Here are some images of some wireframes and mockups from a festival app that I’m currently working on. The idea is to provide an easy to use app to enable people to find out who is playing and where at a given time at a music festival. It uses ibeacon technology. This ibeacon app […]
2015 Year of the Wearable
The launch of the Apple Watch next year could be a key factor involved with wearable technology becoming much more mainstream, and some analysts are expecting the Apple Watch to be really popular due to existing high levels of consumer trust and also compatibility of the device with the iPhone. Initially we can expect to […]
10 reasons why wearable technology will be huge in 10 years
We have seen a major transition over the last decade from desktop to mobile devices. With the major technology companies releasing wearable devices many app designers and developers are busy thinking about how to utilise this new technology. Here are the reasons why we can expect it to be huge in 10 years time and […]
iBeacon Public Transport Phone and Watch App
I am currently working on a public transport app design for mobile phones and the Apple Watch. These are the initial wireframes for the app design. It will be based upon using iBeacon technology, although can also use GPS where iBeacons aren’t available. When an iBeacon signal is found by the app in a station […]
Graphic Design 30,000bc to 2014 – The path from Cave Painting to Mobile Design
To celebrate the start of the London Design Festival, I decided to create my first infographic. It is a rough guide to some of the major graphic design movements, processes and events showing where and when they predominantly occurred or originated. The aim is to present some basic historical information about some of the key […]
Smarter Smartphones and Artificial Intelligence
We have seen the levels of computing power in mobile phones rise hugely over the last decade. However there are many areas where artificial intelligence coupled with high speed internet connectivity and newly emerging wearable technologies could be utilised by smartphone apps. The rate of evolution of computers from the giant cumbersome machines of the […]
Mobile Apps and 4K Football Broadcasting
Live 4K football broadcasting trials have already started in the UK, and the Ultra HD cameras were present at a match between West Ham and Stoke. The signal was beamed back to the studios in West London via a satellite link where the results were displayed on an 84inch display to be enjoyed by several […]
Android Car Apps
It was recently announced that Google has collaborated with Nvidia, the company behind the first GPU, and several major car manufacturers, to form the Open Automotive Alliance. Members include Audi, General Motors and Honda. Meanwhile, Apple has also teamed up with several automotive manufacturers. Centred around the familiar Android platform, rather than a range of […]
Apps and the future
With the arrival of the new year comes a large number of predictions about what 2014 will bring in terms of app design and new mobile hardware technologies and trends. These predictions are often based upon industry and manufacturer announcements and documented areas of investment and research. However a more imaginative and less accurate approach […]
Android Apps and Internet TV
Philips has recently announced that Android will be an integral part of some its latest TVs. As bandwidth increases and internet connectivity for devices like TVs becomes easier and cheaper for manufacturers to include, it looks like developers should be ensuring that their apps work on big screens too. App user interface design should allow […]