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Compath.me –Web & iPhone App Design

未分類, iphone, app, SNS, social networking

Compath.me now launches a web service that works in sync with its iPhone app. The iPhone app also has a major update to 1.4. I’ve been working fully for this project for the last couple of months as lead designer and that’s part of the reason I couldn’t update this blog lately (sorry!). I worked on every pixel on both iPhone and web app this time and all other things you can see of Compath.me.

Some of the features includes photo-import from Facebook & instagram on the website and see them categorized on a map on iPhone. ‘My Memo’ always tells you your saved locations with 1 tap. Every information is location based and shown graphically by location. So if you have lots of geotagged photos on Facebook/Instagram and are wondering how best to compile them by location, this is da bomb!

iPhone App

Web App





Calendar Desktop Wallpaper: June 2012

未分類, Design, calendar, quote, wallpaper

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.
Vincent Van Gogh

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2560×1600px | 2560×1440px | 1920×1200px | 1680×1050px | 1440×900px | iPad (w/o calendar)

iPhone (w/o calendar)

For iPad users, let me know if you prefer the resolution for iPad Retina display.

Calendar Desktop Wallpaper: May 2012

未分類, Design, calendar, quote, wallpaper

Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.
Napoleon Hill

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2560×1600px | 2560×1440px | 1920×1200px | 1680×1050px | 1440×900px | iPad (w/o calendar)

iPhone (w/o calendar)

Sorry about the slow update. I will make posts of the future gadget concepts soon.

Compath.me – iPhone app design

未分類, apple, Design, iphone, iPod, app

Compath.me logo

As I mentioned on the previous post and Twitter, I became lead designer for Compath.me (I’m still freelancing on the side). Joining only in last month, I worked on almost all the designs Compath.me used to have. The best part about becoming a member of a team of Compath.me is the depth of my involvement in their projects is completely different from when I do freelancing jobs for clients. Also the CEO– Mr.Ando fully trusts on my designer’s instinct, which is also not the case for client cases.

iPhone App Design

Facebook Fanpage Design

Website Design– For desktop&smartphone

Concept Video
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvgrWXhl_zw&w=420&h=315]

& Everything Else… (cards, fliers, flag, T-shirt, sticker, another video, etc.)

Compath.me was the first and only startup showcased in TechCocktail in SXSW. I’ve been at SXSW in Austin now, meeting lots of lots of people, having fun introducing the app. There will be press coverage after the even is over, so I’ll post updates.

Dream Paper Concept – 4D Paper Printing Technology

未分類, Design, technology, future, 4D, TUI

When you have something you want to make with paper, you cut/fold paper to make the shape.
I wish however, there were paper and ink that do the ‘folding’ and ‘cutting’ automatically. You send the data of the shape you want to make from your computer/mobile to the printer. The paper you printed out automatically starts to cut and fold itself!

If that really happens, you’d be able to make various complicated paper models with no efforts. It’d be even cool if you could download 3D data from a gallery like Google 3D Warehouse, print it out and you get it in your hand. You download a physical thing!

But wait! If you could even control not only where and how far to fold but also when to fold via bluetooth or wifi, it means you could move paper as you like without touching it. (It’s like embedding Javascript in paper!)

And the shape-shifting concepts like the below one wouldn’t need any complicated mechanisms if such paper technology were available.

Futuristic Concept Mock-ups for Personal Exhibition

未分類, Gadget, technology, future, inspiration

I’m hoping to hold a personal exhibition in NY or somewhere else for my future concept designs I’ve made. Although the mock-ups are just non-working prototypes, it must be a lot of fun for people to see, feel and touch very futuristic devices that we dream of. With some 3D movies and cool animations, I believe lots of people will visit the exhibition.

(Photoshopped just a bit)

These are some of the first rough mock-ups I made last year. I was planning to bring them to Re:publica in Berlin for my speech there. However on the very same day when the first mock-ups arrived to my house on March 11th, the earthquake happened (I was miraculously at home waiting for the delivery), which caused catastrophic damages not only in this country but places all around the globe, and my business was also affected from it. So I had to hold the plan for some time. And now I’m restarting to make the dream come true.




They are the very first mock-ups and pretty roughly made, so it’s not the level to show anyone yet, but I hope you can picture what it will be like to hold it in your hand.

I’m now looking for a sponsor to make this dream come true. Contact me if you’re interested.

[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/12309496 w=400&h=265]