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10/2008 "Hello": UID inaugurated office at Dortmund

User Interface Design GmbH (UID) has opened its fourth office at Dortmund. Employees and guests from the area around Dortmund came to see the new premises and learn more about trends such as Mobile Banking and Unified User Experience. The UID designer Sebastian Schulz also said "Hello" – this was the title of his extraordinary street art exhibition at the UID office.


10/2008 Beauty Matters! Usability and Aesthetics

The 7th International Information Design Symposium Beauty Matters! Usability and Aesthetics will try to give answers to questions about usability and aesthetics. It will take place on Thursday, November 27, 2008, at Stuttgart Media University (Hochschule der Medien, HdM). The symposium is part of the beauty matters initiative and is organized by UID and others.


10/2008 UID and SOS Kinderdörfer worldwide present appealing relaunch

The childcare organization SOS-Kinderdörfer worldwide for children in need presents itself on the website www.sos-kinderdoerfer.de in a new internet appearance. The objective of the relaunch that has been supported by User Interface Design GmbH (UID) was to consistently adjust the website to the needs of the users and to combine easy navigation with attractive design.


09/2008 Consumers are skeptic about "TV 2.0"

Television of the future will be interactive. Although the technical possibilities may revolutionize TV entertainment, it seems to be obvious: The viewers prefer to lean back and ignore experiencing television. This was the result of a survey conducted by User Interface Design GmbH (UID) which was presented on the occasion of the International Consumer Electronics trade fair (IFA) 2008 in Berlin.


09/2008 Creating senior-oriented living in virtual reality

Together with partners from all over Europe, User Interface Design GmbH (UID) develops a new software system for the design of senior-oriented living environments. By means of virtual reality, planners and future residents will be able to experience technological novelties of living environments before their implementation. The European Union funds this research project which is supposed to allow people an independent life to old age.


07/2008 International User Research: Successful work across borders

International user research studies became a part of the UID business a long time ago. How to cope with organizational challenges was presented by UID employee Jakob Biesterfeldt on the UPA International Conference in Baltimore, USA.


02/2008 UID celebrates its 10th anniversary with an exciting anniversary program

Usability, Software and Design – a combination of disciplines that was rather unknown 10 years ago. Today, UID looks back to more than 1000 projects with 250 customers. This is enough reason to celebrate this anniversary with an exciting calender of events. In addition to theme evenings there will be some opportunities to celebrate in Ludwigsburg, Dortmund, Mannheim and Munich.


12/2008 Mobile business: International user research study reveals the requirements of users

Whether it is for banking, shopping, or online auctions: mobile transactions via cell phone, smart phone or PDA are more and more common. The International Usability Partners (IUP) examined this trend topic in an international user research study. UID and the IUP presented the results on the conference "Usability Professionals’ Association (UPA) Europe 2008".


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