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.
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] The story, which was picked up by TechCrunch,[13] 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.
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.
- ^ "MetaLab Accuses Mozilla Of Plagiarizing Its Design (Updated)". TechCrunch. 2010-03-09. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
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