InsightsIdeas and perspectives from the work we do and the things we care about.Introducing: Honk!Sabine Storm, Product owner of Honk! takes us on a journey of passion, curiosity, experimentation and chat. Honk! is a courageous dive into the unknown.By Sabine StormThe Future of a Connected Crossrailustwo’s design director Joe McLeod outlines his vision for what a commuting experience could be if Britain’s ambitious Crossrail project takes WiFi and mobility into account.By Joe MacleodWeather Apps: Ignoring Form and FunctionThere seems to have been wave after wave of super-slick weather apps appearing over the past few months, but not one of them will replace the shortcut to the BBC Weather web page on Gyppsy's home screen. He tells us why.By Matt GyppsyIntroducing: RandoKenny Lövrin and Jack Maxwell write about the creation of Rando, a new ustwo™ IP which is a photosharing app with a difference. No likes, no followers. Just randos.By ustwo2013: The Year of Mobile Video?A passionate advocate of video, ustwo™ newbie Alvaro Arregui wonders why video sharing hasn't reached the heights of popularity that photo sharing has, and why maybe Vine might just be the app to make 2013 the year of video sharing.By Alvaro ArreguiMIDI controller to Philips HueWe're kicking off a series of posts about hardware, sensors, Arduino, Internet of Things... and for starters… we’re connecting a MIDI controller to a set of Philips Hue lights.By Juan DelgadoRedesigning InstagramWanting to up his design skills, developer-designer Nuno Coelho Santos decided to take on a redesign of an iconic app to see where it could be improved at both a visual and UX level.By Nuno Santosustwo Open Source: US2Form-ValidatorMartin Stolz, an iOS developer here at ustwo™, writes about the design and development of an framework we’ve Open Sourced which takes a user-centred approach to form validation.By Martin StolzApps to Sort Your Life OutUpdate: This post is derived from a tech talk given by the authors at Electric House on 23 January 2013 So you want to make some serious…By ustwoustwo’s non predictions for 2013After managing to rouse our resident writers from their festivity induced slumbers, we’ve collated thoughts from all disciplines on what 2013 holds for our industry… Don’t call them predictions though!By ustwoHackney Xmas ProjectionsJuan Delgado goes into detail on the tools we used to bring a bit of Christmas cheer to Hackney.By Juan DelgadoThe Death of the Pixel?Gyppsy, our resident pixel professor takes a shot at answering the question and manages to end up with more questions than he started with!By Matt GyppsyLove Thy DesignerPaulo Marques reckons that whilst the new breed of designer is well versed in the dark arts of development, as much effort needs to be made on the developers’ part to understand—and love—designers.By Paulo MarquesUX in the FieldDavid Mingay walks us through a project we worked on recently where we helped a client—in this case, a global investment bank, incorporate UX methodologies to overcome challenges.By David MingayThe Life and Death of IconsIf you do a search for "icon" on Dribbble most probably you'll see lots of pictures depicting ultra-realistic real-world objects. This is…By Eugeniu ClimContent vs Curation (or everyone’s a fucking curator)Is curation the new content? Popular sites such as Tumblr, FFFFOUND! and Pinterest have created cults of online celebrity where taste is paramount. But Phil Lackmaker sees something sinister in this flourishing reblog culture.By Philip LackmakeruDesigning for Content, Not Chrome—the Metro ApproachLawrence Kitson tries to get to grips with this whilst porting ustwo’s iOS and Android app Happy Snapper to Windows Phone.By Lawrence KitsonTab Bars vs Split ViewsShaun Tollerton explores the ways interaction designers are bringing more functionality into their apps whilst maintaining an enjoyable user experience.By Shaun TollertonPreviousNext
