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Using a Build File to Source Your Library Artwork 22 Oct 2010 | 08:23 am
A build file is a document used to create and maintain all of the page and component design artwork for an entire library of reusable assets. Yes – all the boxes, symbols, text frames, buttons, and mo...
Annotating Document Change 2 Sep 2010 | 05:24 am
The UX document’s change history expresses “What’s different now compared to before?” It is a revered page, and crucial to documents of any length and being updated with any frequency. Change historie...
Simple Sketchy Wireframes in Adobe Illustrator 23 Feb 2010 | 02:25 am
Last week, EightShapes worked on three alternative directions addressing the same problem, and we were at the stage of bridging sketching studio ideas to more formal recommendations. We each wanted to...
Want to Produce Sexy Design? Visualize a Project Plan 4 Feb 2010 | 12:32 am
I find it surprising that, given the wide range of very specific deliverables we produce, I’m most consistently complimented on my project plans. Spreadsheets & Dependencies Aren’t Engaging I recently...
Musings on Customization, Team Reactions, and More 28 Jan 2010 | 06:28 pm
Recently, Doug Brashear (a user experience designer at a client site that has adopted EightShapes Unify) asked the Interaction Design community about their reactions and implementations of the EightSh...
Swimlanes: An Interview with Yvonne Shek 31 Dec 2009 | 10:11 am
This interview is a transcript of a discussion between Nathan Curtis, creator of EightShapes Unify, and Yvonne Shek, a user experience designer at nForm. Yvonne agreed to integrate her 2008 IA Summit ...
Isometric Experience Maps: An Interview with Jason Wishard 31 Dec 2009 | 07:05 am
This interview is a transcript of a discussion between Nathan Curtis, creator of EightShapes Unify, and Jason Wishard, an interaction designer at EightShapes. Jason led the formalization of how to pre...
IDEA 2009 Preconference Workshop 18 Aug 2009 | 01:42 pm
I’m really psyched to be presenting the pre-conference workshop at the IDEA 2009 Conference in Toronto, CA on September 14th. The conference program is spectacular, the speakers in the program are top...
Integrating Photos 28 Jul 2009 | 12:34 am
In many of our deliverables, we’ll integrate photography to help accentuate themes and tell better stories. Using EightShapes Unify, it’s easy to enhance your document’s appearance with a good photo o...
July 2009 Release Notes 25 Jul 2009 | 03:47 pm
Deliverables Templates Switch deliverable copy template to InCopy CS3 template file (.inct), with fully synced paragraph and character styles of the deliverable InDesign templates Expanded width of do...
