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Inayaili de León Persson
3 May 2016

April’s reading list

Notes Ubuntu

Here are the best links shared by the design team over the last month: Framer – Design tool for creating interactive designs, interfaces and animations Cinematic Continuity in User Interface Design The Design Issue 2016 – Bloomberg Businessweek Improving your UX and UI with phantom guides Still thinking you don’t need...

Inayaili de León Persson
3 May 2016

Grazina Borosko
28 April 2016

Wallpaper design for Xenial Xerus 16.04

Featured Ubuntu

April marks the release of Xerus 16.4 and with it we bring a new design of our iconic wallpaper. This post will take you through our design process and how we have integrated our Suru visual language. Evolution The foundation of our recent designs are based on our Suru visual language, which encompasses our core

Grazina Borosko
28 April 2016

Jamie Young
26 April 2016

Ubuntu orange update

Design Ubuntu

Recently, you may have seen our new colour palette update in the SDK. One notable change is the new hex code we’ve assigned to Ubuntu Orange for screen use. The new colour is #E95420. We have a post coming soon that will delve deeper into our new palette but for now we just wanted to

Jamie Young
26 April 2016

Inayaili de León Persson
21 April 2016

Redesigning ubuntu.com’s navigation

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Last month, the web team had an offsite (outside of the office) week sprint in Holborn, central London. We don’t all work on exactly the same projects in our day-to-day, so it’s nice to have this type of sprint, where everyone can work together and show each other what we’ve been working on over the

Inayaili de León Persson
21 April 2016

Inayaili de León Persson
1 April 2016

March’s reading list

Notes Ubuntu

Here are the best links shared by the design team over the last month: LEGO Serious Play Micro Lego Serious Play: How small can a useful tool for thinking be? The world’s 15 most complicated subway maps Railway maps Your Job Ad: The Start of a Great Hiring Experience Google Resizer Artist Creates Astonishing Ubuntu

Inayaili de León Persson
1 April 2016

Inayaili de León Persson
1 March 2016

February’s reading list

Notes Ubuntu

Here are the best links shared by the design team during the shortest month of the year: Digital Design Education is Broken My Bathroom Mirror Is Smarter Than Yours Persona Never Ask What They Want—3 Better Questions to Ask in User Interviews Celebrating Cities: A New Look and Feel for Uber Pure CSS – Alarm

Inayaili de León Persson
1 March 2016

Canonical
19 February 2016

MWC stand: behind the scenes (part 3)

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It’s day 3 and the stand is nearing completion. The funky lights have been fitted, the meeting rooms have curvaceous walls inspired by the Ubuntu shape, and the cloud and phone demo pods are ready to rock some products for you to try. Stay tuned tomorrow for some final pictures of behind the scenes at MWC! One

Canonical
19 February 2016

Canonical
18 February 2016

MWC stand: behind the scenes (part 2)

Featured Ubuntu

It’s day two behind the scenes at MWC and the stand is starting to take shape. The iconic orange Ubuntu flags are up, the walls and doors have been assembled, and the flooring has been put down. We are nearly there… Stay tuned tomorrow to see our final preparations for the stand.

Canonical
18 February 2016

Inayaili de León Persson
4 February 2016

A new look for tablet

Featured Ubuntu

Today we launched a new and redesigned tablet section on ubuntu.com that introduces all the cool features of the upcoming BQ Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition tablet. Breaking out of the box In this redesign, we have broken out of the box, removing the container that previously held the content of the pages. This makes each

Inayaili de León Persson
4 February 2016

Joseph Williams
4 February 2016

Embeddable cards for Juju

Notes Ubuntu

Juju is a cloud orchestration tool with a lot of unique terminology. This is not so much of a problem when discussing or explaining terms or features within the site or the GUI, but, when it comes to external sources, the context is sometimes lost and everything can start to get a little confusing. So

Joseph Williams
4 February 2016

Barry McGee
2 February 2016

Trimming the fat from the Ubuntu online tour

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Maybe, like me, you seen more of the inside of your gym in January than you had for the six months previous. New year, new diet, new me.. or something like that. A big creeping problem in recent years is that websites have been on an all out binge, and not just over the winter holidays

Barry McGee
2 February 2016

Inayaili de León Persson
1 February 2016

January’s reading list

Notes Ubuntu

Here are the best links shared by the design team during the first month of the year: The Website Obesity Crisis Cryptaris Mission Focusing on Customer Top Tasks with Gerry McGovern Content & Display Patterns BrandColors Towards better meetings This tool connects pencil stubs together Build your own planet Solar System:...

Inayaili de León Persson
1 February 2016

Alejandra Obregon
25 January 2016

Designing cloud tools in Cape Town

Notes Ubuntu

Our cloud design team has just returned from a trip to Cape Town for our mid-cycle sprint. We have the luxury of being collocated in London and working closely throughout the whole year, but these sprints give us an invaluable opportunity to collaborate with other stakeholders and engineers working around the world. We...

Alejandra Obregon
25 January 2016

Rae Shambrook
18 January 2016

Ubuntu Clock Update Reflects Convergence Design Thinking

Design Ubuntu

In the coming months, users will start noticing things looking more and more different on Ubuntu. As we gradually roll out our new and improved Suru visual language, you’ll see apps and various other bits of the platform take on a lighter, more clean and cohesive look. Why refresh apps at all? As Ubuntu brings

Rae Shambrook
18 January 2016

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