Ask HN: Examples of lovely user interfaces on and off screen

Posted by dmje on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @06:10AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hey HN - I'm on the lookout for lovely, surprising, intuitive, playful, fun "user interfaces". I'll take anything on a screen / touchscreen / mobile - but I'm also interested in "in the real world" examples - are there nice things that have cheered up your day because the design thinking has been thoughtful or nicely simplifying something that could otherwise have been complex?

I'd prefer to avoid examples of crap stuff - it's so common (sadly!) to find people writing about examples of terrible UI's - I'm specifically on the look out for good ones!

thanks xx ;-)

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Re:Ask HN: Examples of lovely user interfaces on and off screen by tsak on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @07:16AM (#40142962)

Something Pink https://something.pink/

Really going for the "home" in homepage.

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Re:Ask HN: Examples of lovely user interfaces on and off screen by aureliusm on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @06:17AM (#40142591)

I didn't see it in person, but I like the idea. Mui Board https://muilab.com/en/products_and_services/muiboard/

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Re:Ask HN: Examples of lovely user interfaces on and off screen by dmje on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @06:23AM (#40142630)

Ah yeh, I remember that being posted on HN I think - really like idea of digital stuff being embedded in natural materials...

thanks!

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Re:Ask HN: Examples of lovely user interfaces on and off screen by aureliusm on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @06:30AM (#40142666)

Another thing - where I would like to own pretty much any piece they made, although I have nothing to do with music is Teenage Engineering devices.

https://teenage.engineering/products/audio-and-synthesizers

Brings back childhood memories.

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Re:Ask HN: Examples of lovely user interfaces on and off screen by uniqueuid on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @06:26AM (#40142640)

Audio stuff typically has really interesting interfaces and tries to simplify very complex tasks. So look at DAW / synthesizer software, hardware (ableton, teenage engineering) and software/hardware combinations.

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Re:Ask HN: Examples of lovely user interfaces on and off screen by dmje on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @06:37AM (#40142711)

Ace, yes - I fiddle with Ableton a lot so know this space a bit - loads of amazing stuff, and you're right, typically the UI's are doing exactly what I'm looking for - thanks!

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Re:Ask HN: Examples of lovely user interfaces on and off screen by brudgers on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @11:59AM (#40145954)

This morning, the Yamaha RX5 Rhythm Programmer. Lots of dedicated buttons and a backlit screen. Body scaled not hand sized. Job -> Option architecture.

It was designed to build complex operations. The interface is designed for expertise developed over time (it's a musical instrument after all). It is not designed for casual beginners.

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