Qualitative Yahoo! research on teens and technology
A brand new Yahoo! and OMD focus group and ethnographic study of 13-24 year on interactive and wireless technologies.
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
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P&G’s marketing chief about putting the consumer at the centre
Jim Stengel discusses Proctor & Gabmle's new mantra "Put the consumer at the centre of all we do".
Head of Samsung Design Europe discusses design and innovation
As part of this week’s Index: 2005 events in Copenhagen, Denmark, CPH127 interviewed Joong Yeal Choi, Head of Samsung Design Europe and made it available in video. Mr. Choi has studied industrial design and design management at Seoul National University…
World Usability Day on 3 November 2005
The Usability Professional Association (or UPA, of which I am a member) organises on 3 November 2005 its World Usability Day (WUD) with events in 77 cities and 33 countries. The activities revolve around the common theme – “Making it…
Games meets interaction design [Usability News]
Do games designers need advice from the interaction design community? This was the argument that raged following the formal part of the Interact! Games meets Interaction Design event, an InSync and AIGA Experience Design London collaboration, chaired by Nico…
Microsoft, Intel organise corporate ethnography conference
The first Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference (EPIC), jointly organised by Microsoft and Intel, will take place on 14 and 15 November 2005 at the Microsoft HQ in Redmond, WA, USA. The conference (see programme) will promote the use of…
Kurzweil sees future when humans, tech will converge [The Mercury News]
Ray Kurzweil, one of the USA’s most acclaimed inventors, has some unusual ideas about how we’ll live in 25 years. Looking ahead 40 years, Kurzweil believes humans will evolve into semi-mechanical beings who can alter their physical appearance at will.…
Design for the New China Markets conference
The Design for the New China Markets Conference (Beijing, 1-2 December 2005) is an executive forum for leaders interested in the design and development of products and services for China.
Ars Electronica posts audio of over forty presentations
Ars Electronica posted over forty mp3 audio files (or "podcasts") of presentation that took place at its recent festival, 1-6 September 2005.
Interview with David Kelley of IDEO
As part of the recent AO2005 Innovation Summit, Morgan McLintic of Lewis Global Public Relations interviewed David Kelley of IDEO.
P2P banking in the UK
Zopa is a P2P bank in the UK that connects online lenders with borrowers.
This billboard is talking to you
It is not an example of experience design the way I like to understand it, but it is clearly a designed experience. Ogilvy Belgium has launched this week a talking billboard in their campaign for Ford. [Alain Caviggia was commissioned…
Users as designers of public services
Demos, the British think tank for everyday democracy and the publisher of The Greenhouse weblog, organises a series of monthly discussions about innovation and future leadership in education and public services, called Open Secrets. Tellingly, the latest discussion, which was…
BBC Radio 4 discusses anthropology in business
In a 30 minute dicussion with six guests, BBC Radio 4 delves into the topic of anthropologists who no longer observe tribal people out in the jungle, but watch us instead. This approach is meant to give busy executives an…
Few people use their mobiles for more than calling and texting, research shows
Only 17% of those with a mobile use their phone for anything other than to make calls or send text messages on a daily basis, avoiding the more complex features available according to research from Mobeon. The NOP Omnibus…
Brenda Laurel speaking in New York
For our readers in New York: The Parsons Department of Design and Management is having Brenda Laurel speak as part of their Stephan Weiss Memorial Lecture Series in Business Strategy, Negotiation & Innovation. The lecture, titled “Design Research: Informed Creativity”,…
Reflecting on Sony’s integration of user experience and branding
Ian McArthur reflects in the CPH127 blog on Sony’s Qualia product series, and how it is an example of how “user experience†can be extended and elaborated on to integrate seamlessly with branding strategy. The effect in this case, he…
Smart cards make inroads in European transit [International Herald Tribune]
Bus to the train station, train to the city, subway to the office – all with one ticket. With advances in smart card technology and agreements between transport companies, that scenario is becoming a reality. “Being able to use a…
Upcoming conferences
This post is no longer updated. Visit instead this shared calendar of experience design events and conferences.
Scientific American looks 50 years ahead
In a special issue of Scientific American titled Crossroads for Planet Earth, the magazine looks ahead at the next 50 years, and features reports on the economic, public health, agricultural, demographic, social, environmental, political and energy concerns facing our planet.