The Illusion of Life by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston Since publishing the article about applying emotions to interaction design I’ve been fascinated by this subject, tackling questions like: How do you design animations that trigger positive emotions? What does it take to create a transition that feels vivid and is fun to use? Today [...]

A shoe that fits perfectly, suits a specific purpose and looks great – that’s very hard to find. Until now. The 3D Feetscanner Lightbeam turns a strenuous search for the right shoe into a rewarding shopping experience for both customer and retailer. It’s what we aimed for when we set out to develop the Lightbeam user interfaces for corpus.e

Congested roads, busy underground networks, lack of parking spaces – the ever expanding metropolises around the world are increasingly faced with new mobility challenges. In London or New York, there’s already a growing trend towards the „zero car household“. Owning a car is no longer the priority. Instead, people are looking for efficient ways to get from A to B. Mobility concepts like car sharing service car2go and ridesharing service car2together by Daimler Business Innovation are designed to answer these changing mobility needs. They rethink urban mobility.

Gira offers an excellent product range in the field of electronic installation. Customers appreciate their comfort, elegance and premium quality. The brand demands the same attributes for their installation process: electricians should be given the best parameterisation tools possible. Intuity supports Gira in the development of this configuration software.

You don’t become the leading tool manufacturer for drilling, turning, milling and threading in a day. Everything began with the launch of the Walter Montanwerke in 1919. Today, Walter AG is the skills leader in metal cutting. In this field a modern software for tool advice offers a clear competitive advantage.

ZEN (ZEISS Efficient Navigation) makes the fantastic possibilities offered by the latest microscope technology easily accessible to customers in biomedicine and materials science. The spectrum of the application ranges from microscope control, image acquisition and optimization through to analysis and reporting. Together with Carl Zeiss Microscopy we worked on the comprehensive redesign of the software.

From mobile phones to web access, new services and devices are on the increase. However, the willingness of most users to learn new functions for each new product is not. To achieve maximum usability, Deutsche Telekom has invited Intuity to design universal interfaces that can be applied in a wide range of products.

First impressions, as well as the initial “honeymoon period” shape our relationship with digital artefacts. For this reason Deutsche Telekom Laboratories (T-Labs) initiated a research project aimed at analyzing this start-up phase and designing creative techniques to manage the first impression of digital products and services. On behalf of T-Labs Intuity helps T-Mobile to make the start-up phase as smooth and engaging as possible.

How can you make maximum use of a range of intelligent driver assistance, information and entertainment systems, without taking your eyes off the road? On behalf of car-maker Daimler AG, Intuity is developing a range of user interface systems that are particularly easy and intuitive to use.

A consistent interactive concept working across a range of DECT telephones. A modular interface design that harmoniously blends into the individual product language and moves it forward. Comprehensive specifications and transparent implementation support. These are just some of the topics we assist Gigaset Communications with as part of their voice product range development and market introduction.

The energy company EnBW regards itself as the mentor and precursor of the energy sector. Recognising the signs of the times, EnBW pursues the right avenues to take charge of sustainable development and a better energy future.

It seems like 2010 might go down in history as the year reading on a screen went mainstream. I think there are a bunch of good eReaders out there that already give us a great reading experience and a glimpse of the future of reading. Take Instapaper by Marco Ament for example. However, we’re only scratching [...]

Photo by dodge challenger1 Very quickly mobile computers (a.k.a Phones, Tablets, Communicators, …) have become our central hub to interact with the rest of the world. I’d like to talk a bit about something I’ve observed over the last months while using and crafting mobile interfaces. Because there is one particular aspect of an interface [...]

How should buttons of a washing machine sound like, when pressed? How can interaction sounds for devices reflect the values of the brand? And how can diverse stakeholders be involved in the abstract process of creating corporate sound? The challenge of a project that we did for Bosch Siemenes Hausgeräte was to find some answers [...]

We’re looking for a passionate Flex and Frontend Specialist to join our team in Stuttgart. Check the detailed job description on our corporate website. Please spread the word…

Due to lots of interesting stuff to do and heavy multitasking I haven’t had the time recently to sit down and write. But thankx to an application called OmmWriter I managed to escape the evil world of multitasking and to write this little article here exactly about this topic. These are my thoughts on multitaksing, [...]

As Markus mentioned in a previous post we’re currently having a deeper look at the Internet of Things (enter your favorire buzzword here) phenomenon. Meanwhile we prefer using the term new ecology of things (shaped by the Media Design Program @ Art Center College of Design) when talking about this subject. Because ecology is not [...]

InteractiveWall ist eine Wand, die in Echtzeit das Verhalten von Menschen vor der Wand in Bewegung, Licht und Musik umsetzt und so mit dem Betrachter interagiert. Der Besucher wird über Ultraschallsensoren erkannt. Die Struktur ist wie eine Art Hebelmechanik aufgebaut, die mit zwei Antrieben bewegt und ausgelenkt werden kann. Quelle: www.festo.com

Mercedes-Benz have recently presented their next-generation COMAND interface prototype to the public. It is called myCOMAND. The system is completely web-based, allowing telematics and infotainment services with VoIP, InternetRadio, Google navigation, weather and POI content. The visual interface seems to build heavily on radial/globe metaphors as navigation principles and supporting an intuitive use of the [...]

“Microsoft hat in seinen Forschungslabors mit SecondLight ein Rückprojektionsgerät entwickelt, das Microsofts Surface ergänzt und Bilder durch das Surface-Display hindurch und auch darüber hinaus projiziert. Dies ermöglicht interessante Effekte und einen Blick unter die Oberfläche.”  Via Golem

In a series of conceptual video scenarios, Jesse James Garrett from Adaptive path is describing their vision of future web-browsing, called Aurora. Aurora is a concept video presenting one possible future user experience for the Web, created by Adaptive Path as part of the Mozilla Labs concept browser series. Aurora explores new ways people could [...]

Heute bekam ich die Nachricht, dass die Videodokumentation zur Veranstaltung in Potsdam jetzt online ist. –– Videodokumentation des Innovationsforums ist online! Es hat ein wenig gedauert – aber nun sind endlich alle Videos der Vorträge auf dem Innovationsforum Interaktionsdesign online. Wir freuen uns, Ihnen sämtliche Vorträge in voller Länge präsentieren zu können! Videomitschnitte der Vorträge: [...]