Interaction Design News
Timberland Re-imagines Storytelling Within the Retail Experience
Together with Timberland's in-house global creative services group, Apologue has developed an intelligent interactive experience within the retail fixtures that intrigues and engages the customer throughout the store, inspiring them to discover their great outdoors with Timberland gear, technologies and brand storytelling.
NBCPolitics Partners with foursquare to Launch Presidential Election Campaign Check-Ins
NBCPolitics announced an exclusive election partnership with foursquare. The "Campaign Check-ins" data visualization on NBCPolitics website will display check-ins from President Obama's campaign team and the Republican presidential candidates' campaign teams as they travel across the country on the campaign trail.
Winners of the Core77 Fast Track to the Mobile App Competition
Core77 today announced the five winners and 95 finalists in this inaugural global competition, Fast Track to the Mobile App.
Gaga Constellation
Want to see your holiday wish grace a window at Barneys Madison Avenue? Then just tweet it into "Gaga Constellation," the vaunted retailer's interactive window display that recently launched as a part of Lady Gaga's Holiday Workshop.
Design for Context: Understanding How User Context is Evolving
Fjord, the digital design consultancy, has just completed a white paper called "Design for Context: Understanding How User Context is Evolving."
eBay Give-A-Toy Store
eBay unveiled The Give-A-Toy Store in New York and San Francisco - eBay's latest innovation that makes it easy for shoppers to donate joy - and toys - via their mobile devices.
Spotify for Windows Phone 7.5
Spotify music app is now available for Windows Phone 7.5. The interaction design team at the design consultancy Ergonomidesign, has been working together with Spotify in the design and development of the app.
The Sensorium: A Journey into Scent
The world's first pop-up scent museum The Sensorium: Lucid Dreams from the Sensory World, is an interactive, multimedia experience designed to explore the emotions and instincts behind scent.
The Echo Temple: An Interactive Sound Installation for the Virgin Mobile FreeFest
MPC Digital has launched in the US with an Interactive Sound Installation that allowed users to play virtual musical instruments by moving their bodies in front of motion-tracking cameras.
Journey to the Exoplanets App by Brandwidth
Apple's current iPad App of the Week provides science buffs, space art enthusiasts, backyard astronomers and young adults with an extraordinary look into the world beyond our Solar System.
Communication Arts Interactive Design Competition 2012
Communication Arts Interactive Design Competition is open for entries.
Freshkills Park+: A 21st Century Walk in the Park
On the occasion of the annual Sneak Peak event held in Staten Island's Freshkills Park, October 2nd, 2011, a new augmented reality (AR) application for smartphones is being launched, allowing visitors to navigate and understand features of the site as well as its transformation from landfill to park.
Philips Obsessed with Sound: Tribal DDB Amsterdam Launches Unique Interactive Music Video
Tribal DDB Amsterdam launched Obsessed with Sound, a new interactive audiovisual online experience for Philips.
Elucidating Feedback: Mind Control Design
An interactive design installation that triggers patterns by connecting to a user's brain waves has recently returned from the 2011 Electronic Language International Festival (known as FILE) Festival in Brazil.
UX Masterclass Chicago
The fourth UX Masterclass at The Field Museum in Chicago offers fresh insights into design strategies capable of advancing not only the understanding of the customer's interactions with products and services, but also dramatically shift an organization's mindset to enhance the customer experience.
Toggle: Tomorrow's Remote for Today's TV
Carbon Design Group has today unveiled Toggle, a multimode touch remote concept for today's connected TV viewing experiences.
Project Rimino: Redefining the Mobile Experience
Developed by Amid Moradganjeh as Masters thesis project at Umea Institute of Design, Project Rimino redefines mobile experience through human factors research and design thinking.
Traffic and Transport Information Design: New Masters Degree Course
FH St. Polten University of Applied Sciences (FHSTP) in Austria will offer a new distance-learning Masters course in Traffic and Transport Information Design.
Adobe AIR App Challenge
Adobe and Sony launched the Adobe AIR App Challenge to drive the creation of innovative Android applications for the two models of "Sony Tablet" devices and offer developers a chance to win $200,000 in total cash prizes.
Interactive Exhibition on Renewable Energy
Gagarin announced the opening of a new interactive exhibition on renewable energy for Landsvirkjun Power Company at the hydro power station Burfellsvirkjun.
Adam Phillips: Former Lego Designer Wins Pilkington Vehicle Design Awards
A former toy designer has scooped top honours at this year's Pilkington Vehicle Design Awards at the Royal College of Art, for his new concept on the modern family car that uses iPad-style technology.
Auti: Toy Teaches Autistic Children Positive Play
Auti is a responsive, mechanised toy designed especially for autistic children six months and up has been created to teach positive play behaviours.
IPC Partners with frog to Create Multimedia Strategy to Further Redefine Trader Communications
IPC Systems has joined forces with frog to assist in developing a strategy to deliver a new standard for multi-media communication for traders with the Unigy platform.
