Graphene, a sheet of carbon with only one atom thick, has spectacular strength, flexibility, transparency, and electrical conductivity. Encouraged by its potential, the application in new devices such as touch screens and solar panels, several researchers have tried to create ways to make large sheets of pure graphene . However, during the thirty years since the discovery of graphene, laboratory experiments have been able to produce mainly only simple pieces of the material, and mass production has been considered to be viable in a very distant in time. A group of researchers from Samsung and Sungkyunkwan University in Korea has produced a continuous layer ofRead More →

With the arrival of new technologies, museums “of the future” have become a reality that attracts the public thanks to experiences that go far beyond contemplating a painting or a sculpture. The museums of the future, are characterized by being interactive (inviting the public to participate). They include technological factors, we must not forget to make them intuitive, so that all audiences can enjoy this experience. And, of course, it will have to be a didactic innovation, because of its desired destination, the museum. In the museum of Pinacoteca de São Paulo, through the technology of IBM Watson, the computer system of artificial intelligence, BraziliansRead More →

How to build and Online Marketplace Are you inspired by the succes of online marketplace like AirBnbn, Fiverr or Etsy? In this blog you will learn everything you need to know about building a digital marketplace, from designing, building to grow your bussines. We have created a list that describes the process step by step: Find a great marketplace idea and validate it Choose your bussines model (prices, etc.) Create a Minimun Viable Product Launch your marketplace to the first customers Grow your business We really advise you to read the book The Lean Marketplace where you can see step by step the process youRead More →

I’ve put together a rundown of 5 of my favorite UX design websites resources (in no particular order) to help you better understand UX and stay on top of current trends. 1.Behance Behance is the world’s largest online creative community where users share their work 2. Awwwards Awwwards is a place where creative professionals from all over the world come to find inspiration, share knowledges and receive constructive critiques 3. Screenlane The main real difference between Screenlane and other design inspiration sites, is that it’s focused exclusively on user interface designs. 4. Dribble Dribbble is a self-promotion and social networking platform for digital designers andRead More →

What users perceive from our platforms is an important part of making their experience enjoyable. For that, Skeleton Screens are very important when the users are in the moment of the upload. With some examples I will try But… What are skeleton screens? This is a simplified display with empty placeholders for content that has not yet loaded. One of the great benefits of this is the possibility that the user has to see how the content is loaded in real time. These blocks, better known as placeholders, give the feeling that said load is being processed. This is one of the best benefits of thisRead More →

UI UX trends 2022

TOP 4 UI/UX TRENDS OF 2022 This is my top 4 UI/UX trends of 2022 to follow. What is UI/UX Design? User interface (UI), is what you use to interact with product and User Experience (UX) is how the client feels with the interaction. “User experience encompasses all aspects of the end-user’s interaction with the company, its services, and its products.” Don Norman, Cognitive Scientist & User Experience Architec 1. Dark Theme Design 2021 was the year of a white background with lots of white spaces. Same dsign but counter cromatology, in 2022, dark theme is making a comeback as one of the top UIRead More →

A website with good information architecture, easy to navigate and helps the user to improve the experience. Microinteractions are a great way to optimize navigation and user interaction. Before showing one of the three best components to improve this experience, it is necessary to define the term microinteractions.  “Microinteractions are trigger-feedback pairs in which the trigger can be a user action or an alteration in the system’s state; the feedback is a narrowly targeted response to the trigger and is communicated through small, highly contextual (usually visual) changes in the user interface.” Buttons: The buttons are one of the most popular interaction elements where users canRead More →

Material Design was developed by Google and is a design language used for Android devices. The idea, is to provide a design language which mimics the feel of pen and paper.    About Material Design was announced by Google at the 2014 Google I/O Conference on June 25th, 2014. It is intended for use with all versions of Android after 2.1 and in conjunction with the v7 appcomcat library and later versions.  Third party developers can incorporate Google’s Material Design functionality in their own work using freely available Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). For browsers that cannot support Material Design in its native format there isRead More →

Do you know why is accessibility important? If not, you should! The Web is fundamentally designed to work for all people, whatever their hardware, software, language, location, or ability. When the Web meets this goal, it is accessible to people with a diverse range of hearing, movement, sight, and cognitive ability. However, when web sites, applications, technologies, or tools are badly designed, they can create barriers that exclude people from using the Web. What’s more, accessibility is not just for these people. Accessibility is also for browsers that cannot load the content properly, for users that need to see content in big sizes, and alsoRead More →

Sketch was created specifically for designing screens for digital products whereas photoshop and illustrator are essentially photo editing and print graphics tools. Sketch is a high performance vector design tool that understands the workflow and challenges the modern ui/ux designer and although is vector the art board comes with a pixel grid to make deigns precise while and the time makes export a breezy for different device resolutions. Speed, It’s expected for your documents to be big and have many screens with shared designs consistencies, shared styles, symbols and responsive group resizing are just a few of the features in sketch that will completely revolutionizeRead More →