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Microsoft OEM Brand & Logo Design—It’s Great Working with our Redmond Neighbors

Microsoft OEM Logos

Wow, get this, after 28 various marks we then honed in on the final. From there we created 192 variations of the same logo. This, of course, included localization, 1 color and print/rgb versions. Once the logo was complete we had the pleasure of working on additional collateral which helped to define the look and feel of the new brand, namely the style guide, website mastheads, a power point template and business cards, to name a few.

 

The iPad, the Kindle and the Nook, Will They Influence a Paradigm Shift in our Approach to Design?

What’s up with these new gizmos - so much buzz and hype! It may actually be for good reason. I don’t yet own one of these devices but, believe or not, I had the privilege of designing one of the first apps to launch with the iPad. We pretty much had to design blind as the yet-to-be-launched device was under lock and key… I quickly came to realize that I had to approach design in a significantly different way. They say that the approach is similar to designing for the iPhone but even that’s a reach. The iPad is 4 times larger therefore there is much more room for content, navigation, ads, etc. not to mention various new gestures have been added to the mix.

Sure, we can make pretty pictures all day - that’s easy, but what about usability and way finding? How do we create new and intuitive visual queues that help guide the user down a particular path?

Writer Steven Levy of Wired Magazine paints a picture in broad strokes but I found his article inspiring. It may be a bit apple-centric but it’s worth a look!

Does Your Website Look Good on an iPad?

Thanks to the folks over at iPad Peek you can get a quick preview of how your site renders in the iPad both landscape and portrait modes.

The web preview has a few limitations. There, of course, is no touch scrolling, ads turn into pop-ups and flash will still render in the emulator. The real-deal doesn’t support flash. Either way it’s a convenient way to quickly get an idea of how your website will look in the iPad. Take a peek: ipadpeek.com

UIEvolution Website Design—Clean Corporate website with WordPress Integration

UIEvoluiton Website

Based in Kirkland, Washington, UIEvolution is specializes in creating mobile applications and solutions across multiple devices and platforms. They’ve created a variety of applications for clients such as ESPN, Disney and Microsoft Bing, to name a few.

We worked closely with the team to design simple website that would bring their work into the foreground, leverage various social media tools such as WordPress and Twitter and, last but not least generate leads.

It was a great website design project and it has been a pleasure collaborating with the UIEvolution team to create a web site that will make their brand shine! Take a look here…

Senior Designer: Tim Moser

Creative Director: Vincent Dean

16 iPad Design and User Interface Resources

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A few weeks ago a client of mine shot me email indicating that he might be interested in creating an iPad application. By the end of that week my client was oozing so much enthusiasm for creating something that I was only happy to oblige. He already had a huge web site with a substantial amount of users and he was working on the 3rd iteration of a related iPhone app so it only seemed natural that we dive right into something for the iPad.

Where to start? Everyone’s completely green. I’m fairly certain the only real experts at iPad design and development would be the folks out at Apple and even they are waiting on folks like us to help interpret and define what the iPad is fully capable of.

Once I got the official “green light” from my client. I kicked of the project by mining for as much information as I could find. As a result I’ve compiled a list of iPad resources that I hope will be of use. Read the rest of this entry…

Website Design & Social Media Integration for Seattle Company Opscode

Wow, funny how time flies. We’ve been meaning to post this for a couple months now but we’ve been slammed!

It was just a bit intimidating creating a web site for a group of web gurus of this caliper. The Opscode team is “comprised of a team of web infrastructure experts responsible for building and operating some of the world’s largest websites and cloud computing platforms”.

Pixelube stepped up, created the website design then output an XHML template system that integrated with the existing Opscode infrastructure. The Opscode website design and template system was created so that the team could easily integrate it with it’s various social media properties such as the twitter and blog, and rss feeds.

New Seattle Website Design: Hardy Boys, Treasure on the Tracks


Local business, Her Interactive, a gaming development company located in Bellevue, Wa. commissioned us to create a “micro” promotional web site for it’s new Nintendo DS game, Hardy Boys, Treasure on the Tracks. The web site was created to reinforce the basic concept of the game where users are prompted to travel the rails from Paris to St. Petersburg in search of the “Royal Treasure.

Pixelube worked closely with the Her Interactive marketing team to create a flash site that is fun, immersive and promotes the game in a creative way.

Senior Designer: Tyler Hill
Creative Director: Vincent Dean

Freshly Designed Seattle Website - Fatmornings.com

Seattle Web Site Design - Fatmornings.com

Get your recipes from the freshly launched, Seattle website, FatMornings.com.

In collaboration with the site owner Allison Klein, Pixelube was commissioned to design a new logo, website and content management system for the Fat Mornings website.

Using some for the latest AJAX technologies, we designed a simple website to showcase Allison’s library of recipes. We also created an administration area which allows the site owners to create and upload new recipes at will.

We’re proud of the brand. We’re proud of the site. Get your tasty recipes today!

Senior Designer: Tim Moser
Creative Director: Vincent Dean

40+ Useful & Handy Web Designer’s Web Services & Tools

noupe - 40 useful web site tools

If you’re a web site designer, you’ll want to hang onto this list of useful links that our friends over at noupe.com have provided. From tools for site status, to screen shots to em charts, there is much to be had here! Take a look…

Freshly Launched Website: Seattle Construction Company BNBuilders

BNBuilders New Web Site
BNBulders (BNB) is a full-service general contractor. They have worked on a variety of local projects such as the Seattle Children’s Research Institute, the King County Library System, various projects for the University of Washington and multiple biotech projects in the Lake Union area of Seattle.

Pixelube worked closely with the BNBuilders team to build the new website that would showcase their latest projects and allow the BNB staff to easily post job openings, and announcements to the site via a custom content management system.

Senior Designer: Don Flora
Development: Devin Swecker
Creative Director: Vincent Dean

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