Tali Krakowsky of Apologue to Speak on Experience Design at Eyeo Festival and PromaxBDA
Tali Krakowsky, founder of experience design studio Apologue, will be speaking at the Eyeo Festival on June 27-28 in Minneapolis, and at the 2011 PromaxBDA Conference on June 30, in NYC.
IxDA 2012 Interaction Awards
IxDA 2012 Interaction Awards is open for entries. The award is the first of its kind, designed to recognize and celebrate examples of excellence in interaction design across domains, platforms, environments and cultures.
Crytek Uses New Autodesk Scaleform Features to Create Crysis 2
Crytek used Autodesk Scaleform software in the development of "Crysis 2," a new science fiction first-person shooter video game published by Electronic Arts (EA).
Aniden Interactive Designs a Multi-Touch Interactive Experience for IFC
Marking the first collaboration between IFC and Aniden Interactive, the digital design agency created a user interface for IFC's multi-touch interactive experience inside the network's IFC Crossroads House at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival.
The First Dedicated Smartphone Elections Services in Switzerland by Jannuzzi Smith
Jannuzzi Smith and Cryms have launched the official smartphone website and iPhone application "RisultaTI - Elezioni cantonali 2011" for Repubblica e Cantone Ticino.
How a 160 Year Old Paper From Toronto Created a Global Reading Experience
When the team behind Toronto Standard first approached digital design + development company Playground, three goals topped their must have list.
The Red Dot Award: Communication Design 2011
The Red Dot Award: Communication Design 2011 is open for entries. Designers, marketing agencies and clients of the communications industry are invited to score points with their published creative works.
Evoko Room Management Solution Wins iF Product Design Award
Evoko Unlimited received iF Product Design Award for its Evoko room management solution.
Potion Designs Three Interactive Experiences for LA Museum of the Holocaust
Potion announced the completion of two interactive installations and one interactive device for the new Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust in Pan Pacific Park.
International Conference on Interaction Design 2011
The second International Conference on Interaction Design (ICID) is looking at how interaction design is moving beyond human-computer interaction to creating delightful and responsible individual, social, and organizational experiences.
Virtuo: A Revolutionary Smart Jukebox Designed by frog
TouchTunes Interactive Networks unveiled its premier Digital Jukebox, Virtuo, a first-of-its-kind system that breaks through the digital entertainment category with advanced music, technology and advertising capabilities.
HUSH Collabs on Interactive Toyota Prius Installation at Detroit Auto Show
As cool as a Toyota Prius Hybrid is, it's even cooler with slick 3D animation, as the multidisciplinary production company HUSH proved in an interactive installation at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show.
2011 One Show Interactive: Third Quarter Finalists
The One Club announced third quarter finalists for One Show Interactive - their award show celebrating the best in digital advertising and new media.
Moritz Waldemeyer: Create11 Keynote Speaker
Create11: the interaction design symposium has confirmed that Moritz Waldemeyer is to be keynote speaker at the event.
First Annual ADC Designism Award: Deadlines Extended
As part of the ADC 90th Annual Awards celebration, the Art Directors Club is presenting its first annual ADC Designism Award.
Yahoo! Bang: Tronic Visits Yahoo! for an Adventure in Gesture-Based Interactivity
Outside a busy conference room on Yahoo!'s campus, a newly installed, hands-free interactive video-wall "sees" passersby, launches its attract program, and having engaged someone, presents details of key Yahoo! properties.
IxDA Interaction Awards
IxDA Interaction Awards is a first-of-its-kind awards program dedicated to celebrating global excellence in the discipline of Interaction Design.
Art Directors Club Expands Interactive Category for ADC 90th Annual Awards
The Art Directors Club has expanded the Interactive category for the ADC 90th Annual Awards programs.
SIDeR 2011: Student Interaction Design Research Conference
The next Student Interaction Design Research conference (SIDeR 2011) will be held next year at the Danish Technical University.
Tronic's Interactive Airport Installations Delight Xerox
Next time you saunter down an airport walkway, you may have the opportunity to deliver the mail with a CG dog named "Bullseye" or open doors to glimpse the unusual goings on in four Marriott Hotel rooms.
CCA Launches New Interaction Design Programme
In fall 2011, California College of the Arts (CCA) will launch a groundbreaking undergraduate programme in Interaction Design.
Aniden Interactive Designs User Interface for Guggenheim's YouTube Play Digital Gallery
YouTube Play exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York celebrated the world's most creative online videos.
ADC Announces 90th Awards Jury Chairs
The Art Directors Club today announced the lineup of industry leaders who will serve as jury chairs for the ADC 90th Annual Awards programs, including a new overarching position of Annual Awards Chair.
Connected Drive Meets Efficient Dynamics
Under the term Connected Drive, the BMW Group already unites a unique portfolio of innovative features that enhance comfort, raise infotainment to new levels and significantly boost safety in BMW Group vehicles.
INDEX: Award 2011
The international design award for life-improving designs, INDEX:Award, calls upon the world community to submit nominations for its 4th award cycle.
Brandwidth Previews Apple Tablet Apps Ahead of Official Launch
Following months of speculation, the launch of Apple's new Tablet platform is to be complemented by the preview of Brandwidth's portfolio of Tablet Apps.