Apple Michigan Avenue, a first in the tech giant’s reimagining of its premiere store locations, opens on Friday along Chicago’s riverfront. A preview on Thursday showed off some of the… Read More
Looking down is part of the point of going up in Seattle’s Space Needle. For visitors to the landmark’s restaurant high above ground, it will be a featured element of… Read More
The revamped Echo from Amazon, unveiled Wednesday in Seattle, comes with improved sound, a lower price and a new design. But for the discerning eye, at least a couple of… Read More
Take a look at the selections in the beer aisle at your local grocery store, and you’re sure to notice there’s a ever-increasing number of brands vying for your attention.… Read More
DevOpsDays is returning to Seattle for another round of talks and discussion on software development, IT infrastructure and everything in between. The two-day conference is dedicated to developers and all… Read More
A key concept for the new Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture at the University of Washington, currently under construction in Seattle, is “See Through the Burke.” It’s part of… Read More
In the tech community, there are countless entrepreneurs who think they have an idea that’s so original, it’s bound to change the world. But is creativity really the secret ingredient… Read More
Design is integral to how we move through the world — how we experience and understand the places where we live, work and play. And Scott Wyatt, a partner at… Read More
Seattle native John Maeda has a unique perspective on the technology industry, as an engineer and designer who was an MIT Media Lab professor and president of the Rhode Island School of… Read More
Forget backseat drivers, since unveiling its rebranded look this week, Uber is hearing it from backseat designers who think the company missed the mark big time with its new app… Read More
You might need a minute before you request your next Uber to locate and or recognize the app icon on your phone as the company unveiled a completely revamped look… Read More
When people starting thinking about home decor, the web tends to be their first stop. Between retail sites, online magazines, and blogs, there are endless resources — sorting through them can be time-consuming and… Read More
Brad Bouse already helped fix an inefficiency in the developer market when he co-founded the software development bootcamp Code Fellows. Now he’s working on another inefficiency, but this time in the design… Read More
Editor’s note: This post is an excerpt from the book Making Things Special: Tech Leadership from the Trenches A note: We recognize that many of the people reading this book… Read More
Facebook is known for switching up the design of its users’ profiles without notice, and today is no different: some visitors to the popular social networking site will find that… Read More
The maker movement is coming to the nail salon. That’s the vision of students from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif., who presented their “Sensor Salon” project at… Read More
We’ve got a lot to discuss on this week’s GeekWire radio show, starting with our thoughts on Amazon’s new Prime Music streaming service — the online retailer’s latest push into the world of digital… Read More
[Editor’s Note: Author and teacher Jon Bell is a designer in Twitter’s Seattle office and a speaker at the upcoming HIVE technology design conference.] While it’s true that creativity and inspiration can be hard to explain, quantify, or reliably… Read More
The Weyerhauser Corporate Headquarters in Federal Way has earned awards for its architecture, interior design and energy conservation. It’s a “gorgeous, gorgeous” building, Scott Wyatt tells me. There’s just one… Read More
[Editor’s Note: Guest commentator David Lifson of General Assembly is one of the speakers at the upcoming HIVE technology design conference, June 20 and 21 in Seattle, presented by AIGA Seattle, the professional… Read More
Camera technology company Lytro is getting lots of headlines this week for its second-generation light field camera, called the Illum — a DSLR-style device that creates “living images” designed to be refocused after taking… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO–While startups are often on the lookout for new engineering talent, renowned hardware designer Yves Behar said that they need to place a similar priority on finding good designers.… Read More
For users of Twitter’s web interface, it’s a brand new day, design-wise. The social network is in the process of rolling out a fresh design to its website that brings… Read More
Having worked on Apple’s User Interface Technologies and introducing the term “user experience” to company execs in the early 90s, Mitch Stein knows a thing or two about how humans interact… Read More
In 2011, husband-and-wife duo Keith and Jana Harper — both Seattleites — developed Well Crafted, a customizable online portfolio where designers could display their work. The inspiration hit Keith when he… Read More
We love hearing old stories about how Bill Gates operated at Microsoft, in part because the software titan has reshaped his image so much in the past few years. Today,… Read More
Do you see yourself in this video? The recent HIVE 2011 design conference in Redmond opened with an exclusive skit by Charles, a Seattle-based sketch comedy duo, spotlighting the classic… Read More
A grassroots initiative to improve the connections among technology companies, user-experience specialists and designers in the Seattle region has spawned a new conference called HIVE 2011, to be held next… Read More