Insights

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

Products Not Gimmicks

Apps now are what websites were back in 2000. Everyone wants one regardless of how it fits their brand or product. They’re a must-have in…

By Mills

Why We Need Humour in Digital Design

It’s difficult to imagine life without a laugh, and with our lives becoming increasingly digital, why should we not aim to inject a bit of humour into our digital experiences? Wayne Minton makes a case for us to put personality into our digital products.

By Wayne Minton

A Case for Digital Craftsmanship

In the rush to bring ideas to the marketplace, old-fashioned ideals such as quality and attention to detail are being lost in the digital products we use every day. Our Malmö business director Anders Gran makes the case for craftsmanship.

By Anders Oscarsson

Nokia & Microsoft: The Third Platform?

In this first part of our journey, Liana Chang sums up what our senior interaction and visual designers think about the platform’s potential.

By Liana Chang

The Future of In-flight: Part Two—The Concierge Concept

Lawrence Kitson outlines ustwo’s blue-sky vision of the future of in-flight.

By Lawrence Kitson

The Future of In-Flight: Part One

In part one of a two part series, Lawrence Kitson takes look at the current state of the in-flight entertainment User Experience.

By Lawrence Kitson

Branching Strategies with GIT

It would be suicide to include untested features in public facing release builds. Juan Delgado shares one method ustwo™ uses to fix bugs and work on new features whilst maintaining a stable experience for the user.

By Juan Delgado

Live Wireframing

To kick off a series of blog posts about the processes we use at ustwo™, Anthony Lui writes about our experiences with live wireframing tools, how they can engender trust with a client and be a caffeinated hit for the design process.

By Anthony Lui

Papercuts: Lessons Learned from a Foray in Digital Publishing

Reflecting on ustwo’s experiments in digital publishing, mills™ discusses how ustwo’s independence allowed it to take a punt into the wild west of digital publishing and the lessons we learned from our experiences.

By Mills

The “S” Word

Whilst we’ve all seen examples of skeuomorphic design which are at best kitsch and at worst an eyesore, Pascal Raabe contentiously suggests that we shouldn't dismiss skeuomorphs outright.

By Pascal Raabe

We’re all going on a summer Proliday™

Here at the studio of dreams™, our legendary 48hr app series notwithstanding, we tend to work on long term projects, often spanning a year…

By ustwo

On Android and Typography

With Ice Cream Sandwich, Android has made great strides in catering for designers and design-savvy developers but as Anthony Lui found out with the development of HappySnapper, it still has a way to go to match iOS in the realm of typography.

By Anthony Lui

A Day In The Life: Managing Projects at ustwo New York

At ustwo New York, we do a lot of work with a lot of different types of clients. And being in the business of client services, prospective…

By ustwo