I loooove chandeliers and hope that one day I will live / work in a space that can host one. In the meantime, I came across these whilst researching Rattex’s upcoming music video.
Enjoy!
Rain Chandelier by Ilan El on cubeme.com
Chandeliers
Jade Hopper / Visual Identity by AAVA
Niqui Merret commissioned us to create a visual identity and web presence for her new company, Jade Hopper.
Visual Identity
Business card and letterhead
Moo stickers :)
Website / Homepage
Website / Services
Rattex / Studio portrait by AAVA
Rattex / Press shot
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Working at AAVA =
Image by Zoe Strauss, on Flickr, via FFFFOUND
UX Nightmares #0001: Exit Crisis
This is the door release to get out of the secure roof complex at Perspectives (a block of flats in Cape Town).
You have to applaud the lovely clear signage instructing you what to do to get out:
TO EXIT PRESS WHITE BUTTON.
The choice of ‘white button’, however, leaves a lot to be desired. Instead of a nice plain white button, a white button with ‘EMERGENCY’ written on it in red type was used. These buttons are commonly used as part of domestic alarm systems.
The user is left wondering if they will trigger the building’s alarm systems, often searching the vicinity to see if there is a more appropriate-looking white button somewhere before finally taking the plunge and pressing the emergency button.
The placement of an ‘emergency door release’ just beneath only adds to the confusion.
SA UX - August Joburg meeting
From the SA UX forum and the SA UX Facebook group:
Next Joburg UX meet up
When: Wed. 27th August
Time: 6pm
Where: Microsoft, Bryanston
Who’s talking
1. Jason Hobbs will be presenting on gathering customer insights and needs and how you can do this on a low budget to great effect. He’ll also be showing
how this can translate directly into design and the benefits of
this.
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Panel discussion on the topic of ‘UX in developing contexts’ - where UX is at, what its purpose and role is, how to increase uptake and what the future could look like. For this
panel we’ll have a representative from one larger enterprise consultancy, a design firm and a local business. This should provide a really interesting spread of perspectives.
What else
• Food, drinks and networking
• The event will be covered by The Times and we may even get a story in print (thanks
to Vlad for this).
Everybody welcome, just notify the SA UX forum or the Facebook group of your presence so they can get a sense of numbers.
PS: Yesterday’s meet up in Cape Town was really good, can’t wait for the next one :)
The Realist in One Small Seed
There’s a nice feature on The Realist in the latest issue of One Small Seed.
“The Realist deals in bruising combustible beats, caustic rhymes and moments of jarring beauty.”
Couldn’t have said it better myself!
Go and buy One Small Seed, it’s definitely one of SA’s best publications.
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Photos by Apartment :)
SA UX - August Cape Town meeting
The Cape Town branch of the SA UX group is meeting tonight, Wed. 20th August.
Join us to:
- Meet SA-UX members face to face
- Share user experience knowledge
- Get help, advice and opinions
- Listen to fascinating talks
… and have a fun evening!
Date: 20th August 2008
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Limoncello. (Upstairs)
Talks:
- Guest speaker from www.ribot.co.uk, on mobile UX design.
- Rumours of additional shorts talks are rife! (Thanks to all who are offering. The answer is yes).
Activity:
Everyone please bring a picture of a piece of good or bad user experience. Could be a website. Could be a photo of something that happened to you recently. Could be something you’re working on. Could be a blog post you read and liked. Just bring a page.
Add your name to the list of attendees here.
Join the SA UX forum here and / or the SA UX Facebook group here.
AJK’s presentation from last session :)
designboom
Really loving RSS feed, especially for design related site. One of my new favourite one is designboom.
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Bending Space: Photography of Georges Rousse
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Teenage Stories, by Julia Fullerton-batten
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Wrinkle, by Ditte Hammerstroem
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They also have, amongst others, an interview of Jaime Hayon. We saw him at the Design Indaba in 2007 and he was sooo inspirational regarding doing what you love, enjoy, and having fun doing it :)
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‘Disgustingly’ wealthy? :)