Design

System Settings for Ubuntu Phone

by Matthew Paul Thomas on 16 May 2013

The design process for System Settings on the phone involved a competitor evaluation, identifying user journeys, generating many possibilities for the...

Ubuntu.com update

by Alejandra Obregon on 13 May 2013

I’d like to give an update on upcoming plans for Ubuntu.com and to respond to recent concerns about the positioning of the community within the website....

Weather & Clock app visual exploration

by Canonical on 1 May 2013

Responding to orientation

by Canonical on 26 April 2013

We have just published a new chapter on our App Design Guides : how to handle orientation. To cater for the different orientations of a range of touch...

Designing in the open

by Canonical on 17 April 2013

On Tuesday 9th of April I gave a little talk at Mozilla’s “Designing in the Open” event. Along with the rest of the speakers I was asked to prepare a 10 – 15...

Spring cleaning ubuntu.com

by Inayaili de León Persson on 16 April 2013

Yesterday we’ve launched an updated version of ubuntu.com, which we hope will improve navigation throughout the site and provide visitors with a better...

Core utility apps visual exploration

by Canonical on 12 April 2013

Hi everyone, following our process post last week I’m excited to share the first round of visual exploration for three of our core utility apps; clock,...

The design vision for Ubuntu

by Canonical on 11 April 2013

An interview with Marcus Haslam, head of brand and visual design at Canonical.

Core utility apps process update

by Canonical on 5 April 2013

Well done to everyone working on the core utility apps – we’ve made amazing progress so let’s celebrate that! We all want to see what’s coming up so here’s a...

App patterns applied: weather key journeys

by Canonical on 26 March 2013

These last few weeks we have looked at the concepts behind our ritual apps, and explored key journeys for each. Now it is the turn of the weather app! Sitting...

Good Ubuntu books?

by Inayaili de León Persson on 25 March 2013

A few weeks ago we received a copy of the “No Starch Press” book “Ubuntu Made Easy”, by Rickford Grant with Phil Bull. The book’s main goal – which we fully...

Three main types of user behaviour found in ubuntu.com testing

by Canonical on 23 March 2013

Understanding user behaviour through user research is an integral part of our design process. In the last ubuntu.com website testing, some insights surfaced...