Chatbot fever has infected Silicon Valley. The leaders of virtually every tech giant — including Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple — proclaim chatbots as the new websites, and messaging platforms as the new browsers. “You should message a business just the way you would message a friend,” declared Mark Zuckerberg when he launched…
The Government has admitted that economic growth is likely to be much slower than previously forecast after the UK voted to leave the European Union. Chancellor Philip Hammond, giving his first Autumn Statement, said the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) now predicts the economy will grow by 1.4% in 2017, down from the 2.2% it…
Microsoft believes perceptions of the brand have changed, with consumers now seeing it as “cool”, thanks to product innovations, such as the Surface Pro 4 tablet, Surface Pro Studio desktop and Hololens virtual reality technology. With this in mind, Microsoft is focusing on execution rather than product launches this Christmas, targeting a millennial audience with…
Some say web design has become boring. Current trends and high-end techniques establish the rules for the creatives, playing a low-down trick on the community. Everyone wants to be in the mainstream, and release products that go viral; it means that a million interfaces are likely to have the same features. Of course, content can…
When Black Friday properly debuted on these shores back in 2013, it was remembered primarily for photographs of people getting into punch ups over limited stocks of cheap TVs. Asda, the retail brand most associated with these unsavoury scenes, even made the decision to pull out of Black Friday last year as it cited “shopper…
Programme – Portfolio Inspiration AoiroStudio Nov 23, 2016 Around this time of year with the celebrations, festivities and many many eats! We will also at the time of the year where we’ll get to enjoy some time off. As a designer, time off also means that we might have to rethink our portfolio, brand and…
Underground Symmetry – Photography AoiroStudio Nov 23, 2016 With the practice of photography, you become entirely more aware of your surroundings. You would appreciate the emptiness of a certain locations and chasing that perspective especially in crowded places. For my case, I’ve had a long interest in underground system and It’s quite interesting to think…
A Heinz ad featuring children, teenagers and adults using using tins of baked beans to drum out the rhythm of a song has been banned by the ASA for encouraging unsafe behaviour. The ‘Can Song’ ad shows people singing along to a song while using a baked beans can as an instrument. Towards the end…
Mujjo Limited Edition Wooden Case AoiroStudio Nov 22, 2016 As you may have heard, we are celebrating something special on Abduzeedo, before we get to that we would like to share our congratulations to Mujjo for their 5th Anniversary. What is Mujjo? It’s a brand that has been crafting leather goods from premium quality materials.…
A lot of people ask: “Mark, how long have you been married?” That’s a tricky question for me because I work at Facebook (disclaimer: not really). So rather than come out with a single comparable metric like – oh I don’t know – years of marriage, I prefer to approach the answer differently. Usually I…