Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Category Challenges
When computers need human help [The International Herald Tribune]
How to improve it? Ask those who use it [The New York Times]
Ancient manuscript teaches machines how to talk to people
CNBC on the role of customers in business innovation
MBA in Design and Innovation Management
Bruce Nussbaum asks if designers are the enemy of design?
New York Times on interactive mirror in department store
Business Week on the innovation workshops at the Royal College of Arts, London
American Embassy in Rome reaches out via web to discuss innovation and creativity with young Italian entrepreneurs
Business Week interviews Nokia’s Jan Chipchase
NESTA launches £20m initiative to stimulate social innovation
New Songdo City, a living lab on ubiquitous computing in Korea
UNESCO publishes survey on ethical implications of emerging technologies
Qualitative research leads to new bicycle “for fun”
When Japanese bike part manufacturer Shimano set out to make a bicycle aimed at America’s dwindling group of casual bikers, they enlisted the help of design consultancy IDEO, and embarked on a qualitative research and design process that eventually lead…
Next step for games: social networking [San Jose Mercury News]
Doors of Perception taking on the global food crisis [Business Week]
Diane Brady of Business Week reports on The Doors of Perception conference in Delhi which focuses on applying design thinking to modern challenges in food, water and waste. “John Thackara is doggedly pragmatic. The British design guru likes nothing more…
MIT Media Lab Europe founder starts Distance Lab
Where artists and inventors plot to save the world [The New York Times]
New Web sites connect lenders and borrowers [International Herald Tribune]
About a year and a half ago I wrote about Zopa, a P2P banking service in the UK, and therefore a potentially disruptive innovation in the financial services sector. The International Herald Tribune has meanwhile discovered it as well: A…