TikTok has launched an alternative to Instagram called Whee. It is an app that lets you share photos with your close friends. You can take a photo of what you see and share it with only the people you choose. It has a simple structure that anyone can use right away, with a photo viewfinder, friends list, and feed. It seems to be in testing and is said to be available in more than 12 countries, excluding the United States. It is not available for download on the App Store. […]
Porsche and Vitra have collaborated to create the Pepita Edition. Combining Vitra’s elegant contours with Porsche’s legendary Pepita fabric pattern, the three models – the Eames Chair, the ID Trim L and the Petit Repos – have been reinterpreted. In 1948, the Eames couple, who created the lounge chair, submitted their design to the Museum of Modern Art design competition, and in the same year, Porsche presented its first sports car, the 356. The meeting of two classics creates a unique atmosphere. The black and white houndstooth pattern […]
Netflix is creating an offline space, <Netflix House>. Netflix shared its plan to provide an offline experience eight months ago, and finally revealed the first location to open. It is scheduled to open in 2025 on the site of a department store in Dallas, Texas, and King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Can Netflix really create a Disneyland? You can enjoy the stories and characters of famous Netflix original content such as <Calamari Game>, <Money Heist>, and <Stranger Things> in an offline space all year long. […]
Fritz Hansen held a retrospective of Poul Kjærholm, a symbol of Danish modernism. Poul Kjærholm is a designer who represents Danish modernism and led a change by introducing a steel furniture collection in the wood-centered Danish furniture market. He received design education at the Danish School of Applied Arts based on the ideology of Kaare Klint. He reinterpreted the new material and technology of iron and created beautiful furniture with his own principles and philosophy. After competing with Arne Jacobsen at Fritz Hansen, he quit and joined the furniture distributor Evind Kold […]
KakaoTalk has released new mini emoticons. The three mini emoticons released in March, 'Chunshik's Day', 'PinkPink Apeach', and 'Mini Stationery', received much love. The new emoticons were reflected in a survey of 400,000 people on the Kakao Emoticon Channel in April. A lot of unique characters have been added. 'Janmangloopy', who is a supporting character but is loved for his unique memes, 'Mangdeojin Bear', who is small and cute but not too loose and is solid, and children's […]
Apple has shared its new next-generation CarPlay design system. It shows how car brands can use the CarPlay design system while maintaining their own design. It can be applied to car displays in various environments. It can be freely configured by component unit regardless of the number, width, and size of displays. The instrument panel, which can be said to be the core of car control, is especially meticulous. The numbers expressing the car status are Apple's representative […]
Marvel has unveiled a new Marvel Comics logo. It was unveiled as Marvel renames its Marvel Unlimited subscription service on X to MarvelComics. It is designed as a sub-brand centered around the red brick logo that was introduced in the 2000s. The logo for the new Marvel Animation for the retro X-Men animation X-Men '97 that was released on Disney+ in February was unveiled, and the new comics logo follows the same rules. 'Marvel' […]
Logitech has unveiled the MR Stylus MX Ink. This is a pen for MR, a mixture of AR and VR, and is the first accessory for Meta's AR device quest. The difficulty of operation without physical resistance will increase, but I wonder what the actual usability will be like. Pointing and controlling a flat surface with a finger or a pen is easy because it is an action we often perform in daily life, but controlling it with the tip of a pen in a multidimensional space seems to be highly difficult. Equip Meta’s Quest and […] ]
The 2024 Seoul International Book Fair will be held at COEX from June 26 to June 30. The topic this time is ‘Houyhnhnm’. This is the country that Gulliver visits during his travels in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. It is an ideal country where words such as lies, distrust, and war do not exist. On the other hand, the discriminatory aspects of European society were highlighted by depicting the human-shaped ‘Yahoo’ as a beast-like being. Based on this perspective, the Seoul International Book Fair seeks to reduce world misery and move toward true peace […] ]
Apple's Human Interface Guidelines have been translated into Korean. This is a web document with beautiful thumbnails and icons. HIG Korean translation was the first series of the Design Compass blog, and it brought back memories. The Apple Human Interface Guidelines, which were the light and salt when I first studied UI design, are web pages that can be considered a textbook of digital environment design along with Google's Material Design. Getting more people to create apps for our platform […] ]
Leica has launched ‘Leica LUX’, a camera app exclusively for iPhone. To expand the smartphone photography experience, we acquired the Norwegian startup Fjorden Electra AS and created an app that brings Leica to your smartphone. The legendary Leica lenses and colors reproduced based on AI can be used on the iPhone. Leica's exclusive image processing technology is used to simulate classic lenses such as the SUmmilux-M 28mm f/1.4 ASPH and Noctilux-M 50mm f/1.2 ASPH. ‘Leica […] ]
iOS 18 was released at WWDC24. In addition to the experience being enhanced with Apple Intelligence, there have been major changes to the UI. The home screen, control screen, and lock screen can now be freely modified to suit the user's preference. We've also significantly reduced user action steps across many apps. It's surprising that Apple, which recommends the most optimal defaults, gives freedom like Android does. You can place apps and widgets wherever you want on the home screen. The app icon […] ]
