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Kia Looks to Engage further with the Web Community
With car buyers increasingly turning to the Web for their research, today’s customers are extraordinarily well informed. For John Bache, database & digital marketing manager at KiaMotors (UK) Ltd. this means the role of the manufacturer’s website is changing. Car companies must move beyond standard brochure-ware and catalogues and start provisioning original content that increases customer engagement and helps to inspire people to visit their local dealer.
moreAskJeeves.com Brings Back the Butler
Ask.com has reverted to its original brand – AskJeeves.com – in the UK, just three years after the iconic butler was dropped by the search engine. New Media Knowledge’s Chris Lee caught up with AskJeeves to find out why.
moreCut&Paste 2009 Digital Design Tournament
It’s that time again. The Call for Competitors is open for entries! Got skills in 2D, 3D, or Motion? You could be one of the designers selected to represent London in fast-paced, single-elimination rounds, each with a unique design theme and set time limit.
morei-design 08 - 3D to 5D
The first panel discussion broached the topic of 5D, the developing area of immersive design that touches on themes around sensory experience, virtual reality environments and design that is not just digital and not just virtual, but rather a hybrid of the two.
morei-design 08 - Brendan Dawes, My Interactive
Brendan Dawes, creative director of MacneticNorth, talked about the ways in which his early experience of technology has affected his approach to interactive media and of the seismic shift that has taken place in recent years in how people use technology.
morei-design 08 - Simon Waterfall
Simon Waterfall, creative director at Poke and former digital chair of D&AD, began the day with a series of questions and observations about the aspects of online media he found frightening and disturbing.
moreYDA Awards Open for Entries
The Y Design Awards (YDA), part of London Design Festival, is now open for entries. Covering nine categories, the awards recognise excellence in the UK’s digital creative industries at a designer level.
moreI'll Show You Mine
Part showcase, part confessional - ten of the UK’s finest digital designers bare their creative souls and share their work and wisdom. Each will reveal - in less than seven minutes - ‘the best advice I’ve ever been given’.
moreCreative Juice
Creative companies and individuals based in London are being offered a unique opportunity to develop their business skills, gain a better understanding of how to put their creative skills to the best use of their businesses, and how to maximise the revenue derived from their talents.
moreUser Centred Design - Course
In order to make sure your site meets your audience’s needs, you need to start by understanding your audience. This one day course demonstrates a variety of industry-standard tools and techniques that allow you to gain insight into your audience, what they are looking for online, and how to give it to them.
moreiDesign Videos
Many thanks to George Grylls for taking videos of the iDesign conference on September 18. The first 23 of these have now been uploaded to YouTube.
moreiDesign - Working the Walk
We’re delighted to say that Tuesday’s iDesign conference went down a treat. If you wanted to know where exactly this country is up to with interactive design,and where it’s going, then we think the Dynamo team nailed it with this event.
moreiDesign Podcasts
We’re sure many of you will be heading to the iDesign conference at the South Bank Centre on Tuesday 18th September. There’s a great line-up of speakers covering topics across the world of interactive media and design, plus the latest projects from foremost practitioners on display. Tickets are available here if you haven’t booked yet.
moreThis Year's Y Design Awards Open for Entry
UK digital designers are invited to submit their work into the 2007 Y Design Awards, part of the London Design Festival which runs from 18th to 25th September 2007.
moreiDesign - Design for Life
Our world is increasingly filled with wild and wonderful gadgets, new technologies, ground breaking digital services, but what does this really mean for the individual?
moreThe Future of Web Design
At FOWD this Wednesday, keynote speaker Brendan Dawes speaker outlined interesting ways forward for creative designers. Ian Delaney was there to report.
moreKeyword Creativity in Web Design
"Keyword Creativity" is the process of understanding customer behaviour through keyword research and using the insights gained to drive the creative process. Ken McGaffin explains.
moreUser Centred Design
Usability is a topic that's often taken for granted or viewed as a matter of mysticism and instinct. The web guru puts his or her finger in the air, checks the entrails and then pronounces whether your site 'works' or not. Ian Delaney looks at a better approach.
moreSocial by design
The sell-out event, Beers & Innovation 6: Social by Design, took place on 14 November 2006. Large numbers gathered to discuss social software design, development and innovation and, of course, to drink beer. Elena Egawhary reports
moreChina's Digital Sector Focus On Users
Dr Rachel Jones, founder of Cambridge design and innovation company Instrata, reports on the recent SESUN project user-centred design (UCD) workshop tour of China. The workshops, led by leading practitioners in the field, shed light on the levels of technological progress in the country...
moreMobile Design Innovation & Older Users
The desire for a less cluttered, stress-free lifestyle is reaching into the sphere of mobile phones, according to recent research carried out by user-centred design company Instrata. But making phones accessible shouldn't mean dumbing-down, says Rachel Jones...
moreFlash Enhances Mobile User Experience
The new Flash Lite player lowers costs and development time, has a bigger developer community and is coming pre-installed on new handsets. Compared to WAP, it's a gift to mobile marketers seeking to develop richer mobile experiences says Gareth Evans...
moreReinventing Web Design: Why Not?
