Dieter Rams and the Fresh PrinceWill Smith's cringe-inducing wardrobe of the eighties got me thinking about the difficulty of truly timeless design. Dieter Rams to the rescue.
Patching Up Your iPhone WallpaperGrab a quiet, low-contrast wallpaper to return some calm to your iPhone home screen.
Tips for iPhone Visual IdentityI posted a slew of pointers at O'Reilly Answers for designing a unique visual identity for iPhone apps.
Local Development: New Technology, New CommunityIt was a real treat to sit down with John Maeda to talk iPhone apps, economic development, and how to build a community of digital artisans.
Quick Thoughts on Designing for iPad vs iPhoneI had a fun conversation with O'Reilly Online Managing Editor Mac Slocum about the differences designing for iPad vs iPhone.
Just Like Being ThereThe good folks at SXSW just posted the audio of my talk on Tapworthy app design. Have a listen and follow along with the slides, too.
Tapworthy App Design at SXSWI'm in Austin to talk about iPhone interface design on March 15. Come say howdy.
Tapworthy: Designing Great iPhone Apps on Bookshelves June 2010There are lots of books about making iPhone apps. This one’s different. Available now for preorder (and a sneak-peek preview).
Best iPhone Apps: Reinventing (and Designing) Books in the Web EraOr, “Why I wrote and designed an entire book in Pages.” The web has changed the way we read, and my new book is part of an experiment to create a new kind of print storytelling, with lessons for writers, designers, and publishers alike.
Dot Your I’sA clever logo solution smuggles in the required legalese without cluttering the design.
Jacques Villeglé: The Original MashupAn exhibition of torn poster art asks fascinatingly relevant questions in an era of online mashups and user-generated content.
Follow the Grid, Skip the LinesMy post office features a clever heat-map grid to announce slow and busy hours. A perfect idea for the web.
C’est la BeachAs Paris morphs into the Riviera, some clever icon design works its own transformation.
No Pain, No Pain: The “Couch to 5K” and Humane DesignI wrote the "C25K" training program for new runners over a decade ago. Its philosophy overlaps neatly with my philosophy of software design.
ControlledYour faithful correspondent fell under the browbeating eye of authority on a few recent and essentially trivial occasions, making me think a bit about the effects of control, rule enforcement and tone in my own work.