Guiding Methodology for Interaction Design
We’re a digital product design studio specializing in user experience design. This means that rather than working on one in-house product, we’re often working on a number of projects at once and our design team, as a result, needs to be extra lean and Agile. Process, therefore, plays a big part in how we work, […]
Reactive Programming with MVVM for Mobile Apps
Over the past few years at aequilibrium, we’ve been developing a number of digital products using MVVM. Model–view–viewmodel, or MVVM, is a popular design pattern used in developing mobile apps. In particular, when used with Reactive programming, MVVM can deliver a powerful product and experience for users. There are a number of benefits for using MVVM, […]
Choosing Effective Code Layout Strategies for Software Projects
When designing and organizing code for application frameworks, the primary goal is to keep code easy to read and maintain. To achieve that, it’s imperative that the code is organized in a logical manner. Engineering teams looking at an overview of the system should be able to gather enough context without having to read a […]
VanUX Awards Announce New Winner 2019
Awards Gala This week, the VanUX Awards hosted its annual Awards Gala while announcing this year’s big winner. VanUX is one of the most prestigious awards in the Vancouver user experience design community and we are proud to be a Community Sponsor for this year’s event. For the uninitiated, the Vancouver User Experience Awards is […]
Aequilibrium becomes an Adobe Bronze Solution Partner
Aequilibrium is proud to now be an Adobe Bronze Solution Partner. After analyzing the market for the best Digital Experience Platforms, we found the powerful tools Adobe provides to be the market leader for the types of organizations that engage us to assist them with their digital transformation. We are particularly excited to dive into […]
Using Personas to Create Meaningful User Experiences
New Years means that we get to start over and commit to doing better. For us, we’re constantly striving to think less about ourselves and more about the user. As user experience designers, it’s part of our process to constantly ask what and for whom we’re designing for. While we may be users of our […]
Adobe Summit Goes Digital to Meet an Online Workforce
Adobe Summit will be exclusively digital this year, and it’s launching March 31st at 8:30 am PDT. Your front row seat to possibility. Globally, businesses have been forced to discover the opportunities and challenges for innovation and remote connectivity when their operations suddenly rely heavily on digital. Adobe has long been a leader in the […]
The Shifting Sands of Digital in the Business Landscape
The world has become fully digital overnight. In a world of virtual birthday parties, socially-distanced grocery queues and makeshift home-offices, businesses need to be flexible to embrace change in order to continue providing the best customer experience possible. Digital is no longer an option. The digital revolution has swept everything into a sandstorm, and organizations […]
The Foundations to Flourish in a Fully Digital Economy
Few things expose our frailties like adversity. The social and economic times we find ourselves thrust into today are certainly adverse. But, as it feels like we’ve known since before Benjamin Franklin said it, in adversity there is opportunity. Or, at least, the potential for opportunity. The tricky thing, however, is that often turning adversity […]
Join Aequilibrium at Adobe’s Virtual Experience Makers Live
Adobe is at it again. Coming July 22nd and 23rd is their virtual event Experience Makers Live, and here at Aequilibrium, we’re really looking forward to attending. We know the all-digital format will be a great success, as we also attended the all-digital Adobe Summit in March (which already feels like a long time ago) […]