Archive for the ‘Design’ Category

Make Your Adults Apps Haptastic

Take a moment.  Familiarize. Haptic technology is a tactile feedback technology that takes advantage of a user’s sense of touch by applying forces, vibrations, and/or motions to the user… …It has been described as “(doing) for the sense of touch what computer graphics does for vision”. –Wikipedia. We have the ability to experience the world with five

Google revamps the Android Market

It looks MiKandi isn’t the only one to overhaul their app store.  Over the next two weeks, Google Android will be rolling out a major update to to Android Market.  Just like MiKandi users, folks with devices running Android 1.6 will see the changes.  If your device runs Android 1.5 and you want MiKandi and

Free high quality icon sets

I love $FREE.99!  Below are some spectacular high quality icon sets that you can use for your projects. * Please note that not all of these sets are free for professional use.  Always check the license before using any free graphics, fonts, sounds, etc. From SmashingMagazine.com Social Media Handycons Handycons is a free hand-drawn set

TATMobile UI

Hey App Stars, check out TAT, The Astonishing Tribe. About TAT: TAT is a Swedish software technology and design company offering products and services that differentiate and enhance the user experience of portable devices. TAT is headquartered in Malmö, Sweden, and has local offices in Korea and USA. TAT was founded on a passion for

App icon design: Best practices

So we’ve embarked on an ‘App Icon’ design discussion.  We’ve already shared with you a quick video tutorial on designing an Android style app, and a step by step tutorial on designing a non-market app icon.  Both tutorials provide super simple and quick design tips that anyone with Photoshop or Illustrator can replicate. This morning,

Tutorial: Design a simple app icon with Photoshop

Yesterday, we shared a video tutorial we found on Phandroid that shows you how to design an Android style app icon.  Today, we’re sharing a step by step tutorial on how to design a simple glossy icon.  This style is neither Android or iPhone. A successful icon will attract more consumers to your app.  The

Video Tutorial: Designing an Android app icon

A few weeks ago, we told you developers that some of you need to step up your app icon game. We know that you’re developers, not graphic designers, so we’ll be introducing a design tutorial series to help you along.  The first topic of discussion- app icons.  If you have any design questions, please send