Thanks for visiting our brand spanking new website. This is a work in progress, an experiment without a version number. Things will change and evolve over time once we figure out what we want to do with this thing. One thing’s for sure—calling this a beta would be just lazy. We don’t wanna be like that, do we? "
Windows 8, Finnair, Zombies at Wowzapp Hackathon, launch of Finlex.fi and multitude of projects.
by Teppo Kotirinta Principal Designer
There’s too many things and projects that have been done, that I can’t tell in detail about all of them or this post will never end.
What happens in Redmond doesn’t stay in Redmond — or in other words — how we became the go-to Windows 8 designers in Finland.
by Teppo Kotirinta Principal Designer
In addition to cranking out Windows 8 applications all the time here at home, we had the luxury to attend an official Windows 8 Train The Trainer event at Microsoft’s premises in Redmond, USA. We are the first and only ones from Finland who’ve had this privilege.
Design for startups, launching Ruutu.fi, iPad first vs. Windows 8 first
by Teppo Kotirinta Principal Designer
Dang, August was busy! We were hammering projects left and right in August. That’s why some weeknotes were missed again. Nevermind, let’s see what we’ve done recently.
Why design for Windows 8 Modern UI, and how Netflix & HBO just disrupted the Finnish TV industry.
by Teppo Kotirinta Principal Designer
We’ve been into Windows 8. Just recently we’ve done two application concepts and one actual application for Windows 8. The application was called “the best one we’ve seen” in Microsoft design review. That’s nice. Who did the other apps?
Core77 2012 Design Awards, babies, cities, copycats and whatnot.
by Teppo Kotirinta Principal Designer
Long summer hiatus is over and we are back at work and rocking and rolling again. Let’s recap some things through May, June & July.
Boom! We make future happen. This week’s weeknote is self-congratulatory.
by Teppo Kotirinta Principal Designer
We were awakened to a realisation of our current line-up of projects which are simply awesome.
Connected TV, Winning and Bi-Winning at #grandone
by Teppo Kotirinta Principal Designer
God damn, weeks just fly when you’re waiting for the Spring and dodging the snowy comebacks of the Winter. Luckily we’re not the only ones. But let’s give it a go again.
Let's think if we could design a rival for Apple TV, and recap a recent one-upping of a Google patent attempt.
by Teppo Kotirinta Principal Designer
A quick calculation reveals that we’ve worked on more than ten (!) different TV projects within last few months. These include online & company strategies, applications, online TV, video-on-demand, web services, startup sparring and even a concept for an interactive TV show.
Vuoden Huiput 2011, Grand One 2012, Flurry & SXSW, mobile applications, future and copycats recap.
by Teppo Kotirinta Principal Designer
We have stuff in competitions again and we discuss some recent incidents of people copying our website.
Floating fish, design reviews, service design and the future of television.
by Kate Whelan Interaction Designer
Last week Tia and Kate hopped over to Berlin to present research and participate in a client workshop for an ongoing project. The research period was five weeks long and the main challenge lay in condensing the information gathered from ten interviews (which spawned twenty hours of recordings and 150 pages of transcript).
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