just another blog pressed for words

We’re developing for a lot more screens, which means thinking about new conventions for interface design. Good post on Core77 calling out a fancy user interface for a gestural entertainment center created by UX studio Kicker and electronics manufacturer Canesta. Check it out.

Kicker gives some background on how their research brought them to the ‘wax on, wax off’ gestural language, and how they began with a couple of important guidelines – stay away from anything that feels like the Minority Report, and don’t do anything that would be embarrassing while sitting on the couch with a date.