Since I started speaking about calm technology and designing with attention, designers and developers often ask me if a particular product they’re helping create is calm — i.e. designed to seamlessly, unobtrusively integrate with person’s life and daily habits. We deal with non-calm products every day. Jeremiah Owyang noticed that the new Facebook Messenger asks users to turn on notifications… Read More ￫

When it comes to selecting a pattern for the primary mobile navigation, product designers usually choose between two options — side drawer (also known as a hamburger menu) and tab bar. Both navigation patterns have their pros and cons. Since this article is about tab bar, let’s start with its advantages over sider drawer: Visibility of current user location. No… Read More ￫

At times, it seems like eCommerce is a never ending search for conversions; for a strategy that leads to sale after sale. But, as you’ve undoubtedly realized by now, that’s sadly not possible. Sure, you can do something here and something there that will help you out—to a certain extent—but nothing remotely close to an eCommerce holy grail that makes… Read More ￫

Why all the products on the market look the same? Have you ever been searching for a product that could solve your needs but could not choose one because all somehow look the same? Or it becomes harder for you to choose between 2 services because they offer the same features? The only thing that differentiates them is their design, but… Read More ￫

This week’s post is a compilation of what our motion designer at Marvel, Jonathan, found inspiring this month in design. New BBC 2 Idents Following the rise in subscription TV services, from the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime, there’s been an ongoing battle between broadcasters and media companies to convey a more memorable expression of a brands identity. One… Read More ￫

If you look at companies like Dropbox, Google, and Twitter you’ll notice that they each have their own unique aesthetic. Across all their products, both mobile and web, there is a sense of consistency and uniformity in their design.The way that companies and products achieve consistency is through styleguides. A styleguide is a set of standards that aligns designs with… Read More ￫

You might have noticed a small change in our first response messages to your emails – you guessed it. We’re now experimenting with using a bot. Not to worry though, the SupportBot is more of a helping hand than a replacement to your friendly support team. Our team is currently based in the UK whilst the majority of our customers… Read More ￫

This article was co-written with Angela Nguyen  You passed the initial phone interview and now comes the final test to show potential employers what you are capable of: the portfolio presentation. Portfolio presentations are the norm for any design position. It shows employers your thought process through design problems and how well you communicate to others. It’s the perfect opportunity… Read More ￫

‘Design Sprints’, ‘Agile’, ‘Stand Up’, ‘Lean’ – Is ‘Design System’ just another one of those buzz words we hear? It really depends on how you choose to look at it. I find that everything that’s ‘trendy’ or ‘buzz-wordy’ is usually so for a reason. There is a lot of innovation in the design systems space at the moment hence why… Read More ￫

Our brand new Marvel + Sketch integration features some recent additions which will level up your designs, prototypes and the way your whole team works. It’s the complete end-to-end design solution for Sketch. We’ve focused on building features which help improve your efficiency, so you have more time to solve the problems important to you. With Marvel + Sketch, you… Read More ￫

Introducing a brand new series directly from the Marvel dev team. You’ll find us back here every month at the same time, dropping some details on what we’ve shipped the past 30 days. We’ll leave the big launches out of these updates, you’ll see enough of those in various mediums on all our channels. These will be focused on the… Read More ￫

We’re super excited to announce our integration with Microsoft Teams, a platform that combines workplace chat, meetings, notes and attachments. We’ve incorporated plenty of ways for you and your team to access Marvel projects and features directly within the app. With our Microsoft Teams integration, you can now: Access and organise your Marvel dashboard directly from Microsoft Teams Open interactive… Read More ￫