Insights

Ideas and perspectives from the work we do and the things we care about.

HMI - Where we are now and where we were

This section deals with the current state of HMI and the organisational, cognitive and regulatory issues within.

By ustwo Auto

The near future of in-car HMI

In this 5 part thought series we look into the phenomenon of growing in-car HMI complexity. We explore our belief that an interface should match the evocative nature and elegance of an automobile’s exterior and interior design.

By ustwo Auto

What’s happening with iOS8?

As soon as we heard the announcement of iOS8, we were super keen to tinker with it and explore new possibilities. Some features, like keyboard customization, widget support and actionable notifications were long-hoped for.

By ustwo

Kickstart Academy Practical Object Oriented Design

Last week we hosted again the nice Kickstart Academy guys at the London studio, this time for their Practical Object Oriented Design in Ruby course.

By Juan Delgado

Is health tracking unhealthy?

With the race towards creating the next generation of wearable technology well underway, the tech industry has taken a particular interest in the ability to monitor personal health.

By Ben Marsh

Swift extensions over pragmas

The #pragma preprocessor directive is a C standard defined as a way to provide information to the compiler.

By Markus Persson

Is Own-IP Important to Clients?

Our clients know Own-IP has long been part of our culture. Our Own-IP has grown as we have grown, our clients have matured and the market has matured.

By Brett MacFarlane

UITextField Keyboard Type Returns Initial Value

Let’s say you have a text field and you want to know in which state the keyboard is i.e. either letter mode or number mode. Well, ask the text field right?

By Martin Stolz

Testing the dreams

Since we started the gradual adoption of BDD (over a year and a half ago) testing is increasingly becoming a key piece of the development…

By Juan Delgado

Lean and Agile Q&A

We decided to invite Collin to our UX Weekly event recently to get his thoughts on some of the areas we’re grappling with on our journey to become a more Lean and Agile studio.

By Collin Lyons

Blurring the lines between design and code

At the start of the year we began a conversation with Billogram - a Swedish start-up with the ambition to improve cash flow for small to mid-size companies by streamlining the invoicing procedure.

By Tobias Arrehn

Monument Valley out now

Today ustwo releases Monument Valley, a mobile game unlike any other. Inspired by the work of M.C. Escher, Japanese woodblock prints and architecture from around the world...

By ustwo Games

Building LateRooms

As you may have already read we recently completed some work with LateRooms.com to design and build a refreshed and refined version of their current iOS and Android applications.

By Alex Fish

Interviewing at ustwo

Over the past couple of years ustwo has seen a lot of growth, and propping that up is the task of finding the right people to bring in to the fampany. .

By Matt Gyppsy

Pixel Perfect Precision Handbook

We're excited to announce that the latest Pixel Perfect Precision Handbook is available to download now.

By Matt Gyppsy

Design Jam for the Circular Economy

As designers we love getting our hands dirty, from the small pixel to the grand overall service experience. We also like to think about our role in the big wide world, because as designers we have the perfect skill set to make a difference

By Inge Kuijper

LateRooms.com - from sketch to MVP

We’ve been working with LateRooms.com to redesign and bring its apps up to current trends and technologies. With a completely blank slate to start with and a client who had faith in the agile process we were raring to go.

By Philip Lackmaker

Bitcoin: Beyond the bubble

Bitcoin has recently captured the public’s imagination in an unprecedented manner with its meteoric increase in price and high profile security breaches leaving many wondering whether this is a modern day Tulip mania.

By David Fisher

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