YOU CAN'T MISS: IDEO and iPad Inspiration

This week on the Media Bistro Unbeige Blog, there's a posting about IDEO.org, which launched this week. The site is designed for “spreading human-centered design throughout the social sector in order to improve the lives of people in low-income communities around the world and focus on challenges related to poverty.” It will partner with non-profit organizations and foundations to create inspiring designs. Often times, non-profits don't have a whole lot of funds to use on design-work or even marketing. At Big Brothers Big Sisters, we would love to advertise in the newspapers, design billboards, flyers and brochures galore, but we simply don't have the resources to do that. It will be interesting to see the kind of impact IDEO.org has. They also have a fellowship posted on there that you can apply for.

On the topic of iPad design, I found a great site for inspiration called iOSpirations. Essentially, the site is a collection of screen shots from some of the best iPad apps and games. It also has inspiration for iPhone design and directories of Top 10 apps. Just a little something to get you going as we start to think about what our iPad apps should look like. Plus, the site itself is pretty sleek.