The urge to bland-out designs and produce 'look-a-like' sites is part of a wider trend of the web gone stale. With new innovations such as blogs breaking free of the shackles, is it time for corporate sites go back to the drawing board wonders Marc Pinter-Krainer...
moreUsability: Subliminal U-Turns
A new twist in the usability debate poses yet more dillemmas for web designers, online advertisers, retailers and service providers. Michael Nutley extracts the positives from this scenario...
more15 Web Design Secrets
How can you make sure that your web site is an effective marketing tool? Andrew Neitlich gives 15 top tips that he believes many web designers don't know about...
moreThe Website Design Process - a Framework
Zoe Black, NMK's Programme Director, outlines a process for the design of interactive products such as websites.
moreThe Global Design Myth
Zaid Hassan offers a critical examination of UK new media's global pretensions.
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i-Design Portfolio Clinic
i-Design 09 portfolio clinic is FREE for graduates and emerging designers looking for inspiration and direction. Show your work to established digital media professionals from top digital agencies including Conchango, TribalDBB, Imagination and more.
moreLocation: Fyvie Hall
Price: £0.00
i-Design 09
i-Design is a one day conference and exhibition centred around interactive design and its impact on the world. i-Design, now in its third year, is the interactive design conference of the London Design Festival. This year also sees the return of the Porfolio Clinic, giving recent graduates and emerging designers a chance to show their portfolio to digital media professionals.
moreLocation: The Old Cinema
Price: £135.00
User Centred Design
*Sold Out!* Are you planning to redesign your site or want it to work harder for you? Would you welcome the opportunity to learn some really good guidelines for successful UCD? This course takes you through a User Centred Design process, looking at both theory and practice, giving you the confidence to commission and manage UCD.
moreLocation: University of Westminster
Price: £250.00
Print to Digital: The Design Journey
Making the transition from print design to digital in eight hours. Learn the key concepts, the pitfalls to avoid and best practises that might otherwise take years to learn yourself.
moreLocation: University of Westminster
Price: £250.00
i-design Portfolio Clinic
The chance to meet London-based digital media agencies and gain insight into portfolio presentation, best practice and what companies are looking for in potential employees.
moreLocation: Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer, South Bank Centre, London
Price: £0.00
Book now for the i-design 08 conference
A one-day event analysing and celebrating digital interactive media, which provides the main digital focus for the London Design Festival.Start Time: 9.30amEnd Time: 6pm
moreLocation: Purcell Room, South Bank Centre, London
Price: £70.00
User Centred Design (NMK)
Planning to redesign your site or make it work harder for you? This course takes you through a User Centred Design (UCD) process, looking at both theory and practice, giving you the confidence to commission and manage UCD. Do you want people to enjoy using your site? How can you help people find what they want? By using a range of cost effective and tried and tested techniques to put the user at the heart of your web design and development process.
moreLocation: Central London TBC
Price: £250.00
User Centred Design (NMK)
Planning to redesign your site or make it work harder for you through usability and more? This course takes you through a User Centred Design (UCD) process, looking at both theory and practice, giving you the confidence to commission and manage UCD.
moreLocation: University of Westminster, 115 New Cavendish Street, London, W1W 6UX
Price: £250.00
Location: Horse & Groom, 128 Great Portland St, London, W1W 6PX.
Price: £0.00
User Centred Design (NMK)
Planning to redesign your site or make it work harder for you through usability and more? This course takes you through a User Centred Design process, looking at both theory and practice, giving you the confidence to commission and manage User Centred Design (UCD).
moreLocation: 01Zero-One, Hopkins St, Soho, London W1F 0HS.
Price: £250.00
User Centred Design (NMK)
Planning to redesign your site or make it work harder for you through usability and more? This course takes you through a User Centred Design process, looking at both theory and practice, giving you the confidence to commission and manage User Centred Design (UCD).
moreLocation: University of Westminster, 115 New Cavendish Street, London W1W 6UW.
