Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
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Telling stories in public spaces, museums, and over the internet – often simultaneously
The Economist features work by Swisscom anthropologist Stefana Broadbent
Bruce Sterling moving to Torino, Italy
Bruce Sterling will be moving to Turin (a.k.a. “Torino”), Italy, starting September – for a period of six to eight months. Sterling [wikipedia – blog] is an American science fiction writer and highly acclaimed futurist thinker and design critic. His…
Web 2.0 is the web as it was originally envisioned – the internet of things is the real departure
New UK centre of excellence in design, engineering, technology and business
New experience design school in the Netherlands cancelled
BBC News speaks to Jan Chipchase of Nokia Design
BBC News has just published a feature on Jan Chipchase, principal researcher at Nokia Design and frequently featured on this blog. “Jan Chipchase tours the world looking at how people use mobile phones in their everyday lives and, more broadly,…
Spanish translation of Experientia interview with Anne Kirah
Luis López Toledo, a Chilean industrial designer, has published a Spanish translation of the interview I did last year with Anne Kirah, former senior design anthropologist at Microsoft’s MSN Customer Design Centre, and currently dean of the new 180º Academy…
UK report on culture, participation and the web
Jesse James Garrett of Adaptive Path on delivering value through experience
Are design fairs really effective?
Vodafone’s Receiver magazine is “at home”
The latest issue of Vodafone’s Receiver magazine (#18) is entitled “at home” and is introduced as follows: Digital media are entering the connectivity as a matter of course era, and they are entering the “home zone”: the home (for many…
Interview with Mike Kuniavsky
Tamara Adlin, a user experience consultant in Seattle, just published a long interview with Mike Kuniavsky on her interesting website UX Pioneers. Mike Kuniavsky (blog) researches, designs and writes about people’s experiences at the intersection of technology and everyday life.…
The Times profiles Nokia user researcher Jan Chipchase
MIT Technology Review interviews Bill Moggridge
Pew/Internet typology of information and communication technology users
Half of all American adults are only occasional users of modern information gadgetry, while 8% are avid participants in all that digital life has to offer. The Pew Internet & American Life Project conducted a survey designed to classify Americans…
CHI 2007 – Can user-centred design be harmful?
Researchers and practitioners meeting at CHI 2007 produced the surprising argument that user-centred design is a bad idea, writes Andy Daerden on Usability News. Instead, a range of alternative approaches were proposed for projects in developing countries such as “community…
LIFT conference video selection
I found some time today to watch the videos of the 2007 LIFT conference presentations. Here are my preferred ones: Panel discussion on technological overload with Stefana Broadbent of Swisscom Innovations (14:25); Daniela Cerqui, anthropologist at University of Lausanne, about…