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Over 30 years of collaboration, designbivouac has uncovered lasting insights. Inspirations is a curated collection of inspirational objects and ideas shaping a continuous journey of creative exploration.
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Framer Components Inspired by Dieter Rams
As interaction and industrial designers, we should always strive for clarity and delight in our work, which comes from paying attention to the smallest details. This beautifully executed website features Framer components inspired by Dieter Rams' design principles.
As interaction and industrial designers, we should always strive for clarity and delight in our work, which comes from paying attention to the smallest details. This beautifully executed website features Framer components inspired by Dieter Rams' design principles. Enjoy interacting with the array of elements here.
On a related note, the website contains a critical look at “Flat Design,” which seems timely given the movement's proliferation and the usability limitations that sometimes can be accommodated with the aesthetic.
Reassessing Flat Design: A Critical Look Through Dieter Rams’ Principles
Rabbit Introduces R1 and Rabbit OS
In UX and AI news, Rabbit introduces the R1 personal companion that leverages natural language models and a Large Action Model (LAM) to get things done across applications or web pages.
In a bold step toward redefining user interaction with digital tools, Rabbit has introduced the R1, a compact personal AI companion designed to streamline everyday tasks through intuitive natural language interactions. At the heart of the R1 is a sophisticated integration of natural language models paired with Rabbit's proprietary Large Action Model (LAM)—a system trained to understand and perform complex tasks across a wide range of applications and websites.
Unlike traditional virtual assistants that rely on rigid scripts or predefined integrations, the R1’s LAM enables it to see and act like a human user, navigating interfaces, clicking buttons, and filling forms based on user intent. This means users can ask the R1 to do things like order food, book a flight, or manage emails—all through a single conversational interface.
Targeting the disintegrated ecosystem of apps on smartphones, Jesse Lyu, the CEO and founder of an AI startup called Rabbit, ran through the rationale for the product and presented some compelling demos, which included booking a flight for a family with specific travel needs and planning an entire relaxed vacation itinerary. The pocketable device, co-designed by the delightful folks at Teenage Engineering, is expected to begin shipping around Easter with an initial price of $199. It will be interesting to see if the interaction is fluid enough for users to make more room in their pockets for the handy assistant. Check out the introductory video below.
Images: Rabbit
Smashing UX Antrwerp
The Smashing UX Conference in Antwerp just wrapped up. While the designbivouac could not attend the conference, several strong speakers, including Luke Wroblewski and Stephanie Walter, participated.
The Smashing UX Conference in Antwerp just wrapped up. The conference featured several strong speakers, including Luke Wroblewski and Stephanie Walter, who participated.
If you are doing UX work in an enterprise context, you will find Luke’s notes on Stephanie’s talk “A Journey Into Enterprise UX “ helpful. It is a good list of things to remember when doing UX work for enterprise software.
Stephanie Walter, a UX Research and Product Designer, has vast content and workshops available to enhance UX capabilities. You can view her site here: www.stephaniewalter.design
Here is more information about the conference and how things went. www.smashingconf.com/antwerp-2023 I hope to attend more of these conferences in the future.
Venue for the conference: Bourla Theatre
Interior: Bourla Theatre
Smashing UX workshops took place at the Lindner Hotel