Nova is an application platform built around social networking. It prioritizes use cases which enable users to create, share and save powerful, personal content by connecting them instantly to the stuff they do most and the people they care about and providing exciting, extensible network content and services across devices.

Working with Robert Brunner’s product design company, Ammunition Group, an effort was led to develop a set of devices to show off the Nova platform. Three forms were turned into models – a camera, phone and teen companion.

Verizon Dashboard is a client implementation of Adobe’s FlashCast technology which delivers rich content and media in a personalized Flash presentation. Work included the planning, full design, implementation, testing and delivery of a handset portal application, dozens of content channels and a catalog and subscription system.

For Remington, Adobe’s XD team explored the value of surfacing the most important parts of the phone to the home screen. Using familiar and mobile friendly interactions, users can browse quickly through their call logs, messages, email, devices settings, music and favorite web content without launching dedicated applications.


Living World presents data through a visual theme such as a garden or cityscape, whereby the activity and growth of the environment is determined by the usage of the device. Living World was delivered on the Samsung D900 which won “Best 2007 GSM Mobile Handset or Device” and is currently awaiting U.S. patent approval.

The Living World Graffiti theme takes the user’s device activity to “paint” the phone top with personalized artwork. Calling, texting and general usage all drive display to transform over time – no two user’s phones will ever look the same. The underlying logic remained consistent across a variety of styles such as ‘notebook’ and ‘spray paint’.

The Living World Seasons theme reflects a more subtle visual shift over time by charting the real-world time of year of the owner. Animations such as leaves and snow falling, birds flying by, and people playing all suggest a world that has come to life on your phone. Various styles, including this illustrated version, were explored.

When Flex launched it allowed designers and developers to easily access the functionality and skinning of components. ioResearch was contracted to create a series of posters to help market that message. Each component was illustrated in exploded form, showing the deep structure that they were made of, which designers and developers now had access to.

ioResearch was contracted to refresh Macromedia’s branding for their MX2004 suite of applications. Above is the final version that was selected along with other final candidates which played on the brand’s themes of “light”, “radiate” and “halo”.