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The Web and design team at Canonical pride themselves on building things properly, not quickly. Always looking for creative ways to push the boundaries of the web.

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Canonical
1 February 2012

La Cabine Téléphonique Aquarium

Notes Ubuntu

Because inspiration can come in many ways… I thought you might enjoy this peculiar installation. The fact that it is situated in a public place, and still attracts people after 5 years, makes it worth while. Some pictures. Some videos. Details about the installation.   (via Chris O’Shea)

Canonical
1 February 2012

Canonical
31 January 2012

Multi-Monitor Update and Greeter Prototype

Design Ubuntu

We first posted a blog back in December about our work on the multi-monitor experience for Ubuntu. Back then we published the first revision of the Multiple Monitors UX Specification, and got some great feedback. We have taken comments, corrections and suggestions on board, and have come up with an updated multi-monitor...

Canonical
31 January 2012

Inayaili de León Persson
27 January 2012

Ubuntu Brand Guidelines get their own site

Article Ubuntu

If you’ve ever had to create Ubuntu or Canonical related design materials, chances are you had a look at the Brand Guidelines, which, until now, have only existed in the form of bulky PDFs. Those days are over, as we happily introduce the brand new Ubuntu Brand Guidelines site, where you can read the guidelines

Inayaili de León Persson
27 January 2012

Canonical
27 January 2012

Ubuntu: Designing for a good purpose

Notes Ubuntu

 Ubuntu is the world’s most popular open-source operating system for phones, tablets, PCs, and TVs. It is used by more

Canonical
27 January 2012

Inayaili de León Persson
26 January 2012

Some guidelines for warm grey text on the web

Article Ubuntu

Warm grey is one of the neutral colours from Ubuntu and Canonical’s colour palette. It has been added to the palette for balance, being a bridge between the vibrant orange and aubergine. The brand guidelines specify that warm grey (hex value: #AEA79F) can be used for: backgrounds, graphics, pictograms, dot patterns,...

Inayaili de León Persson
26 January 2012

Mark Shuttleworth
24 January 2012

Introducing the HUD. Say hello to the future of the menu.

Design Ubuntu

The HUD replaces traditional menus in applications targeting Unity. Say what you mean, instead of navigating through a tree of options. Initially the HUD is shaped as a fast and smart look-ahead search through menus, but over the next four releases, it will gain more sophisticated kinds of interaction.

Mark Shuttleworth
24 January 2012

Canonical
23 January 2012

Precisely how we’re going to make the wallpapers in 12.04 the best ever!

Design Ubuntu

As developers all over the world sink their teeth into the new features for the next release of Ubuntu it’s time to get out our cameras, brushes and pencils out and start creating the images that will make up the wallpapers for the next release. 12.04 will be an LTS so the same super high

Canonical
23 January 2012

Canonical
16 January 2012

Meeting Prezi

Design Ubuntu

While we were sprinting in Budapest, we had the opportunity to meet the team responsible for such an interesting and inspiring product. We have in fact been lucky enough, thanks to some interesting connections, to be invited at Prezi’s! Of course this only after a hard day of work! 😉 Prezi is a presentation tool

Canonical
16 January 2012

Canonical
6 January 2012

Launcher Reveal Prototype

Design Cloud and server

For the multi-monitor design project, we have been making use of prototypes to develop and test some of the finer interactions of the system. One such crucial element is the reveal of the Launcher, particularly as we are exploring having a Launcher on each display. The motivation for making the Launcher available from...

Canonical
6 January 2012

Canonical
6 January 2012

System Settings for Precise

Design Ubuntu

With Unity we have been trying to raise the bar innovating in the User Experience with new UI elements, such as Dash and Overlay Scrollbars. But this shouldn’t come at the cost of overlooking less exciting but essential core areas of the OS. Last cycle we started thinking about how to improve System Settings, and in

Canonical
6 January 2012

Canonical
20 December 2011

Improving the Multi-Monitor Experience in Ubuntu

Design Ubuntu

Over the past few months we have been working on improving the multi-monitor experience in Ubuntu. We took the opportunity at UDS in November to get some feedback on a prototype, which shows how we are planning to develop the multi-monitor experience over the next few cycles: Here is a short video of the prototype

Canonical
20 December 2011

Canonical
9 December 2011

Interview with Mr.doob

Design Ubuntu

In the following months we are going to invite inspiring artists to talk about their amazing work and the role that Ubuntu and free software cover, or could cover, in their creative lives. Today I invited a special Ubuntu friend to talk about his journey in creative coding. He is well known in the web

Canonical
9 December 2011

Canonical
1 December 2011

Убу́нту Моно: «Г» «Њ њ Љ љ» «Ђ ђ Ћ ћ»

Research Ubuntu

Amélie Bonet at Dalton Maag has drawn up redesigns for a number of the Cyrillic and Serbian/Balkans characters that weren’t as clear, or ideal as they could have been. If you use these characters, please help give feedback about whether the suggested improvements are sufficient, or whether they could be improved...

Canonical
1 December 2011

Mark Shuttleworth
27 November 2011

Ubuntu TV discussions hot up

Design Ubuntu

Threads are coalescing around the concept of an Ubuntu TV experience, driven by Unity.

Mark Shuttleworth
27 November 2011

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