For some time now, typography on the web has been like a fast food burrito: The selections have been limited to only a few bland ingredients that may only be mixed in a few combinations. It is our job as either web designers or burrito artists to combine these ingredients…
Some of our latest work with Viking Range was recently featured in Luxury Daily, the world’s leading trade publication covering luxury marketing across all mediums. The article covers the launch of Viking’s D3 line with heavy emphasis on the product configuration tool we built that leveraged Adobe Scene7 Dynamic Render…
Lokion uses an awesome tool called Axure to quickly produce interactive HTML prototypes without coding. It lets us create fast and relatively inexpensive iterations in order to: See, feel, touch the customer experience we’re designing before it gets coded Refine requirements based on real, clickable interaction with the proposed interface Conduct…
Join our VP of Interaction Design, Shiloh Barnat, for this month’s “Breakthroughs” webinar, presented by AIGA and Adobe: Design Research: Getting to Know Your Users Wednesday, June 20 12:00 p.m. Eastern / 9:00 a.m. Pacific Design research—an investigation based on empathy, insight and understanding—is a fundamental element of building successful digital…
There are few things I love more than discovering a new business tool or technique that’s not just effective and easy to use, but is also fun. So I was giddy after attending Dan Brown’s session “Managing Difficult Situations on Design Projects” at this year’s Information Architecture Summit, where he…
It happens almost every day. Existing clients or prospects call us and say they need a mobile app. In fact, most companies feel they can’t compete without a mobile app. At Lokion, we believe that businesses can’t compete effectively without a comprehensive mobile strategy. While that strategy often includes an…
No one wants to build a website (or visit one) that, well, sucks. To help make the internet a better place, Lokion’s very own Matt Ladner has developed a workshop on building DIY websites that don’t suck – in one hour – which he presented at a sold-out event sponsored by…
On Saturday, Nov. 12, several Lokionites will be at everyone’s favorite unconference, BarCamp Memphis, armed and ready to speak on a variety of UX topics. For those new to the concept, this is a knowledge-sharing event with an interactive format – attendees start the day by voting on which…
Five Lokionites recently roadtripped to Nashville to enhance our mobile design and development prowess at the 2011 Breaking Development mobile conference. Members of our IxD and development teams took away some great new tips and tricks that we’re ready to employ immediately on our mobile practice. Here are just a…
Veteran interactive firm acquires mobile application company, boosts capabilities Memphis, Tennessee – Lokion Interactive and RESOLUTE Interactive, both of Memphis, Tennessee, announce today an acquisition that merges the companies’ accounts. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Mike O’Hearn, Lokion Chief Operating Officer, says the acquisition meets a number of…
