TL;DR - Reverse the feed - Load refreshed content differently.
Estimated read time: 5 mins.
Estimated time to understand this post: 10 mins.Let me start off by saying, I use the words “Top, down, bottom, up, refresh, update” a lot here. It can get a bit confusing but I guess read slowly.
When LayerVault 2 launched earlier this spring, we believed that we were taking a risk by pursuing an entirely flat interface.
Well-loved products on the web share a similar design aesthetic, with roughly the same kinds of bevels, inset shadows, and drop shadows. For designers, achieving this level of “lickable” interface is a point of pride. For us, and for a minority of UI designers out there, it feels wrong.
We certainly didn’t invent the flat style but arriving at it was a violent process. We tore through hundreds of revisions (we have the LayerVault timelines to prove it) to potential interfaces before arriving at the answer that now makes us say “of course.” The desk at LayerVault’s original headquarters (my Manhattan apartment) still has the battle scars from objects being slammed down in anger. At one point, while working on a mockup, a MacBook was slammed shut so hard it was nearly unhinged.
really cool wireframe style by Derek Clark (http://dribbble.com/defaulterror)
“Like-A-Hug is a wearable social media vest that allows for hugs to be given via Facebook, bringing us closer despite physical distance. The vest inflates when friends ‘Like’ a photo, video, or status update on the wearer’s wall, thereby allowing us to feel the warmth, encouragement, support, or love that we feel when we receive hugs. Hugs can also be sent back to the original sender by squeezing the vest and deflating it.”
Like-A-Hug - Melissa Kit Chow (via Molly D)
Return of the Myspace o_0
Here’s an article on TNW.
I just discovered ‘New Aesthetic’ a definition of a new art form. So I found this awesome keynote by James Bridle at Web Directions South in Sidney 2011.
It’s about digital art that’s been made possible through technology. Enjoy!
