Order ahead and skip the line at your favorite coffee shops!
CoffeePass lets you support independent coffee without having to wait. Just place your order, arrive at the shop, and walk straight to the pickup counter!
ios: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mojo-order-ahead-coffee/id1383623831
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coffeeapp
The Mears Transportation app connects passengers with taxis, shuttles, and luxury car drivers on demand all over the United States. Our team was responsible for both the driver and passenger app.
Hapy
One-on-One live chat with like minded and local strangers, with a goal to create a more empathetic society
Facebook and other social networks have shown the capability of a connected world, but we still lack a method of connecting with new people outside our circles and understanding their ways of life. We typically find ourselves in the comfort and familiarity of our bubble. HAPY users are provided an enriching tool to cross paths with a local stranger’s Golden Circle and learn about WHY they exist. This tool allows the users a two minute, one-on-one, live video chat with another local. Not sure what to talk about? HAPY alleviates this problem by providing a short list of fun and thought provoking conversation starters that are updated daily to help break the ice. Many problems over the years have been solved as communication tools improve but the drawback is that they are primarily focused on established connections. HAPY is different as it utilizes the advancement in live-streaming technologies to turn our cities into neighborhoods.
Hapy utilizes a visualization we coined Organic Structure that reimagines the way information is organized. Instead of the linear feed that’s come to dominate the presentation of digital information in all apps, this Organic Structure displays information in a multidimensional space where its relevance to you is dictated in size and position. You can explore that space in every direction without being constrained by a set way of scrolling. The content itself defines the structure, not the other way around.
We worked on:
- UI/UX
- Development on the iOS platform
- Branding
- Organic Structure API
- Implemented a custom WebRTC solution
- Launch Strategy
We designed and developed an app that automatically logged a user into their MAC based on proximity of their mobile device. We used BLE on iPhones to collect device IDs and keys from MACs and verified authorization over a firebase. Once done, the iphone’s presence and proximity could be used to lock and unlock the MAC. Proximity is determined by bluetooth signal strength and thus we had to implement hysteresis as a solution for dealing with the otherwise frequent switching (locking and unlocking of the device) and produce a desirable and consistent user experience.
We worked on:
- UI/UX
- Development on iOS and MacOS
- Branding
PediaQ is an on-demand pediatric urgent care house call service. Use our app to have a nurse practitioner come to your home, hotel, or wherever the need is.
We worked on:
- UI/UX
- Branding
Uplift gives any religious organization the opportunity to live stream their services through a mobile device. Their remote audience can participate in many ways including paying tithe and offering directly through the app.
Uplift utilizes a visualization we coined Organic Structure that reimagines the way information is organized. Instead of the linear feed that’s come to dominate the presentation of digital information in all apps, this Organic Structure displays information in a multidimensional space where its relevance to you is dictated in size and position. You can explore that space in every direction without being constrained by a set way of scrolling. The content itself defines the structure, not the other way around.
The underlying existence of Uplift is to make initial strides to build a more empathetic society by exposing new beliefs to those who are typically led to in group bias.
We worked on:
- UI/UX
- Development on the iOS platform
- Branding
- Launch Strategy
Gestures Camera is the next generation camera app. As phones get bigger, buttons become harder to reach. Gesture based technology is for the early adopter - are you one? Try this app.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gestures-camera/id825653391?mt=8
We worked on:
- UI/UX
- Development on the iOS platform
- Branding
- API (Interested in using this within your app? let us know).
When we work with gestures, we need to look beyond individual apps and look at the whole digital ecosystem. We need to look at all the gestures we use on various devices and find patterns.
Patterns that will allow us to create a system, a basic set of rules – a language.
We forget that gestures are just like words of a language. The reason what I'm saying here makes sense to you is because we speak the same language. A group of people got together and agreed on a basic set of rules that certain sounds meant certain things and decided to call it English.
The same condition applies to gestures. We need a basic set of rules to make sure we speak the same language – or use the same set of gestures.
That's why we have put together the patterns we have discovered into a simple language that would allow us to systematically assign gestures to various functions of the apps we build, so that every gesture isconsistent, logical, and easy to remember on all the app across all the platforms.
We decided to call it Universal Gestures Language.
It’s actually quite simple, It’s based on 3 basic principles.
Control actions or movements (Primary Functions)
Manipulate values (Secondary Functions)
Control functions that require confirmation (Tertiary Functions)
It allows us to replace unnecessary buttons with simple gestures so that our interfaces can be
more minimalistic and beautiful.
It allows us to assign gestures to various functions of the apps we develop so that all the
gestures can be consistent, logical, and easy to remember on all the apps across all platforms.
