Today in Design - Top Articles RoundUp 30 January 2015

The day’s best and most impor­tant design- and design business-focused arti­cles, tuto­ri­als, and resources hand-picked by Pariah Burke.

  • What Every Young Designer Should Know, From Legendary Apple Designer Susan Kare
    The Mac pix­el queen boils down her advice for young design­ers to two sim­ple rules.
  • The 10 most icon­ic user inter­faces in movie his­to­ry inspire real UI design

    Advanced user inter­face tech­nol­o­gy was once some­thing that only seem to hap­pen in sci-fi movies. When we mar­velled over the tech­nolo­gies we saw in The Matrix years ago, the con­cept of con­trol­ling and mov­ing 3D objects on walls of glass seemed ridicu­lous and far-fetched.

    But now these tech­nolo­gies not only exist – they’re increas­ing­ly com­mon­place, as com­pa­nies rush to adopt user inter­face tech­nolo­gies to please their cus­tomers and pro­mote their busi­ness­es. DJ booths in restau­rants and raves, bar tops, café menus, even vir­tu­al store win­dows are all util­is­ing these new tech­nolo­gies to cre­ate an inno­v­a­tive touch­screen expe­ri­ence and deliv­er a unique, opti­mised end-user expe­ri­ence to their cus­tomers that is like no other.

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  • Twitter Falling: Top Four Failures So Far
    Twitter shares the top spot in social media along with Facebook. And if you know how to use it, Twitter can pro­vide you won­drous ben­e­fits. These ben­e­fits are often in spite of the devel­op­ments and improve­ments Twitter Co. has tried to make to their pl…
  • It’s Time For Industrial Design To Grow Up
    Traditional indus­tri­al design can’t deliv­er what it takes to cre­ate tech devices. Besides new skills, we need new language.Tags: ID Design
  • 20 Websites To Find Free High-Quality Images

    Chances are you’re pret­ty tired of see­ing tra­di­tion­al stock pho­tos of peo­ple in suits shak­ing hands. Not only are they bland and unin­ter­est­ing, but they also cost mon­ey. The good news is that there has been a rise in great stock pho­to sites that you can use for free – yes, for both per­son­al and com­mer­cial use.

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  • Dirty car artist leaves mas­ter­pieces in the dust
    Dirty car artist Scott Wade cre­ates mas­ter­pieces from the grime left on car windows.

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