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  1. Making Your Version Number Super-Visible in iOS

    If you can’t tell me what version of my app you’re running, we’re both stuck.

    Louis Antonopoulos
    June 26, 2019
    • Swift
    • iOS
    • Mobile
    • User Experience
  2. Strategies for opening phone URLs in iOS apps

    Something as simple as making a phone call or opening a URL on iOS is more complicated than you may realise. How can we gracefully handle when things go wrong?

    Adam Sharp
    May 31, 2019
    • UIkit
    • iOS
    • Mobile
    • User Experience
    • Design
  3. The Barbican Estate: Walking Through Lessons Learnt

    Reflecting on the design lessons learned from wandering around the Barbican Estate. An honest, beautiful and inspiring example of brutalist architecture in the center of London.

    Luke Mitchell
    March 12, 2018
    • Design
    • Product Design
    • User Experience
    • Inspiration
    • London
  4. Don't Rush

    The thought of designing a product from nothing can be scary. Here’s how we prefer to start.

    Luke Mitchell
    March 6, 2017
    • Product Design
    • Process
    • Agile
    • Prototyping
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    • Design
  5. Improving User Experience with Shell Scripts

    Your shell is an interface too!

    Joël Quenneville
    October 14, 2015
    • Shell
    • User Experience
  6. Rapid iOS App Prototyping With Pixate

    Prototyping with Pixate can help you validate ideas within the hour.

    Connie Chan and Ryan Coughlin
    January 13, 2015
    • Design
    • iOS
    • Interaction
    • Prototyping
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    • Animation
  7. Human-Centered Typography

    Viewing typography as a human-centered field of design

    Carolann Bonner
    October 24, 2014
    • Design
    • Typography
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