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Involving customers in the development of products and services, user research1, is becoming more and more prominent in business, as its value is being recognised. Focus groups are a well-established tool for customer research; a useful method of gathering a lot of information from several people at once. But is it as simple as just talking to customers? How do you make sure you get useful information?
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The guys over at .NET magazine have today given us a really interesting collection of design examples within the field of data visualisation.
Ranging from infographics, interactive tools to installations and jewellery this collection gives a great insight to the design possibilities of visualising data and information.
A personal favourite of mine is the waveform jewellery, designed by David Bizer – a wholly new medium for bringing a cool visual form of data visualisation into your everyday life.
Enjoy the list yourself, and let me know what your favourites are?
http://www.netmagazine.com/features/15-fantastic-data-visualisations
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Following a introduction to the Marketing Strategy and Client Insight team at Christie’s in December 2011, we are delighted to be working with them on a series on infographic design projects.
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Following on from Wallis’ introduction, this month I’ve talked about animation can be used to enhance user experience. Check it out here and remember to regularly check back with the Zabisco SlideShare page to see what we’re talking about!
Tags: animation, ux, zabisco, slideshare
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As a long-time fan of (Marvel) comic books, since I was just a sprog, I thought it would be interesting to compare and contrast that passion with my curiosity and interest in the field of web design. I have always wondered what it is about the art of comic books that draws me in and keeps the pages turning, traits which are obviously a great thing when applied to web pages, where calls to action and time spent on a page are keys. Below I’ll detail a number of classic comic book devices that can be applied to web design to make it a more engaging, captivating and create a enjoyable user experience.
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Tags: comics, grids, illustration, marvel, panels, Web Design
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I have seen a real growth over recent weeks in the use of interactive / motion infographics being used online in the UK broadsheet press. Yesterday The Telegraph gave us this interactive infographic to visualise the activity throughout the January Premier League transfer window.
The Telegraph PL interactive infographic
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We are pleased to announce the release of our latest website design and build for the social care charity, the CIC Group (Community Integrated Care). After originally being commissioned with the User Experience (UX) Design stage of the project, CIC asked us to continue and complete the full cycle of the project.
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Tags: Design, User Centric Design, User Experience, userability
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Here at Zabisco, we’ve started using an excellent web app called SlideShare. It allows us to share presentations on topics that are relevant, or of interest to members of the team.
This month, I’ve talked about the use of iconography in web design and how they can be used to optimise user experience. Check it out here and remember to regularly check back with the Zabisco SlideShare page to see what we’re talking about!
Tags: icons, slideshare, User Experience, UX
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I have read alot of content recently about Client Services, not only in digital agencies but across all communication agency types – ATL, BTL, experiential, social media, etc. While it has been good to read about different approaches to what constitues best Client Services, and at the same time picking up all of the consistent cross overs from agency to agency, I have my own view on how best to deliver Client Services in a way that is structured to produce the best work. An approach I believe in here at Zabisco.
Client Services as a discipline has many different strands – financial, strategic, working process, project deliverables, communication and personal (getting to know your clients as real people is a absolute must, dont treat them as a voice on the phone, really get to know them). The area I am going to focus on in this blog is how to approach presenting your work, the physical delivery of the IA, designs, audit and / or recommendations you are making within the project. How to present your work in a way that is not only beneficial to your client, but also protects the integrity and quality of your work.
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Tags: account management, client / agency relationship, client services, project delivery, project management
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Is it too optimistic or are tablet computers the future? Facts reveal that tablet usage will be rapidly increased in the next few years.
An internal discussion about tablet usability rules made me write this post and talk about tablet usage. When we design a new interface, our concern is to make the website work for both conventional computers; desktops & laptops, and tablets. This is what we call Tablet Friendly Websites.
So, I decided to look into what has been written about tablets so far.
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Tags: iPad, tablet, usability, website
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You can really improve your website with optimized digital assets. They not only improve a user’s experience within the site they can also bring new users to you, with search engines favouring sites with new, varied and interesting content.
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