Ubuntu

November Brown Bag lunch

by Canonical on 15 November 2013

Some of us in the Design team have been gathering on a monthly basis to have lunch together and share things we find interesting to us. Today, I’d like to...

Ubuntu

App Design Clinic #4

by Canonical on 11 November 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHs0bYWcq-E App design Clinic #4 focuses on icons, with questions from Stuart Langridge including: guidance on creating app...

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Cloud and server

A week in San Francisco

by Canonical on 7 November 2013

I recently attended my first cloud sprint meeting held in San Francisco, and it turned out to be a great experience. It’s been 10 years since I last visited,...

Cloud and server

Planning a cathedral at the bazaar

by Peter Mahnke on 6 November 2013

So I am stretching the metaphor a bit, but I think it accurately explains my experience of the recent cloud sprint in San Francisco. The week starts with some...

Ubuntu

IKEA’s design process

by Inayaili de León Persson on 28 October 2013

Graham pointed out a recent Wall Street Journal article out to me as I was going on about my recent kitchen renovation (yes, I’ve used IKEA units). It gives a...

Ubuntu

App Design Clinic #3

by Canonical on 23 October 2013

Today’s clinic included: A discussion of launcher placement, Brad Well’s Bible app – general design guidance Michael Zanetti’s uAuthenticator app – general...

Ubuntu

Wednesday App Clinic – Update

by Canonical on 26 September 2013

Over the last few weeks, we’ve enjoyed running 2 Wednesday App Clinics. Thanks to all those who sent us their apps and questions. It’s been a fantastic...

Ubuntu

Shorts: add, edit, share and adjust

by Canonical on 28 June 2013

In my previous blog post, we looked at the key screens for Shorts, the organic grid and the reading view. You can read about the list view behaviour in this...

Ubuntu

Latest design guides

by Canonical on 25 June 2013

It’s been a while since our last update to the app design guides so I thought it was about time I shared the latest additions to this growing resource. Screen...

Ubuntu

Solving multiple calendar views

by Canonical on 21 June 2013

One of the key challenges with designing calendar applications is the number of ways you can display your time, whether it’s by year, month, week or day....

Ubuntu

Motion Graphics Presentation for Ubuntu Mobile

by Canonical on 24 May 2013

This is a presentation of our ‘Paper’ Motion theme for Ubuntu Mobile. The theme is informed by the ‘paper’ graphic style of the mobile OS and we have sought...