My wife Stephanie has been working on this idea for a while - a classifieds site where women (and men theoretically) can sell their used clothing and accessories (or "pre-loved" clothing and accessories in her words). She's just learning to design, and I don't think I'm biased in saying she did a pr…
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Buy & Sell Used Clothing & Accessories on Exching
Posted March 16, 2010
20 Free Handmade Buttons & UI Elements In One PSD
Posted December 29, 2009
Sometimes all it takes is seeing a single design element on a web site to inspire me on a project - that's why I've created this PSD of UI elements and buttons. Hopefully it will inspire you and give you at least one element to build future projects with. Each of the elements is in it's own Photosho…
The 5 W's in Web Application Design: 10 Useful Questions to Answer
Posted January 28, 2009
A subject I enjoyed in high school was English. Unfortunately in my 11th year, my English class was directly after lunch break and I enjoyed being outside with my friends more than I did being in school. During one of those times that I actually attended the class there was an interesting discussion…
Tactful Error Messages in Web Application Design
Posted January 22, 2009
In my previous article, I touched on the idea that users of web applications perceive error messages as direct communication from the developer or proprietors of the site in use, and that these messages are an extension of an ongoing brand conversation that exists. I also briefly mentioned the need …
Error Messages in Web Applications and Customers Perceptions
Posted January 14, 2009
The other day over sushi I was having a conversation with a few guys and we found ourselves chuckling over a peculiarity we found with the women in our lives. It seems that when talking to our significant others, a bit of tact is necessary to get our way, even though we're essentially saying the sam…
4 Great UI Designs for E-Commerce Web Sites
Posted November 28, 2008
E-commerce is one of those areas where great design really adds to the user experience. Whether it's injecting some extra excitement into the shopping sensation, or presenting a lot of information in an easy to digest manner, we have our work cut out for us as designers while creating UI for e-comme…
Silverback Helps Usability Testing
Posted August 22, 2008
So today I downloaded Silverback because I noticed it's finally available, and wow am I impressed! Great work guys. This is going to be perfect for my upcoming usability testing on Viviti.
I love the gorilla theme and the beautiful vector gorilla illustration, which I'm assuming was designed by Pau…
UI Design Examples from the Web - Jott
Posted July 30, 2008
Yesterday I came across a fantastic little web app called Jott that allows me to add tasks to my to do list with my voice. Not only that, but it's nicely complimented by a flawless iPhone app. Here are some examples of the user interface design to hopefully inspire you.
Simple is Better
Jott's tag…
UI Design Examples to Inspire You - Big Human
Posted July 17, 2008
Fellow designers and friends Rus Yusupov and Dominik Hofmann have created a beautiful and functional little web app called Big Human that's perfect for this series I'm writing on inspirational user interface design. Prepare to be inspired.
Big Human
In an effort to easily share music with one anoth…
UI Design Examples to Inspire You - Vimeo
Posted July 16, 2008
Originally, like my last post, I was going to write one article with a bunch of links to great UI design examples, but as I got into it the article became huge.
In order to sate my appetite for inspiring UI designers, this will be the first post in a series called "UI design examples to inspire you"…
Web User Interface Design, Example Study: Viviti Toolbar
Posted June 18, 2008
Now that Viviti is rolling along with full beta steam, we're getting a lot of feedback and I find myself re-thinking parts of the user interface design. I thought it might be interesting to discuss my thinking while re-designing the editor toolbar.
In order to understand my thoughts on re-design, I'…
Graphical User Interface Design Examples From The Web
Posted June 10, 2008
While cruising Google for GUI inspiration the other day, I was surprised at how difficult it was to find great, up to date, user interace design examples from the web. Therefore, I've collected a few to share with you and written my personal opinions about each of them. This is by no means a conclus…
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Shawn is a 28 year old freelance graphic and web application designer in Vancouver, BC, Canada. His other project is called QuoteRobot and it's coming soon!
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Here are some links to people I work with and respect:
Blossom Effect (my wife)
Geek For Brains
Aunfin
Niklas Industries
Hail To The Heat
Null Creations
Overmind Productions
Nathan Crause
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