Interactive Design Lab http://www.interactivedesignlab.com For the Interactive Design Program at Capilano University Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:19:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 en The Vendor-Client Relationship http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/the-vendor-client-relationship/ http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/the-vendor-client-relationship/#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:18:22 +0000 admin http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/?p=1001 This video says it all. Beware, aspiring web designers: you’ll get one of these at some point.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2a8TRSgzZY

]]> http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/the-vendor-client-relationship/feed/ And So the Mighty Fall http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/and-so-the-mighty-fall/ http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/and-so-the-mighty-fall/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 16:35:14 +0000 admin http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/?p=990 Digital Daily reports that MS Internet Explorer’s share of the browser market dropped below 60% for the first time - big news considering that IE had 95% of the market share back in 2003:

http://bit.ly/bmq5M5

]]> http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/and-so-the-mighty-fall/feed/ Don’t Forget to Download Your Free Trial! http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/dont-forget-to-download-your-free-trial/ http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/dont-forget-to-download-your-free-trial/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:11:46 +0000 admin http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/?p=987 Adobe released CS5 today—go get it!

http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/

]]> http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/dont-forget-to-download-your-free-trial/feed/ The State of Web Development 2010 http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/the-state-of-web-development-2010/ http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/the-state-of-web-development-2010/#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:36:32 +0000 admin http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/?p=985 Want to know a crazy amount of detail about what technologies and techniques web designers and developers are favouring in 2010? The survey results are in, and they’re highly interesting:

http://www.webdirections.org/sotw10/

]]> http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/the-state-of-web-development-2010/feed/ Flash Is Not Dead, Oh No http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/flash-is-not-dead-oh-no/ http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/flash-is-not-dead-oh-no/#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:24:43 +0000 admin http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/?p=983 In these times of angst about the value and future of Flash, it’s great to see brilliant use of its capabilities:

http://www.saltfilms.com.sg/

]]> http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/flash-is-not-dead-oh-no/feed/ The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/the-elements-of-typographic-style-applied-to-the-web/ http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/the-elements-of-typographic-style-applied-to-the-web/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:12:56 +0000 admin http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/?p=959 Robert Bringhurst’s The Elements of Typographic Style is a classic in the field of typography and a must-have for designers’ libraries. Richard Rutter has applied Bringhurst’s principles to web typography, offering HTML and CSS solutions for better type.

http://www.webtypography.net/

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Roadmap to Harmony

]]> http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/flash-beauty/feed/ Your Face Is Your Facebook http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/your-face-is-your-facebook/ http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/your-face-is-your-facebook/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:06:53 +0000 admin http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/?p=955 Are you finding that the normal way of using Facebook has become dull as an old penny? Prefer to see it as your profile pic exploded into a 3D space you can fly through? Your wait is over:

http://www.theprofiler.be/

]]> http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/your-face-is-your-facebook/feed/ Five Unsolved Problems Social Media Could Fix http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/five-unsolved-problems-social-media-could-fix/ http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/five-unsolved-problems-social-media-could-fix/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:18:25 +0000 admin http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/?p=934 From Harvard Business Review:

designers and developers…represent the gatekeepers of what is rapidly becoming the world’s most influential medium

Will you be one of the designers who solves these problems?

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2010/03/five_unsolved_problems_social.html

]]> http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/five-unsolved-problems-social-media-could-fix/feed/ Pondering the Future of Flash in an iPad World? http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/pondering-the-future-of-flash-in-an-ipad-world/ http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/pondering-the-future-of-flash-in-an-ipad-world/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:18:22 +0000 admin http://www.interactivedesignlab.com/?p=921 A List Apart has an excellent article by Dan Mall about the necessity (or lack thereof) of a battle between Flash and standards-based development. Want to learn a lot about the current state of the web and check out some mind-blowing interactive experiences at the same time? Read on.

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashstandards/

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