Tag Archives: UX

The Song Remains the Same: A Few Words Against Anti-skeuomorphism

Yes it’s a double negative – because this is not an argument in favor of skeuomorphism. It is an attempt to clarify the argument about skeuomorphism and flat design and put it in proper context. First of all, we need to acknowledge that the true definition of skeuomorphism is different than the definition used by …

February 25, 2013 – 7:37 pm | By Jason Sack | Posted in Design, interaction design, ui, UX | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Mobile, Smoking, and French Film

I remember when one of my college professors, Tom Conley, was lecturing about French film. He was a total wacko, which made him one of my favorites. He would stop on a frame and just rant about the position of the faucet in the bathroom and how it was a phallic symbol that reflected the …

June 27, 2012 – 4:00 pm | By Jason Sack | Posted in Culture, Design, Mobile | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

IxD Jumps the Shark

I just saw a commercial for the new Nokia Lumia and I had to laugh. I think it was the first time I have seen an ad use interaction design so blatantly and explicitly as the object of sexual attention. A woman sitting next to a man is caught peeping over his shoulder as he …

April 17, 2012 – 9:39 pm | By Jason Sack | Posted in Design, interaction design, Mobile, UX | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)