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There are a number of iOS stencil sets for Photoshop created to help designers prototyping iPhone, iPod and iPad interfaces. Among the highest quality and complete sets are the set from Teehan+Lax and the set by Rich Hemsley over at Designmoo. I have used both in my work but was frustrated by the way both…
Introduction When speaking with recent graduates or designers new to the field of software design, we are often asked what books or resources we recommend. What follows is a reading list focused mostly on web application design. While many of these include information that would be generally applicable to any software application I will follow…
Apple calls the idiosyncratic application launcher provided by their mobile OS “Springboard“, presumably because every time you drag an icon your other apps spring around the screen in only-sometimes-predictable ways. Unfortunately, like John Cusack before me, I get a little obsessive about organizing my collections and Springboard doesn’t like to cooperate. In an effort to…
Let’s start with a pop-quiz. Quick — name five name-brand portable audio players excluding Apple's iPod. How many did you come up with? Probably not many. Now try this — do a Google search for “iPod killer“. The number of devices that have been crowned king-of-the-hill before they even hit the market is staggering. As…
At Atomic Object we want to build products people love to use. To that end we have integrated design into our practice in a holistic way. In this article I will present our understanding of design as a concept and a discipline and give some practical insight into how design works on projects here at…
A Shared Vision for Product Design & Ownership “Real artists ship.” – Steve Jobs As a working software designer there is no more exciting, relieving, and depressing moment than the moment you ship a product you've been working on for months. With each client I work with and each product I work on I invest…
Carl is the president and co-founder of Atomic Object