A couple of months ago, I wrote an article about mobile context and its role in designing for mobile. In a few words, I say that the mobile context has its own peculiarities and corresponds to a new layer of the experience. Since the iPad launch I have been interested in understanding what context it has been designed for. On one side, I can think of a desk where my computer is positioned. On the other, there is iPhone and the roads,...

Ridolfino studio equipment I am enjoying this Saturday at my friend’s place in Rome. Talking about mobile and iPhone. We are thinking about a different approach to mobile design and I’ll be glad to describe it...

Balsamiq is one of the most interesting prototyping tool I have found on the web. It’s powerful because it can visualize all the elements you need to build an UI with a selection of stunning interface elements (yes, they have that sketched style we all love). It is free as webapp but you can buy a license to enjoy it in all its beauty. I have been trying to design a mobile version  www.venere.com (my company) by using the iPhone...

I have never been such a mobile guy, mainly for two reasons. The first that I am born in Italy, a country where mobile devices are highly diffused (we are one of the most important market in Europe) and, paradoxally, the infrastructures that should support them suck. And I am not taking into account the network operator competition that only recently has seen the entrance of the virtual ones). The second reason is that mobile has always...

Project by: Pietro Desiato, Festim Zuta and Daniel KarlssonThis concept has been developed on the theme of fluency that means “the degree in which your able to move between media streams” (J. Lowgren). We’ve focused on the shopping activity because it is a very complex experience that involves a lot of media streams, first of all the city. In this project we’ve tried to be fluent and not only useful. That means that...