Harry beck

Henry Beck, born in England, June 1902 (died 72) was a technical draughtsman who created the present London Underground Tube map in 1931. Beck drew up the maps in his spare time while working as an engineering draftsman at the London Underground Signals Office. London Underground was  sceptical of Beck's idea, an uncommissioned spare-time project, but tentatively introduced it to the …

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Susan Kare

Susan Kare, born in new york, February 1954 (now 65), is an artist and graphics designer. Well known for her contribution of interface and typeface elements to the Apple Macintosh in the 1980s. She was also Creative Director at NeXT, the company formed by Steve Jobs after he left Apple in 1985 and has since contributed at Microsoft, IBM, Facebook, and Pinterest …

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Apple iOS development research

Apple iOS UI and general design are considered one of the best due to it's a simple and sleek design which is easy to use for anyone. The main guidelines for Apple iOS development in the design are Accessibility, Internationalism, Marketing, Accessories. Accessibility Apple products come standard with award-winning accessibility features that let people experience …

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Graphical User Interface (GUI)

What is GUI? GUI also know as graphical user interface refers to the commands for a computer written into buttons and icons. For example, the printer icon on websites or documents. When clicked the computer is being commanded to print the document, usually bringing up another GUI to look at the setting for the print, …

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Material Design

"Material design" looks into the fundamentals of good design within technology. This looks at things such as Environment, Layout, Navigation, Colour, Typography, Sound and so much more. The image below is an example of good design for an app, with its simplistic and readable layout and bold colour choice. Layout: According to Material.io, your layout …

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Interactive Map Project Research

Interactive Media: Interactive media is just as it sounds. It is media that allows consumers to receive information at their own speed. consumers can interact with for a more interesting and enjoyable experience. It is a considerable way of advertising various media. This form of media can be present through digital or physical ways. Most …

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