It allows us to directly interact with our digital world with the set of conventions that are much
closer to the conventions of our reality, rather than having to depend on unnatural button-based
interfaces. Such efficient & effortless control allows us to be able to immerse ourselves in the
digital experience without the clutter or restrictions we had in the past.
Blunt is your anonymous fashion police to keep your styles in check.
We worked on:
- UI/UX
- Development on the iOS platform
- Launch Strategy
- Branding
Matter crowdsources design and style opinions by allowing users to quickly poll their friends publicly or privately.
We worked on:
- UI/UX
- Development on the iOS platform
- Branding
- Launch Strategy
Surf is a live streaming app for concerts and events. The app was specifically designed and developed for Rapper, Machine Gun Kelly (MGK).
We worked on:
-UI/UX
- Development on both iOS and Android platforms
- Launch Strategy
Blownaway is the most trusted on-demand beauty service app that sends professionally trained and highly vetted blowout stylists to your door, at the tap of a button! It is your personal blowout stylist, on-demand!
We worked on:
- UI/UX
- Branding
- Strategy
What Is Organic Information Structure?
Explore this space freely in every direction and every dimension as if you are traveling through space and time, rather than being limited to scrolling up and down in a flat one dimensional space.
Just like the universe, there are no pre-defined structures. Organic Information Structures allows the individual building blocks, or individual pieces of information, to determine the shape of the structure, rather than allowing rigid, pre-defined structures to dictate how your information should be displayed and how you can access it.
Bottom line, our Organic Information Structure will allow us to create next generation digital experiences that are truly efficient, beautiful, and content-driven without the clutter that exists in traditional user interfaces we see everywhere today.
Use Cases
Organic Information Structure can be beneficial for applications that handle large amount of data with complex attributes, such as videos on Netflix, products on Amazon, photos/videos on Facebook.
Using Organic Information Structure, users will be able to see what's more popular, recent, and relevant all at once at a glance, rather than having to use a traditional sorting/filtering method which only allows you to view a single type of information at a time.
For example, if you search for videos on Netflix now, the results will appear in a grid view, and you can use a dropdown to sort them by "suggestions," "ratings," or "released time," but you CANNOT see those 3 types of information at the same time.
When you have tens of thousands of videos in your database, when your search query returns hundreds of results, but when only top 10 results may be relevant to you, wouldn't it be more beneficial for you to be able to quickly see other aspects of those top 10 items so you can easily compare and decide which video is the best option for you?
Or do you want to continue wasting your screen space by displaying more of less relevant items in a grid or list view and by having to switch back and forth between different sorting options to see what's more relevant, popular, and/or recent in order for you to decide which video to watch?
Recognitions
German Parliament, sponsored by German industry - German Design Award (2018):
http://www.german-design-award.com/en/the-winners/gallery/detail/15085-organic-information-structure.html
Winner for Excellent Communications Design - Apps
International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences - Webby Awards (2017):
http://www.webbyawards.com/winners/2017/mobile-sites-apps/features-categories/experimental-innovation/organic-information-structure/
Honoree for Mobile Sites & Apps - Experimental & Innovation category
FastCompany - Innovation by Design Awards (2016):
https://www.fastcodesign.com/product/organic-information-structure
Finalist for Experimental category
Honorable Mention for Apps category
Organic Information Structure Framework
Our latest framework will allow anyone to build their products using Organic Information Structure. If you are interested in learning more about the framework, contact us.
Smart Dog allows you to see how your dog feels right on your smart phone. Simply pinch in and out to set various settings (heart rate, ambient temp, activity level). Green means good; orange means warning; and red means bad. There is also a desktop dashboard version available as well.
We worked on:
- UI/UX
We no longer need traditional static interfaces that clutter up our limited screen spaces. We need to replace all the unnecessary buttons with simple gestures to make our interfaces minimalistic and beautiful while making our experiences simple, efficient and effortless. All the essential features can be available at our finger tips without having to reach across the screen or bend our fingers in an awkward way to tap on tiny little buttons.
When it comes to handling a large amount of information, such as songs on a playlist, we must consider displaying them organically in a fluid structure based on their relevance, rather than limiting our experience to a rigid grid or list views. Our information does not have to fit in a box anymore. Now it can be molded, arranged, and served to us purely based on their relevance, not based on the shape or size of our mobile devices.
With today's touchscreen capabilities and processing power, we are no longer limited by the technical limitations – but only by our old habits and outdated expectations.
Expect everything to be relevant, contextual, and interactive.