So, in answer to your question: yes that is a real thing. I helped design it. It’s manufactured here in Australia and called the ‘Smart Console’. No it does not fly the Enterprise – although we used to joke about how it felt like you were ‘flying through your mix’. Below is a little […]
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Bondi Junction interchange, emergent behaviour and escalators
Haha! This is terrific. A nice clear explanation of a phenomenon I have been observing and thinking about for a while – saves me having to write it all up. So I’m living in the Eastern suburbs right now, which means I frequently travel through Bondi Junction transport hub using public transport on my way […]
Two cases of Interface fail: Hotmail font meltdown and Gmail vs the Gestaltists.
Ok, let’s look at a real life example of total GUI design fail. Or perhaps, not a total fail, but just bad design that manages to get by because it’s not catastrophic and therefore doesn’t get fixed but instead slows everybody down just a little – which is arguably worse. I use a Hotmail email […]
Vexillology and icon design
Vexillology – the study of flags. Yeah I can’t pronounce that word and neither can Roman Mars – the host of this cool little podcast called ‘99% Invisible’ that I stumbled across recently. The podcast talks about things like flag design, maps and various other interesting little nooks and corners of the design space. […]
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