I've been looking at these UI redesigns, particularly the later. The YouTube redesign follows its acquisition by Google and takes it one step further towards becoming the world's largest socially connected TV network. To introduce the new site, YouTube ran a promotional campaign “Get More Into YouTube” but within hours of its launch, users were venting their anger: "Why change something that already works well?" citing the new 'digital lacquer' as more business-like but loosing its original personality and eclecticsm.
16/12/2011
Courting controversy
Have you familiarised yourself with new Facebook Timeline or the new YouTube user interface?
I've been looking at these UI redesigns, particularly the later. The YouTube redesign follows its acquisition by Google and takes it one step further towards becoming the world's largest socially connected TV network. To introduce the new site, YouTube ran a promotional campaign “Get More Into YouTube” but within hours of its launch, users were venting their anger: "Why change something that already works well?" citing the new 'digital lacquer' as more business-like but loosing its original personality and eclecticsm.
I've been looking at these UI redesigns, particularly the later. The YouTube redesign follows its acquisition by Google and takes it one step further towards becoming the world's largest socially connected TV network. To introduce the new site, YouTube ran a promotional campaign “Get More Into YouTube” but within hours of its launch, users were venting their anger: "Why change something that already works well?" citing the new 'digital lacquer' as more business-like but loosing its original personality and eclecticsm.
09/12/2011
Omni-channel retail gathers pace
While Mary Porter, the Queen of Shops, tries to save the British Street, we see savvy retailers advancing their 360-degree views of customer relationships, with omnichannel 'click and mortar' strategies that look set to revolutionise the way we shop in 2012 and beyond.
The trend is being mirrored on the continent too. Outside the UK, Swiss retailer Coop recently launched a drive-in concept. It already has an online presence called coop@home but this drive-in concept goes one step further to take the load off Zürich's busy workforce.
Launched as a smart phone application (also available on iPad), it enables customers to select from a range of 13,000 supermarket items from the luxury of their home or office and collect their purchases at a drive-in at a designated time and place between 12pm and 8pm Monday to Friday at no extra cost. Orders are packed and delivered straight to the customer's car with the promise of a five minute turnaround.
Coop says it has had a highly positive response from the public with the most frequent question being when the drive-in scheme can be extended to areas closer to the customer.
The trend is being mirrored on the continent too. Outside the UK, Swiss retailer Coop recently launched a drive-in concept. It already has an online presence called coop@home but this drive-in concept goes one step further to take the load off Zürich's busy workforce.
Launched as a smart phone application (also available on iPad), it enables customers to select from a range of 13,000 supermarket items from the luxury of their home or office and collect their purchases at a drive-in at a designated time and place between 12pm and 8pm Monday to Friday at no extra cost. Orders are packed and delivered straight to the customer's car with the promise of a five minute turnaround.
Coop says it has had a highly positive response from the public with the most frequent question being when the drive-in scheme can be extended to areas closer to the customer.
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Virtual shelves of food items for purchase with a smart phone
This wall is on the outside windows of the most prominently positioned Coop supermarket in Switzerland – directly across from the main train station in downtown Zürich. By scanning the barcodes of the individual products, customers can directly add the items to their online basket via the coop@home mobile app, and have their purchases ready for collection. The concept is borrowed from Tesco in South Korea that used QR-generated codes.
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01/12/2011
Eco-friendly technologies take root
With emission reduction high on the agenda of governments worldwide, titanium dioxide based technologies offer a glimpse of a greener future. From pavements to tunnels, buildings, petrol stations and skylight glass applications, new titanium-dioxide coated products offer the world a potential way of alleviating the effects of harmful pollutants.
Examples are springing up from around the world of new architectural designs employing titanium dioxide based technologies – one such example is the Iceberg project in Aarhus, Denmark where a product called Eco-clean has been used extensively.
Examples are springing up from around the world of new architectural designs employing titanium dioxide based technologies – one such example is the Iceberg project in Aarhus, Denmark where a product called Eco-clean has been used extensively.
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