Last week I visited “Decode – Digital design sensations”, at the V&A in London. Decode showcases the latest developments in digital interactive design, and focused on three themes. Coding, which explored how computer code can be used to create great pieces of conceptual design; interactivity, that looked at work that responded to physical presence, and Network charts or reworks that visualizes stats from its surroundings.
First we replaced desktop computers with laptops, allowing people to take their computers with them. Now laptops could be in line for a similar extinction in the mobile office. Smart phones such as the Apple iPhone and Research in Motion’s (RIM) Blackberry are removing the need to take a laptop with you to work.
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Flash is a tool used to create stunning interactive experiences. It is also becoming more acceptable (especially in the design industry) to build an entire site in flash, allowing for the use of lovely touches of animation and interaction.
Even though Flash offers so much, there are certain problems to its use.
Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service, which lets you update your status using tweets (short messages saying what you are doing), and find out what friends, colleagues and even celebrities are doing. It has been called the logical evolution of blogging.
There is an ever growing presence of motion graphics. especially following the continued growth in the popularity of television and the internet. It is seen by many as an obvious and logical progression from static graphics which has become less important as technology has changed today’s culture. But what is it and how can it be used…