBQ and breakfast tacos? If you answered yes to all three questions, then we should talk.
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By Rain Noe - Sep 12
Yea or Nay? Palette's Modular Physical Dials, Buttons and Sliders for Computer Work
Tactile advantage?
Palettes are a series of clean-looking dials, sliders and buttons that bring tactility to operations you'd normally perform on-screen. Here's a quick example: I'm mightily impressed at the thought that went into the UX. Take a look at how you set these up: The design seems pretty great. The magnets
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By Coroflot Jobs - Sep 12
Design Job: Teach the Future of Product Design—Nanyang Technological University is Seeking a Faculty Member in Singapore
If you have experience with 3D form, conceptual design and UX...Singapore could be your next stop
School of Art, Design and Media Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Faculty Position in Product Design Young and research-intensive, Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) is ranked 13th globally. It is also placed 1st amongst the world’s best young universities. The School of Art, Design and Media (ADM) at NTU Singapore invites qualified academics to apply for a faculty position as either Assistant Professor or Associate Professor (tenure track).
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By Rain Noe - Sep 08
Apple's AirPods: Will the UX be Good or Bad?
Think through how you would actually use these
The Apple announcement of greatest interest to me yesterday was of their forthcoming AirPods. The incrementally better iPhones and Apple Watch were expected, and everyone knew the headphone jack was going away; but with the wireless Bluetooth AirPods we see that they're trying to break new ground. The question is
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By Core Jr - Sep 07
How Experiential Innovations Like HoloLens and Kinect Strengthen the Human Tribe Through Technology
Microsoft's Kudo Tsunoda on building emotionally compelling experiences
For over 14 years Kudo Tsunoda has been championing interactive experiences—whether by designing genre-defining features for video games like "Fight Night" or driving the creative vision for Microsoft's HoloLens and Kinect for Xbox. As Corporate Vice President for all Windows 1st Party Experiences, Tsunoda works across hardware and software teams
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By Core Jr - Sep 07
Firm Project: A Website That Connects Bariatric Patients With Their Doctors Post Surgery
The UX also encourages a healthy recovery through goal-setting
Realize wanted to help patients reform their eating habits and adopt a food-conscious lifestyle. The first few months post-op are critical for bariatric patients. Realize also wanted a way for surgeons to easily monitor and see the progress of patients who had undergone the gastric band procedure. Surgeons keep regular contact with their post-op patients in order to offer advice and ensure the patient is adjusting to the new lifestyle. These meetings become more challenging as the surgeon-to-pat
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By Coroflot Jobs - Sep 07
Design Job: Attract the Right Career as Magnetic Collaborative's Experiential Graphic Designer in New York, NY
Create real-life experiences for high-profile companies, including Netflix, Google and Jordan Flight Lab
We're seeking an environmental graphic designer to work on the experiential design for our variety of national and international brands. Must have experiential case studies to include in your application. Responsibilities will include developing mood boards for events, working on graphics proposals/presentations, selecting decor details, etc.
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By Core Jr - Sep 02
Design Job: Work For the Happiest Place on Earth as The Walt Disney Company's Lead Interaction Designer in San Francisco, CA
Design and deliver breathtaking guest experiences for Disney lovers
As Labs Lead Interaction Designer, you will be deeply involved in our experience development process from concept to outcome, high-level discussions to fine detail. You will collaborate closely with the entire Labs team, including Design, Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Senior Leadership, as well as exciting internal and external partners.
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By Core Jr - Sep 01
Design Job: Got the Travel Bug? Help Students See The World as EF Tour's Graphic Designer in Cambridge, MA
Help students experience new cultures and return transformed
Go Ahead Tours is looking for a Designer to join our team, working at our Boston headquarters. Reporting to the Art Director, you’ll be an integral part of our creative team. You’ll work closely with writers, other designers and business stakeholders to create a holistic experience for a direct to consumer brand.
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By Coroflot Jobs - Aug 30
Design Job: Get Your Credit in Check! Salal Credit Union is Seeking a Graphic Designer in Seattle, WA
Help shape UX using a mix of traditional and digital design skills, including motion graphics
Our company is growing, and our small creative team has a lot of work to do. As our new Graphic Designer, you’ll be helping us roll out and implement our new brand, which we proudly created in-house and launched last year.
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By Core Jr - Aug 29
Coexisting with Machines and the Future of Storytelling with Alexis Lloyd
The creative director and interaction designer on the botness of bots
Here at Core77 HQ, as online storytellers and designers, we're always interested in new ways of communicating ideas through digital media. That's why we were especially interested in the work of designer and creative director Alexis Lloyd. Lloyd is an award-winning researcher and user experience designer whose work focuses on
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By Coroflot Jobs - Aug 09
Design Job: Fall in Love With Your Career as Coffee Meets Bagel's Head of Product Design in San Francisco, CA
You might even meet your "everything" bagel while working on this dating app
We are looking for a conscientious and passionate Head of Product Design at Coffee Meets Bagel, a unique dating app on a mission to solve the complex problem of how people discover and connect with others.
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By Coroflot Jobs - Aug 08
Design Job: Maintain Your Resume's Credit as a Senior UX/UI Designer for American Express in New York, NY
Keep your career in good standing
American Express Global Information Management team is dedicated to helping drive the future of the business by building products and platforms that are composed of strong decision science, exemplary user experience and data within a secure and safe environment.
