by Al Belote | Jan 28, 2008 | design
Christian Science on the web just got a whole lot more accessible, usable, colorful and moving (in the sense of video). The new site features videos of Christian Scientists telling what Christian Science means to them and examples of how it has brought healing. There...
by Al Belote | Sep 12, 2007 | design
Branding is always a hot topic anytime you have strategic and creative people together thinking about how to provide a product or service. This presentation makes some good points including the fact that your customers, not you, often decide what your brand is. See...
by Al Belote | Aug 27, 2007 | design
I was in Washington, D.C. for a User Experience conference, so it’s fitting that, while out with some fellow UXers there was a run-in with bad user experience. And as you might expect, we ruthlessly picked apart our victim, a Metro farecard vending machine. The...
by Al Belote | May 20, 2006 | design
The key quality or function of design is to connect people with ideas and experiences that can transform their lives. To regard it simply as how things look is a limited view. It’s impossible to design without understanding who the people are for whom you are...
by Al Belote | Jan 7, 2005 | BMW, cars, design
I bought this car about two years ago after owning a few newer, more “refined” and “comfortable” vehicles. So-called refinement is subjective — somebody else’s idea of refinement. And comfort is overrated and again, subjective. This...
