Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
I always appreciate unusual perspectives so when Dr. Tina Basi, who consults with Intel’s Digital Health Group, contacted me about her research on power dynamics in ethnographic research, I was intrigued. She recently presented a paper on the matter, entitled…
Demos, the UK think tank for “everyday democracy”, has published its latest pamphlet on privacy. “The transformation of our social lives and the increase in surveillance and technological innovations have led us to believe that privacy is in the midst…
The Guardian reviews a book that argues that our privacy is under threat by increased digital surveillance. Being able to make your own decisions and hold your own views without interference; controlling information about yourself; and being in charge of…
Idris Mootee, a business and innovation strategist, explores in a very casually written post the relevance of authenticity in experience design. How about everyday experiences? Often these little experiences (digital or real world) are not engineered to be great, but…
Clay Shirky, author of the book Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organising without Organisations (see also these posts), argues in a short essay that the future of Europe lies in email: “The EU is the test case for the…
The people from the German consultancy Trendbüro published a short interview with Experientia partner Mark Vanderbeeken on the topic of identity. It is part of their strategy to publicise their forthcoming Trend Day, which has the theme: “Identity Management –…
Just like any other innovative company in Europe, Experientia is sometimes faced with very tough immigration laws. Hiring someone from outside the EU is quite a challenge and sometimes results in us loosing out on the opportunity to attract really…
Last week I visited Eataly again, a fantastic “experiential” supermarket, right here in Torino. Associated with the Slow Food movement, you can dwell in it for hours and feel constantly stimulated, intellectually, sensually and visually. But I had never written…
The latest issue of Frog Design Mind (permalink), the bi-monthly newsletter of Frog Design Inc., is devoted to identity and contain a rich group of articles on “the struggle to find new meaning in the growing landscape of design”. Here…
Bruce Sterling is now living in Torino, Italy and will stay here, together with his wife, Serbian author and film-maker Jasmina Tesanovic, until the end of March 2008. He is here at the invitation of the Regional Government of Piedmont…
Marco van Hout asks in a long article for uiGarden.net whether there is something like a common ’emotional experience’. “In my opinion, the answer to this question is two-fold. First of all, people share basic emotional reactions and basic human…
For some time now I have been following the French innovation blog Internet Actu, not realising that it was part of a bigger initiative called “Fing“. Fing stands for “Fondation Internet Nouvelle Génération”, or the the next generation internet foundation,…
Today the UK think tank Demos launches a new collection of essays produced with Catalan think tank Fundació Ramon Trias Fargas comparing and contrasting the two urban success stories of London and Barcelona. The report, called BCN_LDN 2020, explores how…
MyThings (as the name suggests) is an online registry of members’ possessions, from jewellery and electronics to cars and boats, writes Joanna Bawa on Usability News. Sign up and gain access to a range of services including valuation, recovery after…