Category Archives: Projects

Microsoft SilverFace

 

How do you take something as familiar as Facebook and evolve it into a new kind of experience? That was the question posed to us by Microsoft when the Silverlight team was seeking to generate excitement around the possibilities enabled … Continue reading →

 

Impact: Efficiency for the Smart Grid

 

Rising costs. Blackouts. Pollution. Climate change. These are some of the problems caused by increased power consumption on today’s antiquated power grid. Utilities and corporations are working toward a more efficient Smart Grid with $3.4 billion in assistance from the … Continue reading →

 

John L. Scott Home Seller

 

Smarter Sellers Require Smarter Tools John L. Scott saw an opportunity to provide buyers and sellers with new tools to help them with issues such as an increasing amount of data online including customer opinions. Agents are also facing new … Continue reading →

 

Microsoft Live Mesh Travel Application

 

A Collaborative Travel Experience The Live Mesh Travel Application provides travelers with access to their most current travel information, as well as social and planning functions at any point of their journey. This concept addresses the traveler’s need to learn … Continue reading →

 

Understanding How Urban South African Youth Socialize Via Mobile Phones

 

Socializing via mobile phones is widespread amongst South African urban youth. Prior research has focused on the devices themselves, from feature comparisons to usage rates. Our approach was to uncover business and design opportunities for our client’s next generation of … Continue reading →

 

The Wall: A Next Generation Retail Experience

 

The Wall is an interactive life-sized display that brings online capabilities into the store and onto products. Customers can place physical products against The Wall display and interact with related content aggregated from multiple online sources such as product info, … Continue reading →

 

Infospace Nation Toolbar

 

Rich user experience and engagement. Artefact and InfoSpace collaborated to design and develop a brand new toolbar to attract new users and retain their current users of Nation.com. By extending the experience from your typical webpage, the Nation Toolbar engages … Continue reading →

 

Intel Tangent Bay

 

The notebook PC form factor is a very mature and familiar paradigm. Recent innovation has centered on performance (specs) and cosmetics (drawing from innovations in manufacturing technology). Many opportunities remain to re-think mobile computers – Tangent Bay explores how a … Continue reading →

 

HTC Touch Diamond

 

The HTC Touch Diamond was launched by HTC in 2008. The phone features a large touch screen and a touch-responsive user interface, TouchFLO 3D. With TouchFLO 3D, album artwork, video stills and snapshots of your friends’ and family’s faces are … Continue reading →

 

NAU

 

A Brand Realized In September 2007, Artefact was invited to present a point-of-view presentation and supporting demo for an event sponsored by Microsoft called “Light up your brand.” We chose to build a high-level design concept that would demonstrate what … Continue reading →