ERGOSIGN Blog

From May 20th to May 21st 2011, the annual German IA conference takes place in Munich under the theme "Shaping the Mobile Experience".

As an established place of meeting and exchange, concept designers, information architects and user experience designers gather to share and discuss their insights into the ubiquitous "revolution" of mobile interaction.

We are looking forward to interesting presentations and discussions!

After the great experience of last year's edition, ERGOSIGN proudly continues to sponsor UXcamp Europe 2011. This year we will even expand our engagement. Besides ERGOSIGN itself, ANTETYPE – our brand-new prototyping and design application – will be the main sponsor of the UXcamp Europe.

Sticking to its barcamp format designers discuss, collaborate and present hot topics from all UX-related domains, this year from June 11th to June 12th in Berlin. Tickets are still free, all you have to do is register (early) on the barcamp's wiki...

We look forward to great sessions!

The embedded world Exhibition&Conference in Nürnberg is the world´s biggest exhibition of its kind and the meeting-place of the international embedded community.

On March 2nd you can find us - together with itemis AG, a leader in model-driven software development - in hall 10, booth 10-529.

We are looking forward to meet you there ...

Between March 15th and 17th, the Automatisierungstreff Industrie+Gebäude takes place at the Kongresshalle Böblingen. It is the "ultimate platform" for the presentation and discussion of new technologies and trends in the automization of industry and buildings.

Due to the great feedback from last year's workshop, ERGOSIGN once again offers a workshop in cooperation with Digitec Vertriebs GmbH and INOSOFT GmbH. This time, the topic on March 16th is "Next Generation HMI Design: Design and Technology from one hand".

More information on the website of the Automatisierungstreff.

We are proud to release the official Version 1.0 of ANTETYPE, our very own prototyping tool, to the public after intensive beta-testing.

Since January 31st, 2011, everybody can download a free, 30 day trial at http://antetype.com. For commercial use ANTETYPE does cost 289,- USD with special conditions for educational contexts.

First feedback is very positive, which makes us strive even more for making ANTETYPE the perfect prototyping app.

Happy Prototyping!

Just in time for holiday season we have free christmas vector graphics (Illustrator format) for you ...

Merry Christmas!

To our free Icons in our icon shop ...

Two new case studies are available in our references:

• Correct Power Institute GmbH
  (energy efficiency and clean technologies)
• B. Braun Melsungen AG
  (anesthetics, intensive care, cardiology, extra-corporal blood therapy and surgery)

(The following article is only available in German)

Im Gespräch mit computer-automation.de erläutert Inosoft-Geschäftsführer Peter Tanneberg die Motivation der HMI-Alliance:

"In letzter Zeit stellen wir einen ganz klaren Trend fest: Kunden wollen ihre innovativen Maschinen mit einer ansprechenden und ergonomisch gestalteten Visualisierung ausstatten. Letztere soll nicht nur ein Hingucker sein, sondern muss auch die schnelle und fehlerfreie Einarbeitung und Bedienung durch den Maschinenführer sicherstellen. Soll das richtig gut werden, brauchen Maschinenbauer einen Fachmann für die Gestaltung und einen, der die Software liefert. Diese zwei Disziplinen führen Inosoft und Ergosign in der HMI-Alliance zusammen."

Das gesamte Interview findet sich bei computer-automation.de.

Today the SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2010 - one of the most important trade fairs in the field of automation - takes place in Nürnberg.

Take the opportunity to meet us at our joint booth (hall 7, booth 480) with INOSOFT GmbH and catch the latest on trends, news and tools to craft innovative user interfaces.

Further information is available at www.hmi-alliance.de.

In the field of machine and plant development two of the primary differentiators these days are usability and contemporary visual design. INOSOFT, long-time specialist for process visualization, and ERGOSIGN are channelling their competencies in development and design under the label HMI-Alliance to offer the best interplay of application logic and visual representation.

"We offer system manufacturers complex interaction solutions from one source" Dr. Marcus Plach, CEO of ERGOSIGN, explains. "Thus we can reduce the overall effort, which mostly accounts to the coordination between the different disciplines of coding and design, significantly".

You can find more information at www.hmi-alliance.de and next week at our joint booth at the SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2010 in Nürnberg (hall 7, booth 480) .