Web engineering and design team

Discover the latest news and work from the web and design team

The Web and design team at Canonical pride themselves on building things properly, not quickly. Always looking for creative ways to push the bounderies of the web.

Meet Shinya Kimura

by Canonical on 20 August 2010

I was reminded of this video by a piece of music that came on shuffle as I was working. Splendid short film, beautiful colour, and that noise!

A true italic

by Canonical on 20 August 2010

In this latest post from Dalton Maag Lukas Paltram updates us on the development thinking that went into the italics in the new Ubuntu font family.

10.10.10.10.10…..

by Mark Shuttleworth on 20 August 2010

Here’s a way to show off your movie-making creative skills AND promote whatever you think the coolest things in 10.10 are: make a Maverick Movie!

Get your photos on millions of computers!

by Canonical on 16 August 2010

It’s that time again! We’ve been accepting submissions on the Ubuntu Artwork Flickr group for a while now but with the deadline fast approaching for Beta we...

Gestures with multitouch in Ubuntu 10.10

by Mark Shuttleworth on 16 August 2010

Gestures are a powerful interaction language that will be as relevant for desktops as it is on phones and tablets. Ubuntu 10.10 has a gesture framework that...

Gone for a walk?!

by Canonical on 16 August 2010

My new friend has gone missing! Have you seen Rick?

This week in design – 13 August 2010

by Canonical on 13 August 2010

It’s Friday the 13th! Thankfully it’s past midday so safe to write this post. We’ve had a busy week although it’s been a bit quiet as people have been away on...

Finding the Ubuntu font design

by Canonical on 13 August 2010

In our second post from Dalton Maag we get an insight into the origin of our very own Ubuntu font.

My new friend

by Canonical on 13 August 2010

Very kindly donated to me by Ale on the design team here at Canonical. Maverick, Rick for short, sits proudly on my desk. He joins the lovely plush Lynx from...

How are your users feeling? Example from Rhythmbox

by Canonical on 11 August 2010

When conducting and writing up user research findings, I make a point of defining the experience goals alongside participant’s actual real life goals. This...

The first milestone

by Canonical on 10 August 2010

As work on the font continues we thought it would be good to get some insight from the people working on developing it. In the first of these posts, Bruno...

Why would you give your music away for free?

by Canonical on 9 August 2010

Photo (cc) Matt McGeeYou’re an up and coming band. You’re gonna get signed soon. You’ll get played on the radio. You’ll tour the world. You’re gonna teach...