MetaLab, Ltd.
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| Industry | User Interface Design |
|---|---|
| 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.
MetaLab was founded in 2006 by Andrew Wilkinson. In January 2017, MetaLab became a daughter company of Tiny.[2] MetaLab also founded Pixel Union, which provides themes for platforms like Tumblr, Shopify[3] and WordPress.
Its clients include Slack, Google, Uber, and Amazon.[4]
Products
[edit]MetaLab has produced the following products:
- Ballpark, an online application that allows users to send invoices, receive payments, and bid on projects.[5]
- Flow, a task management platform to create, organize, discuss, and accomplish tasks.[6] In March 2011, MetaLab announced the launch of Flow for the web, iPhone and iPad.[7][8] A redesign of Flow was released on 25th September 2013.[9]
- Pixel Union, a collaboration between MetaLab and 45royale that creates curated internet themes for web pages and web platforms.[10]
Mozilla
[edit]In March 2010, Andrew Wilkinson (co-founder of MetaLab) wrote a blog post claiming that Mozilla 'literally copied images straight off our site' for use in the design of their FlightDeck editor.[11][12] In a updated blog post, Wilkinson stated that, "I just got off the phone with the team at Mozilla, who apologized and clarified a few things. The design which used our site’s design elements was a development build and according to them the design has been changed in newer builds. That said, it was used in their launch video as well as their blog post announcing the product. They told me that that the team who put together the blog post and video was unaware of the similarities at the time of inclusion. We’ve asked for a public apology, and I’ll be doing a follow-up post tomorrow."[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Metalab Design Ltd". Dun & Bradstreet. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ^ Wilkinson, Andrew (January 17, 2017). "Dribbble 2.0". Medium. Archived from the original on November 10, 2024. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
- ^ "Shopify Themes". Pixel Union.
- ^ "Our work | Metalab". Our work | Metalab. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Kincaid, Jason (2010-03-10). "MetaLab Accuses Mozilla Of Plagiarizing Its Design (Updated)". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2024-11-27.
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