A short history of operating system interface designs since 1981. But what does it say about an operating system – Windows 1.0 in this case – when the only thing that can be said for it was that it had an interesting animated analog clock?
In this year Microsoft finally caught up with the whole graphical [...]
Microsoft right on time with Windows 1.0 GUI interface design
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 16 July, 2009 to the technology subset
Web design interfaces like it’s 1999, web 1.0, all over again
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 3 June, 2009 to the design and art subset
Say what you will about the eye candy web interfaces that graced (some parts of) the web ten years ago, if nothing else they were a sight to behold. Mike Smith has put together a collection of 25 of the best “fun & creative” web interfaces he could find on DeviantArt, that are somewhat [...]
Reflections of an Interface Designer
Posted by John Lampard on Sunday, 6 January, 2008 to the design and art subset
Reflections of an Interface Designer, by Kevin Hale.
I think all I really had going for me then was a nice aesthetic and the ability to look at something in a surprising light. After awhile, I’ve slowly come to see that successful designs augment a good head start with constant iteration and deep observation. Designers, on [...]
