Tag: web design


e-Estonia

Posted on June 6th, by Cathy Wang in Case Studies, Information Architecture, User Experience, Web Work. Comments Off

Estonia has one of the most advanced e-society technology solutions in the world. In an effort to promote and market Estonia’s e-society achievements, the Estonian ICT Demo Center and the Estonian ICT Export Cluster looked for a digital strategy that could communicate, educate, and promote to different target user groups.



Celebration of Light

Posted on July 23rd, by Cathy Wang in Portfolio, Web Work. Comments Off

Web Design / Web Development

Celebration of Light – The highly anticipated summer event in Vancouver. Formerly known as the Symphony of Fire. This international pyro-musical fireworks competition has attracted the world’s leading fireworks designers and is seen as a highly prestigious event.


webvisions 06 – design patterns for the web

Posted on July 26th, by Cathy Wang in Conference, Interaction Design, web. No Comments

Thursday, July 20, 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm
Category: Trending Issues

A language of interaction has been opened to the community: the Yahoo! Design Pattern Library http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/index.php. Its goal is to share a vocabulary around designing for engagement. It informs the newest areas of design within Yahoo! and provides a home for sharing the best design and code solutions with the community at large.

Patterns are optimal solutions to common problems. As common problems are tossed around a community and are resolved, common solutions often spontaneously emerge. Eventually, the best of these rise above the din and self-identify and become refined until they reach the status of a Design Pattern.

Design patterns are a nice concept, but how do they fare in the real world? This session will also draw lessons and pose questions based on the experience of that eBay’s User Experience & … Read More »