Smart mobility aims to improve the planning and efficiency of public transport, traffic management, the optimization of accessories and car parks, as well as the reduction of environmental impact. This is due to the fact that the traffic and mobility presents one of the biggest challenges affecting the largest cities in the world. The Spanish Network of Smart Cities (RECI) was created in June 2011. Innovation, progress, and a commitment to create an open network to promote the economic, social and business progress of cities through innovation and knowledge, seconded in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), and is currently consisting of 65 cities. Its aimRead More →

Artificial light has allowed us to see in the dark for some time now. We can now light up the houses where we live, our workspace, and of course the streets we pass through. This invention has made our lives easier and, as street lighting has become an essential in most of the world. Street lighting is now a staple of urban and rural infrastructure, creating a safe environment for both pedestrians and drivers, and making the use of public spaces more welcoming. At local and municipal level, public authorities are in charge of providing street lighting. This, however, represents a major cost for theRead More →

User experience is the process that leads a user to interact with a product. This includes the feelings you have before, during and after interacting with a digital product, this is totally subjective and is based on the perception of each person. The user experience includes many other aspects: usability, visual hierarchy, accessibility… which will improve the UX of the digital product or service as a whole, making a better experience for users. Instead, when we talk about user interface (UI) we talk about the process of creating interfaces on devices paying special attention to appearance and style of the digital platform, involves all theRead More →

The main advantage of using prototypes in UX (user experience) is that they help to visually capture the business objectives and how they align with the expectations and needs of users, and thus be able to see if correspond to this satisfaction through the designed digital product. These can also be used in stages prior to the design, as in the case of tests with the corresponding users. The purpose of wireframes to design screens is to convey key concepts. It should be noted that it also has advantages for the customer. In other words, being able to make wireframes on paper helps the clientRead More →

Shibuya Pixel Art Tournament Shibuya Pixel Art is one of world’s largest pixel art events that was launched in Shibuya in 2017. It is celebrated every year and participants have to submit their entry by the end of June of the same year. Every year has a category to follow, for example 2020 was a 128×128 games. Furthermore, it has different themes that participants can follow. This year the themes were Shibuya, AI, Humanity, Game and Landscape. I will show the latetest contest winners of the past years:Read More →

3 Pixel Art Games You Should Play STARDEW VALLEY Stardew Valley is one of the best pixel art games among millions of gamers. What is good about this games is the feel of homey and cozy when you enter in this world. Also it changes the season and it is a work of art to see it. COFFEE TALK Secondly we found Coffe Talk. It is a visual novel where characters meet and talk while you take a hot cup of coffe. The illustration on this game is absolutely amazing, we have a very realistic look with a lot of layers of contrast and shadows.Read More →

The hottest software to design an app! Figma is a website graphics editing and user interface design app. You can use it to do all kinds of graphic design work from wireframing websites, designing mobile app interfaces, social media posts… Figma is different from other graphics editing tools. Mainly because it works directly on your browser. This means you get to access your projects and start designing from any computer or platform without having to buy licenses or install software. Figma has a very beginner-friendly editor where you can create designs from scratch or using pre-made templates. There are plenty of resources for learning how toRead More →

Animated Murals The INSA company has been developing an incredibly beautiful art mural GIFs. They have created an agumented reality app named “GIF-ITI Viewer” where you will be able to watch their artworks moving around the streets when you are stand still in front of the wall. For the people which are not there, the company have upload some examples of their murals coming alive. Furthermore, this modality of graffity mixed with GIFs has been increased their popularity around other artists like an spanish artist named Cheko, who started with 16 years in graffity art and has develop their skills with GIF’s.Read More →

Are you lost? We will teach your to search for inspiration There are stages where you feel lost and you don’t have inspiration to start out a project. It is okey to feel like this, but I will give you some tips to get out of this zone and start working on it! Behance One of the most used plataforms to search for inspiration is Behance. Anyone can uplouad their projects and users can interact by comments, likes and shares. Not only that, but there is a weekly and monthly ranking where you can see the best projects from UI/UX design to photography. 2. DribbleRead More →

UX Tools to make your life easier! UX design tools focus on the user and how they’ll experience the content. These tools can help structure the information architecture, as well as how someone will flow through the website. After this short introduction, I will tell you my most used tools! Sketch Sketch is a very used app that saves a designer an incredible amount of time to create their prototypes. They have an inmense library of symbols, texts styles, layers, templates, alignment and resizing features. But that’s not all, they let you install third-party plugins! 2. FlowMapp When developing a user experience strategy, designers needRead More →