CAPPTIVATE.co | beta Dongdaemun Crafting a unique identity and suite of experiences for the Dongdaemun fashion district of Seoul. About A 3 week joint international project with Korea's top science university KAIST focusing on social experiences and innovation on location in Seoul, Korea. Drawing from 6 weeks of preliminary research from our counterparts at KAIST we were able to quickly discern that Dongdaemun was operating on the traditional market/mall model seen all over Asia and as such falling into a predictable decline. Dongdaemun I.D The Dongdaemun I.D project recognizes that while Dongdaemun may have a fashion reputation it lacks a central theme, an identity for the area to attach itself to e.g Ginza, Tokyo and Xintiandi, Shanghai. This project proposes to create a unique local and global identity for 2020, a strategy through 3 unique socially focused experiences to create a worldwide brand know simply as Dongdaemun. Stratagies 1. 2. 3.
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Meng To - UI/UX Designer robbiehanson/CocoaLumberjack Taylor Hu - 中央氣象局 - 網站設計概念稿 中央氣象局 – 網站設計概念稿 試著在一個晚上完成某網站的重新設計，作為練習設計速度的挑戰；我挑選了中央氣象局來練習，因為每天習慣先看氣象決定穿搭的衣物，手機上的功能較為陽春，因此還是會上氣象局網站看當日的氣候。 中央氣象局的網站有大量資料，我覺得非常適合練習層級的安排、視覺動線和減法設計。 可以看到目前的網站一開啟後，映入眼簾的其實幾乎有90%是非必要資訊，我若想看台北市，得先從極其複雜的選單開始尋找——其實也是有捷徑，就是台灣地圖上面的那朵雲，但缺乏提示和動線的引導，這樣的設計有改進的空間。 先從Logo開始，這是我個人的習慣，Logo說簡單是簡單，但小小一個圖案卻又涵括了一整個識別系統的調性，真要說起來是很花時間的。這個小專案6小時內，我花了快2小時在做這個Logo，從這裡開始把調性訂下來，接著的設計就會有一個風格的依循。 接著是網站的重新設計。 氣象局的網站本應讓缺乏氣象專業背景的民眾能快速找到自己需要的資訊，因此資料給得太詳細是錯誤的方向；民眾其實不在乎今天吹的是哪個方向的風，他們只想知道是不是該多穿件外套出門而已。 可以看到我將很多東西都拿掉了，使用了稍微偏扁平的風格，不讓過多裝飾性的元素反客為主、掩蓋了資料本身的重要性。 使用瀏覽器開啟這頁時，可使用現有的API來偵測所在地，自動呈現當地的氣象資訊，甚至連滑鼠都不用點一下就可以達到來這網站的目的了。 背景也是一個相當重要的環節，我在這裡預設此網站的背景可以是圖片、純色、或是動態的影片，根據當地氣候而呈現相應的背景，下面有一些背景的範例，你還可以看到動態背景是如何做動的。 在背景這看似不重要的地方下功夫，似乎非關功能性，其實有點哲學思考的味道在裡面，氣象資訊是冷冰冰的數字，但我希望藉由會動的背景，讓使用者感覺到，自己和大自然界的變化其實是緊緊扣在一起的。 短短幾小時的時間做出來的東西，其實根本不能算是成品，只能視為朝某個方向踏出一步的小實驗；做到這裡我想引用一句蘋果首席設計師Jonathan Ive說過的話作為結論：「Different and new is relatively easy.
iOS testing framework Resources for Mac and iOS Developers… | Dave Mark's Blog I was working on an article for Jim Dalrymple (@jdalrymple) and Loop Magazine ( The topic? Getting started with Mac and iOS development. I went looking for a reasonably recently updated list of dev resources to link to from the article. Couldn’t find one I was happy with, then remembered that we included a pretty solid list at the end of the book Beginning iOS 6 Development. Since that list needed to be updated for the iOS 7 rev of the book, I thought, why not pop the list into a blog post. At its core, programming is about problem solving and figuring things out. I also posted a separate list of dev tools right here and a another post listing training resources right here. Of course, please do follow me on Twitter (@davemark). Become one with Xcode’s documentation browser, grasshopper. If you are just getting started with Mac or iOS development, here are a few places I would look through, some excellent foundational material.