Price: £250.00
User Centred Design (NMK)
Planning to redesign your site or make it work harder for you through usability and more? This course takes you through a User Centred Design process, looking at both theory and practice, giving you the confidence to commission and manage User Centred Design (UCD).
moreLocation: University of Westminster, 115 New Cavendish Street, London W1W 6UW
Price: £250.00
Got the message? Advertising Meets Interactive Design
What can the disciplines of advertising and interative design learn from each other today about models of working and creating?
moreLocation: 01zero-one, Peter Street, Soho, London W1F 0HS
Price: £0.00
Creating Value: Exploiting Design Innovation
Designers need to better protect and exploit their intellectual property (IP), but with a greater focus on innovation they could also create more IP
moreLocation: The Design Council, 34 Bow Street, London, WC2E 7DL.
Price: £0.00
Interact! Games Meets Interaction Design
Games design and interaction design have much in common. Both are mature disciplines and address sophisticated human-computer interactions. What can they learn from each other today about story telling, models of interaction, user research and testing, aesthetics, 'learnability' and product development?
moreLocation: 01zero-one, Peter St, Soho, London W1F 0HS.
Price: £0.00
Instructional Design For e-learning
If you need to know how to design e-learning programmes that really succeed then you need to attend this seminar.
moreLocation: Novotel, Hammersmith Intl. Centre, 1 Shortlands, Hammersmith, London W6 8DR.
Price: £345.00
Trademarks & Registered Designs Clinic
New! - clinics now offered in searching in trade marks and for registered designs.
moreLocation: The British Library, 96 Euston Rd, London, NW1 2DB.
Price: £0.00
Trademarks & Registered Designs Clinic
New! - clinics now offered in searching in trade marks and for registered designs.
moreLocation: The British Library, 96 Euston Rd, London, NW1 2DB.
Price: £0.00
Web Design Perfect Pitch
Net Imperative's "Perfect Pitch events," showcase the top suppliers in that field enabling you to go straight to the shortlist stage. Followed by drinks reception and networking
moreLocation: Brownscourt rooms, 82-84 St. Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4AA.
Price: £0.00
Matthew Carter - Typeface Design
The world's most influential typography designer, Matthew Carter, has developed many of the typefaces we use every day including Verdana, the most popular internet font. He will discuss the design of the typefaces we see in the Guardian, Time and New York Times.
moreLocation: Design Museum, Shad Thames, London SE1 2YD
Price: £10.00
Matthew Carter - Typeface Design
The world's most influential typography designer, Matthew Carter, has developed many of the typefaces we use every day including Verdana, the most popular internet font. He will discuss the design of the typefaces we see in the Guardian, Time and New York Times.
moreLocation: Design Museum, Shad Thames, London SE1 2YD
Price: £10.00
Speed Date for Graphic Designers
Portfolio surgery and speed dating for East London graphic designers - a chance for up and coming designers to consult a range of experts for guidance on their work and careers. In association with D&AD and Digit Magazine.
moreLocation: Gallery bar, 93 Feet East, Brick Lane, London
Price: £10.00
Effective Layout and Design
Serco Usability Services is running a one-day course for anyone interested in learning practical techniques for creating user-friendly designs.
moreLocation: Serco Usability Services, Holborn
Price: £0.00
The inspiring art of film title design
Film titles represent the combination of graphic design with the new media of the twentieth century. What we can learn from the design of film titles about the possibilities of type and movement in the new media of the twenty-first century?
moreLocation: Oyster Partners, 1 Naoroji Street, London WC1X 0JD
Price: £0.00
AIGA Experience Design London
Architecture and the design of urban spaces increasingly overlap with the design of digitally-enabled information, products and services. We no longer consider the virtual world to be parallel to the real world but an enhancement to it -- and one that can give us new perspectives on physical space.
moreLocation: Oyster Partners
Price: £0.00
Designing Your Future: Design Business Development Programme
This innovative programme is aimed at graphic, multi-media, web or interactive designers designed to provide relevant and professional information and challenging exercises that will improve your business.
moreLocation: Oxford House
Price: £0.00
Speed Date for Graphic Designers
Portfolio surgery and speed dating for East London graphic designers - a chance for up and coming designers to consult a range of experts for guidance on their work and careers. In association with D&AD and Digit Magazine.
moreLocation: Gallery bar, 93 Feet East, Brick Lane, London
Price: £10.00
Cybersalon: Towards Humane Design
Cybersalon's evening of discussion, digital work and entertainment explores the tensions and issues faced by designers working to a commercial brief while maintaining a sense of social responsibility.
moreLocation: ICA
Price: £7.00
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