Earlier this year, my friend James Walker (not that one, this one) asked me to do something I’d never done before. Granted, that isn’t a unique situation. There are literally infinite things I’ve never done – I’m a fairly normal…
At Atomicdust, we try to think through the entire experience a person will have while using a website or flipping through an annual report. To do this, we use contextual information about our clients and their audiences: who we’re talking…
Every once in a while, we’re offered an opportunity to create conceptual designs that help clients realize their ambitions and turn their dreams into something real. Jamison Peil came to us with an idea – he’s pitching a TV show…
Here at Atomicdust, we’re doing more and more icon work: icons for apps, touch-icons for mobile websites and social media profiles for brands all require varying degrees of iconography. Just like any design specialty, icon design has rules and best…
As a Professional Designer Person, I’m contractually obliged to get excited when Adobe releases a new version of Photoshop. Early last week, the newest product to bear the Photoshop name was released to iPad 2’s everywhere. After some fiddling, I’ve…
I’m an iPad junkie (I know, it’s a huge shock to you all). Moreover, I often use it to take notes, access my calendar, sketch out ideas, and generally hash out ideas while I’m at work. It’s become my digital…
When someone mentions “branding,” my guess is “interaction design” isn’t the first thought that comes to mind. In the increasingly always-connected mobile world we live in, it should be. The way a user interacts with an app, website, or device…
If there’s anything that we at Atomicdust love more than technology and music, it’s exercising (not true). Actually, it’s challenges that we love. And recently, we ran up against one heck of a design challenge. Regular readers of our blog…
