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Before Burning Man: The Early History of Macworld Party Culture

The Essence of the Digital Lifestyle and a parody on its Imitators

The Cost of Convenience: Apple's Royalty Deal for 'One-Click' Efficiency

Navigating Digital Shelves: The Legacy of iTunes Design

Looking back twenty years to 1.0 (in captions)

Adapting to the Digital Beat: Why change and adaptation will be the only indicators for country health in 2024

GarageBand (codename: Defender) v1.0 Product Requirements

The Marc Hemeon Exclusive Interview

The handing off of the Apple brand and the inside history of CKS Group/USWeb/marchFIRST

Unboxing the Genesis of the Genius Bar: A Deep Dive into Designing a Lasting Hiring Philosophy

Think Different 2024 remaster and a look into the most human era of Apple design

Thanksgiving Feast for the Mind: The Core of Apple’s Hardware Engineering

Riffing Through Reality: How GarageBand Is Tuning Up for the Mixed Reality Stage

Back to Depth: Why retrofuturism is so refreshing after a rendezvous in postmodern hell

Prototyping the Future: The Director’s Cut of Mac OS X followed by an invitation

From Paper Ballots to Pixels: Tracing the history of the radio button & checkbox

The Art of the Introduction: Apple’s Commitment to Lasting Impressions

A nostalgic look back at software packaging

The Story of Instant Noodle Soup and How the World of Design Was Taken Over by People with Zero Design Experience

An introduction to Skeuomorphic Design-Oriented Architecture (SDOA)

Flat Design is the Instant Noodle Soup of the Design World

The Timeless Art of Designing Without Manuals: Five Mental Models That Actually Work

Icons of an Era: A red dot retrospective

The Forgotten Generation: How Stripping Apps of Skeuomorphic Elements Leaves Elders Bewildered and without Options

Less but better: A Manifesto on Essentialist Design

Visionary risk vs. Operational caution

The Quiet Disappearance of Skeuomorphism in Modern UI: A Re-examination

From Silicon to Soul:

The Audacity of Simplicity: Lessons from Steve Jobs

Unsung Revolutions: A Brief History of Natural User Interfaces

How Better Design Creates Community and why Better Designers are always Community Focused

Deeply familiar design is not 'intuitive design'

The disappearance of visionary designers

100 marks of a bad designer

Human-Centric Foundations: Visual Metaphor Research as a Psychological Bridge

Being like water

From Samovar to Mousetrap to Digital Interface

The True Cost of Design Neglect: Business Blunders and Brand Damages

A Cup of Kindred Spirits: Global Tea Icons

From Curtains to Clicks

The Natural Blueprint: Crafting Digital Experiences through Biomimicry

Navigating Digital Compliance and Open Standards in 2023: A Guide for Designers

The Emotional Journey of Losing Feature Control

The Birth of the Source List: How a Simple Idea Changed Application Design Forever

Emotion-Driven Design: Unpacking Relatable Software Development

Kai Krause: More Than a Hero, a Validator

When the enterprise murdered relatable software development

The Timeless Nature of Skeuomorphism

From Logic Pro to GarageBand: A Journey of Simplification

The Flattening of Apple: A Closer Look at iOS 7 and OS X Yosemite

8,000 Followers: A Desert Flower in a Sea of Possibilities

The Power of Collaboration: Transforming Photoshop into a Design Automation Powerhouse

An Office Transformed: The Autumnal Touch of Lan-Chi Lam

The Imperative of Design Education for Children: Nurturing Holistic Thinkers for Tomorrow

Building Information Modeling: Not Just for Houses

Design Through the Lens of Platform Philosophy

Localization is more than just translation

Designing for the Individual

Ode to the 'buy song' button

Building Apple's Design Studio

A Standard to Aspire To

The Birth of an Apple Motif

The Genesis of Seamless Messaging

Fidelity at Scale

Under the Shield of Jobs: How Steve's Darling Design Team Found Freedom

More Than a Trophy: The 2002 Technical Grammy’s Testament to Apple’s Design Philosophy

The Craft Behind Apple's Product Photography Studios

iDVD Launch at MWSF '04: Not Just a Product, But a Family Affair

Behind the Lens: Jonathan Leffert and the Legacy of Aperture

Navigating a Rudderless Sea: Life and Work After Steve Jobs

Digital Soul: Designing with a Print Perspective

Revolution by Design: The Years That Changed Application Experience

A Masterclass in Storytelling: The Construction of an Apple Keynote

The Journey Begins: What to Expect from "Skeuomorphic Design: Lessons from Apple's Golden Era"

Welcome to: Skeuomorphic Design: Lessons from Apple's Golden Era

In Search of the Perfect Typeface: Apple's Commitment to Functional Design

The MacOS X Desktop as a Stage: Characters in Context

Designing apps to be iCompliant

Musical Narratives: The Emotional Depth of Shared Playlists

My life's work by Michael Darius

Apple launched its website apple.com

Case knowledge from Apple designers is a scarce resource

Designing version one.

At the heart of the Application design team, we were distinctly categorized into four thoughtful…

The 200-person rule

Protecting Steve’s honor

Steve Jobs loathed consulting firms

Design is a business tool, not a fashion trend

One of the most enduring qualities of Steve Jobs was his hands-on approach to problem-solving.

The designer’s dilemma, as I see it, is a complex and profound challenge that often keeps me…

Tell me about Michael Darius’ role in building Steve Jobs’ favorite design team.

Family is defined by who you work hard to improve things with.

Refusing to learn new things.

Developing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines since 1999

Ballad for the unborn (System Status)

Here's to the roses that bloom in defiance

roses/foundation (welcome)