Motion Design, the Future
Skill Level: Novice
Article by: Daniel Jenett

Unrestricted Broadband

Despite the circumstances that have pushed a bunch of companies out of business and have been turning the lives of many digital designers into misery, the process of mass-digitalization goes on. The other day I read that the number of broadband users in the US has doubled within the last year, from 10 to roughly 20 million households, and that has happened in the worst year for the digital universe, thus far.

On the other side of the globe, in Europe where I am located, iMode G3 phones have rolled out in the Netherlands and the German broadcasters finally agreed on a standard for interactive TV (called MHP) that enables a competitive landscape of services on the tube box. In the UK, 30% of the households have iTV capabilities according to Forrester Research. This is a snapshot of the news that I read twice a week when I collect news reviews, covering articles on convergence (to subscribe send an email to mailto:jenett-news-subscribe@yahoogroups.com); There are significant things happening behind the curtains right now, but the outcome is clear and amazing: Everything that can be digital will be digital (Razorfish coined that tag line)

• everything digital will be bandwidth unrestricted
• everything bandwidth unrestricted will be (eventually) moving.

That's why I believe that motion design is big.

Contents

• Unrestricted Broadband
• Human Interaction
• Motion Design Options
• Get Started with Motion Design

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