MetaLab, Ltd. explained
MetaLab is an interface design firm headquartered in Victoria, British Columbia, that provides product design, engineering, and research services. Their clients include Slack, Google, Uber, and Amazon.
The MetaLab Was founded in 2006 by Andrew Wilkinson and is now part of a group of companies which includes Dribbble. MetaLab also founded Pixel Union, a theme supplier for platforms including Tumblr, Shopify, and WordPress.
Products
MetaLab has the following products in its portfolio:
- Ballpark is an online application which allows sending invoices, receiving payments, and bidding on projects.[1]
- Flow is a task management platform to create, organize, discuss, and accomplish tasks.[2] In March 2011, MetaLab announced the launch of Flow for the web, iPhone, and iPad.[3] [4] A redesign of Flow was released on 25 September 2013.[5]
- Pixel Union is a collaboration between MetaLab and 45royale that creates curated internet themes for webpages and platforms.[6]
Mozilla
In March 2010, Andrew Wilkinson (cofounder 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.[7] [8] The story, which was picked up by TechCrunch,[9] caused Mozilla to tell Wilkinson that "[the] design which used [MetaLab's] siteās design elements was a development build and according to [Mozilla] the design has been changed in newer builds." Wilkinson then requested a public apology.
Notes and References
- Web site: Get Ballpark. MetaLab, Ltd.. 22 April 2012.
- Web site: Flow: Task Management. MetaLab, Ltd.. 22 April 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120424212600/http://www.getflow.com/about. 24 April 2012.
- Web site: Kincaid . Jason . 2011-03-23 . MetaLab Launches Flow, A Beautiful Tool For Task Management . 2022-10-19 . TechCrunch . en-US.
- Web site: Victoria's MetaLab launches Flow App for Task Management . 2022-10-19 . BrainStationĀ® . en-US.
- Web site: MetaLab Delivers A Huge Overhaul For Its Task management solution Flow App . CEOWORLD Magazine . September 25, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130927075548/http://ceoworld.biz/ceo/2013/09/24/metalab-delivers-a-huge-overhaul-for-its-task-management-solution-flow-app-but-still-no-android-app-29920926 . September 27, 2013 . dead .
- Web site: Premium Tumblr Themes PixelUnion. MetaLaband 45royale. 22 April 2012.
- Web site: Andrew Wilkinson . MetaLab - MetaLab Goes Open Source? . Blog.metalabdesign.com . 2010-03-09 . 2012-08-12.
- Web site: Design firm accuses Mozilla of UI plagiarism. Keizer. Gregg . 11 March 2010. Computerworld. 12 August 2012.
- Web site: MetaLab Accuses Mozilla Of Plagiarizing Its Design (Updated) . . 2010-03-09 . 2012-08-12.