LG approached us with an interesting request: develop UX concepts and related features for an upcoming generation of smartphones. Despite the challenges presented by language and geographic barriers — not to mention LG’s idiosyncratic project flow — we succeeded in winning the approval of senior management, and several of our ideas advanced to the next round of R&D.

One of the chosen concepts looked to the world of cinema for inspiration; another imagined the possibilities of a UX influenced by the behavior of magnets; and a third focused on the use of layers and transparency as a way to reduce visual clutter.

Note: Details of most features have been obscured for privacy reasons.

Agency: MetaDesign
Team: Geoff Phillips, Melissa Miyamoto-Mills, Joanna Lee
What I Did: Strategy, Concept Development, User Experience, Creative Direction

The prescribed project flow.
Excerpt from research phase.
Excerpt from research phase.
Work session with client.
Concept description and visual inspiration.
Example of cinema-inspired feature to pan out automatically while taking a selfie.
Concept description and visual inspiration.
Example of applying magnetic behavior to arranging images in photo library.
Concept description and visual inspiration.
Example of tilt gesture to highlight relevant information.