uch design and development partner. After a competitive pitch we were chosen on our experience of designing and developing multi-touch applications for leading brands such as first direct, leading retailers, Lloyds, Mindshare and a leading UK based motor sport brand.

"We chose Splendid to be one of our partners for a number of reasons. Their skill and credibility, proven approach, attention to design and detail, but above all else their people, which continues to be held in the highest regard by their customers and partners such as Microsoft. The innovation they bring to the existing solutions BT Engage IT deliver, through products such as Microsoft Surface and Multi-Touch technology, means we can continue to drive even more business value from IT." Adam Collins, Capability Development Manager, BT Engage IT

BT Engage IT provides businesses with access to one of the most comprehensive IT services portfolios in the market. Additionally, as part of the BT Group, we are able to offer a truly integrated suite of IT services to assist in the advice, design, deployment and support of IT requirements to meet clients' business needs.

" working with BT engage IT makes sense for Splendid on a number of levels, we share the same desire for excellence in what we do and at the heart of what we both do is effective use of IT infrastructure. Our interest in IT comes from using this platform to create compelling user experiences that drive business value, BT Engage IT solutions backed up with their scale, reach and 24 hour support allow us to continue to innovate in a difficult marketplace" Paul Bishop, Managing Director, Splendid

The Splendid team went to see our fave band Muse the other week, and as usual it was quite a show!

You probably haven't heard of ISU so a little explanation, ISU is Microsoft's largest global internal training event and is attended by about 900 senior Microsoft folks. Splendid were asked to provide a showcase and presentation on user experience design and highlight our work with leading brands using Microsoft technology such as Surface, Silverlight, WPF, .Net Framework, SketchFlow and Windows 7.

To find out more why not give us a call.

Last week Microsoft launched Windows 7, the much anticipated replacement to Vista. What we like about Windows 7 (along with the usual energy saving and environmental improvements) is the multi-touch capabilities. Out of the box Windows 7 is multi-touch capable, it all depends on the device you are using. This feature is called Windows Touch.

We have been using Windows 7 multi-touch laptops and screens in the office for a while now and have a number of large projects underway that take advantage of this great new feature.

This all builds on our work as Microsoft Strategic Surface partners and our work with Surface over the last 2 years with clients such as first direct, Mindshare, Microsoft and leading retailers and brands (that we can't mention as yet...).

To talk to our experience multi-touch team, arrange a demo of Windows 7 multi-touch capabilities or view our Surface work please get in touch.

For the second year running Splendid has been ranked in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2009 rankings, which recognizes the 500 fastest-growing technology companies across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) based on percentage revenue growth over a five year period.

This regognises are continued growth and expansion of our technical offering to include a dedicated multi-touch team and new CTO, Brennon Williams.

The Professional Developers Conference (PDC) is the definitive event focused on the technical strategy of the Microsoft developer platform and Splendid will be attending as Microsoft Strategic Surface Partners.

So if you want to meet up and find out about our award winning user centered design work, our Surface and Windows 7 multi-touch give us a shout. We would love to meet you.

We have been working with one of the worlds coolest brands Agent Provocateur to create a new online user experience over the last 6 months and the site is now live...

a full case study will be added soon but we couldn't resist adding a sneak preview for our Splendid friends. Enjoy!

Last Friday, a few of us from splendid were lucky enough to go down to Brighton to attend dconstruct 09, a user experience conference that attracts experts in the field from all corners fo the globe.
This year Splendid was privileged enough to Sponsor and be asked to go down to demonstrate Microsoft Surface. Against the backdrop of a sunny day in one of England's nicest seaside towns, the day was extremely successful.

With August de los Reyes (Principal Director of User Experience for Microsoft Surface) as one of the Keynotes there was a lot of interest surrounding the surface. The two tables created a quite a storm, at times feeling overwhelmed with the barage of questions and requests about the tables. By the end of the afternoon the dConstruct attendees were more than impressed with Microsoft's latest offering.

The main attraction however was naturally the talented and vibrant speakers that the team at clear left was able to assemble yet again.

Personal highlights was Adam Greenfields discussion on network urbanism, his idea of ubiqutouse computing and the ability to turn common convention around and repurpouse it. Instead of seeing everyday things as an object, looking at them as a holders of information and working out ways to access and use that information, being able to turn ourselves from consumer to constituent. A very exciting thought.

Robin Hunecki and August talking about finding the juicy parts in everything from game design to product design, ultimatly enhancing experience, also Russel Davies talking about materialising data on the web into the physical world the day was extremely entertaining and informative.

I strongly recommend you look up and research all of the speakers that presented.

Adam Greenfield

Brian Fling

Russell Davies

Mike Migurski

Ben Cerveny

Nathan Shedroff

Chris Noessel

Robin Hunicke

August de los Reyes

It seems they work...it's not a Splendid project but one of our designers has created this great entry for the E4 sting Competition. We love it and think you should vote on it!

We have been helping Hermione Way with a redesign of her blog, we have know her for a while now so we though getting involved in her blog would be fun. So we are now sponsors.

Its also a great source of news and opinion. Check it out