Vodafone Travel app now launched!

Vodafone UK has just launched its Vodafone Travel app, for its signature 360 handset, as well as for iPhone.

The app is an all-in-one travel companion, providing live flight status updates, information on using your mobile abroad as well as useful travel tools.

Working in conjunction with mobile travel services provider Mantic Point Mantic Point, as well as Vodafone’s own User Experience team, Dean Vipond undertook interaction and visual design, to ensure the app was easy to use on all platforms, and that it also conformed to Vodafone’s recently relaunched brand guidelines.

Vodafone Travel on 360

Vodafone Travel on iPhone

For more info, check out the demo on Youtube, or see Vodafone Travel on the iPhone App Store

Making things for real people

Dean Vipond will be speaking at the O’Reilly Ignite event, in Leeds on 19th May 2010. It’s a great event, with a series of super-fast, five-minute talks on a huge range of subjects. Entitled ‘Making things for real people’, the talk examines how designing for unique people with specific needs is preferable to designing for the ‘average’ customer.

Ignite is part of the LSx2010 Leeds Web Festival, which has loads of interesting events happening.

It’s a free event, so book a place for Ignite now!

The Seven Ages Quest is now live!

New Open University / BBC project now live!

Dean Vipond was appointed by the smart folk at Six To Start, to provide visual and interaction design for an online game to accompany the new BBC TV show ‘The Seven Ages of Britain‘.

Commissioned by The Open University, the game features a series of ‘quests’, in which players must piece together a famous artefact by answering a series of questions. The questions are much tougher than your average online quiz, and research and collaboration is encouraged, with players being able to ask for help via Twitter and Facebook.

The visual style aims to echo the feeling of discovery and research prevalent in the show, with a rich, layered and textured approach.

Why not embark on The Seven Ages Quest right now?

First birthday!

Dean Vipond Brand & Interaction Design has been a fully-fledged business for one year and one day!

It’s been a fantastic first year; I couldn’t have asked for more. The business was set up with the intention of working with ambitious businesses, to help develop their brands on platforms that are often misunderstood and misused. I’ve worked with some fantastic clients, ranging from SMEs to international brands, helped them achieve more, while learning a huge amount myself at the same time.

I’ve also been lucky enough to work with some very smart and successful design/production agencies both in the North and in ‘that’ London, and it’s been a privilege to help service their clients.

A huge thanks to everyone who I’ve met and worked with over the past 12 months, whether it’s been in person, or simply via Twitter!

My second year in business is already shaping up to be hugely interesting and fulfilling. Can’t wait!