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Blog posts tagged
"Design"

Jamie Young
26 April 2016

Ubuntu orange update

Ubuntu Design

Recently, you may have seen our new colour palette update in the SDK. One notable change is the new hex code we’ve assigned to Ubuntu Orange for screen use. The new colour is #E95420. We have a post coming soon that will delve deeper into our new palette but for now we just wanted to ...

Inayaili de León Persson
21 April 2016

Redesigning ubuntu.com’s navigation

Ubuntu Featured

Last month, the web team had an offsite (outside of the office) week sprint in Holborn, central London. We don’t all work on exactly the same projects in our day-to-day, so it’s nice to have this type of sprint, where everyone can work together and show each other what we’ve been working on over the ...

Inayaili de León Persson
1 April 2016

March’s reading list

Ubuntu Notes

Here are the best links shared by the design team over the last month: LEGO Serious Play Micro Lego Serious Play: How small can a useful tool for thinking be? The world’s 15 most complicated subway maps Railway maps Your Job Ad: The Start of a Great Hiring Experience Google Resizer Artist Creates Astonishing Ubuntu ...

Inayaili de León Persson
1 March 2016

February’s reading list

Ubuntu Notes

Here are the best links shared by the design team during the shortest month of the year: Digital Design Education is Broken My Bathroom Mirror Is Smarter Than Yours Persona Never Ask What They Want—3 Better Questions to Ask in User Interviews Celebrating Cities: A New Look and Feel for Uber Pure CSS – Alarm ...

Canonical
19 February 2016

MWC stand: behind the scenes (part 3)

Ubuntu Featured

It’s day 3 and the stand is nearing completion. The funky lights have been fitted, the meeting rooms have curvaceous walls inspired by the Ubuntu shape, and the cloud and phone demo pods are ready to rock some products for you to try. Stay tuned tomorrow for some final pictures of behind the scenes at MWC! One ...

Canonical
18 February 2016

MWC stand: behind the scenes (part 2)

Ubuntu Featured

It’s day two behind the scenes at MWC and the stand is starting to take shape. The iconic orange Ubuntu flags are up, the walls and doors have been assembled, and the flooring has been put down. We are nearly there…   Stay tuned tomorrow to see our final preparations for the stand. ...

Inayaili de León Persson
4 February 2016

A new look for tablet

Ubuntu Featured

Today we launched a new and redesigned tablet section on ubuntu.com that introduces all the cool features of the upcoming BQ Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition tablet. Breaking out of the box In this redesign, we have broken out of the box, removing the container that previously held the content of the pages. This makes each ...

Joseph Williams
4 February 2016

Embeddable cards for Juju

Ubuntu Notes

Juju is a cloud orchestration tool with a lot of unique terminology. This is not so much of a problem when discussing or explaining terms or features within the site or the GUI, but, when it comes to external sources, the context is sometimes lost and everything can start to get a little confusing. So ...

Barry McGee
2 February 2016

Trimming the fat from the Ubuntu online tour

Ubuntu Featured

Maybe, like me, you seen more of the inside of your gym in January than you had for the six months previous. New year, new diet, new me.. or something like that. A big creeping problem in recent years is that websites have been on an all out binge, and not just over the winter holidays ...

Inayaili de León Persson
1 February 2016

January’s reading list

Ubuntu Notes

Here are the best links shared by the design team during the first month of the year: The Website Obesity Crisis Cryptaris Mission Focusing on Customer Top Tasks with Gerry McGovern Content & Display Patterns BrandColors Towards better meetings This tool connects pencil stubs together Build your own planet Solar System: 5 Things To Know ...

Alejandra Obregon
25 January 2016

Designing cloud tools in Cape Town

Ubuntu Notes

Our cloud design team has just returned from a trip to Cape Town for our mid-cycle sprint. We have the luxury of being collocated in London and working closely throughout the whole year, but these sprints give us an invaluable opportunity to collaborate with other stakeholders and engineers working around the world. We get together ...

Rae Shambrook
18 January 2016

Ubuntu Clock Update Reflects Convergence Design Thinking

Ubuntu Design

In the coming months, users will start noticing things looking more and more different on Ubuntu. As we gradually roll out our new and improved Suru visual language, you’ll see apps and various other bits of the platform take on a lighter, more clean and cohesive look. Why refresh apps at all? As Ubuntu brings ...

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