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By Kat Bauman - Aug 03
Can These Smart Shoes Find Pokémon?
Vixole takes AR tech down to your feet
Just when you thought the Poke-fever was breaking, here's a new shoe design to help you catch more over-hyped little monsters than ever. NY start-up Vixole's concept kicks would help guide gamers to prized Pokemon while feeling futuristic AF in the process. They look simple, retro and comfortable, and pack
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By Molly Millette - Jul 26
Sage Project is Changing the Way We Learn About Food
Through a partnership with Whole Foods, this student project has turned pro
The only time I formally learned about food labels was in a sixth grade "health class" through a crossword puzzle containing the words "calories," "fat," "protein," "carbohydrates," etc. What do all of those words even really mean? I'm still figuring it out, and the FDA's new, still poorly designed, data
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By Kat Bauman - Jul 21
Need Some Beauty This Week? Watch These Dancers Walk Up Walls
Falling down stairs never looks this good when I do it
No matter your country, background, taste in music, or political persuasion, 2016 continues to deliver disasters small and large. Escapism has its limits (just ask anyone in charge of the PokemonGo servers), but beauty can help keep our heads up. And maybe our legs? This week I found some surprising
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By Molly Millette - Jul 14
A Participatory Public Art App to Enhance Commuter Safety
How one app might save you from an accident
Between checking emails, Snapchat, Facebook, Pokemon Go or reading the latest Core77 stories, the demands of our mobile apps has turned our leisurely commute into an extension of our social and work lives. It was this anti-social phone-zombie behavior that struck me as isolating when I first moved to New
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By Rain Noe - Jul 11
Pokémon GO Phenomenon Takes U.S., Australia and New Zealand by Storm
The breakthrough augmented reality game has people running around outside and losing their minds
Of all the things that have gone viral, the Pokémon GO app might be the strangest. Released less than a week ago in the U.S., the augmented reality game has already spawned countless sore muscles, burned untold collective calories and even been used to commit crimes. For those of you
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By Rain Noe - Jul 08
What Do All of Those Buttons & Dials on a Formula One Steering Wheel Do?
F1 UI is A-OK
Bet you didn't know this: Those crazy F1 steering wheels can cost up to $50,000 alone, because they're made with carbon fiber (to keep the weight down) and loaded up with technology and connectivity features. You're undoubtedly wondering what some of those features are. While some might seem obvious, like
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By Rain Noe - Jul 07
Eye-Tracking a Formula One Racecar Driver: What Do They Look At?
Their vision is not like ours
Formula One steering wheels used to look like this and now they look more like this. The amazing thing is, that latter game-controller-looking monstrosity is actually a triumph of UI design. We know this because the folks at the Sky Sports F1 channel teamed up with an eye-tracking technology company to
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By Rain Noe - Jul 07
A Handheld Font- and Color-Detecting Device, Yea or Nay?
Should Spector be an app, or does it have more value as a standalone object?
That's the Spector, a friendly-looking handheld tool for detecting both fonts and colors. The pleasing shape looks as if it could have come out of Braun's archives. As for what it does, the user places it over a physical piece of media, like a book page or magazine article, and
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By Core Jr - Jul 05
Intuitive vs. Long-Term UI: How Progressive is Too Progressive?
Discussing how to strike a balance with design innovation for Core77's Topic of the Week
This week we bring you our pressing topic of the moment straight from our reader-driven discussion boards! Recently, Core77 reader mirk asked a loaded question regarding user interfaces and how designers can sensitively improve on iterations of the past while also keeping it as universally intuitive as is possible. mirk
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By Rain Noe - Jul 01
What's the One Design Element That Can Make a Robot Lovable?
Taking a cue from Pixar, robotics company Anki nails it
When Pixar's Wall-E came out in 2008, we were introduced to a robot very different than any other previously depicted in pop culture. Not the titular Wall-E, who was similar enough to Short Circuit's Number 5 to be familiar; no, we're talking about Eve, the gleaming, smooth-surface 'bot whose design
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By Bryn Smith - Jun 28
Keetra Dean Dixon on Charting Out New Territories in Experiential Design
The graphic, experiential and product designer prepares for a new chapter at RISD this fall.
My Mission: Unite my love of learning, making and teaching into a singular studio practice. In regards to teaching, to encourage the integration of R&D into more traditional graphic design methods. More generally and for self-authored work, my goal is always to facilitate or reflect social relation, to question understood patterns and standards, and to cultivate an openness with play.
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By Coroflot Jobs - Jun 21
Design Job: Max Payne vs. GTA? Rockstar Games is Seeking an Illustrator in New York City
Create the future of interactive entertainment
Rockstar Games is looking for highly talented artists to work out of its NYC based office. The successful candidate will be working on a variety of exciting, creative, and cutting edge projects. The ability to work quickly and efficiently as part of a team, take direction, and maintain a positive
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By Rain Noe - Jun 20
When Bad UI Design Kills: Is Poor Shift Lever Design to Blame for Death of Star Trek Actor?
"Unintuitive" Monostable shifter design eyed in so-called freak accident
Last year we theorized that the design of a gearshift lever was what caused a 49-year-old mother to move her car directly into the path of an oncoming train. Now it looks like another unusual interface design from a different vehicle manufacturer may have contributed to another death. Over the
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