MetaLab, Ltd.
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| Industry | User Interface Design |
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| Founded | 2006 |
| Founder | Andrew Wilkinson |
| Headquarters | Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Key people | Luke Des Cotes (CEO) |
Number of employees | 150+ |
| Website | metalab |
MetaLab is an interface design firm headquartered in Victoria, British Columbia[1] that provides product management, software engineering and UX research services. Its clients include Slack, Google, Uber and Amazon.
MetaLab was founded in 2006 by Andrew Wilkinson. It is part of a larger group that includes Dribbble. MetaLab also founded Pixel Union, which provides themes for platforms like Tumblr, Shopify,[2] and WordPress.
Products
[edit]MetaLab has the following products in its portfolio:
- Ballpark is an online application that allows users to send invoices, receive payments, and bid on projects.[3]
- Flow is a task management platform to create, organize, discuss, and accomplish tasks.[4] In March 2011 MetaLab announced the launch of Flow for the web, iPhone and iPad.[5][6] A redesign of Flow was released on 25 September 2013.[7]
- Pixel Union is a collaboration between MetaLab and 45royale that creates curated internet themes for web pages and platforms.[8]
Mozilla
[edit]In March 2010 Andrew Wilkinson (co-founder of MetaLab) wrote a blog post claiming that Mozilla "literally copied images straight off of our site" for use in the design of their FlightDeck editor.[9][10] The story, which was picked up by TechCrunch[11], caused Mozilla to tell Wilkinson that "[the] design which used [MetaLab's] site's design elements was a development build and according to [Mozilla] the design has been changed in newer builds." Wilkinson then requested a public apology.
Clients
[edit]Companies which have used MetaLab services include Ro[12], Upwork,[13] Uber[14] and Calvin Klein.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ "Metalab Design Ltd". Dun & Bradstreet. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ^ "Shopify Themes". Pixel Union.
- ^ "Get Ballpark". MetaLab, Ltd. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ^ "Flow: Task Management". MetaLab, Ltd. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ^ Kincaid, Jason (2011-03-23). "MetaLab Launches Flow, A Beautiful Tool For Task Management". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
- ^ "Victoria's MetaLab launches Flow App for Task Management". BrainStation®. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
- ^ "MetaLab Delivers A Huge Overhaul For Its Task management solution Flow App". CEOWORLD Magazine. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
- ^ "Premium Tumblr Themes | PixelUnion". MetaLaband 45royale. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ^ Andrew Wilkinson (2010-03-09). "MetaLab - MetaLab Goes Open Source?". Blog.metalabdesign.com. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
- ^ Keizer, Gregg (11 March 2010). "Design firm accuses Mozilla of UI plagiarism". Computerworld. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ^ "MetaLab Accuses Mozilla Of Plagiarizing Its Design (Updated)". TechCrunch. 2010-03-09. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
- ^ "Ro Product case study".
- ^ https://www.metalab.com/work/upwork
- ^ https://www.metalab.com/work/uber
- ^ https://www.metalab.com/work/calvin-klein
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