Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
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Innovation and creativity workshops at Davos World Economic Forum
Somewhat belatedly, I discovered John Thornhill’s summaries (published in the Financial Times) of the CEO workshops at January’s Davos World Economic Forum. Building a culture of innovation “The participants in this workshop [were] asked to apply design thinking to a…
China needs design that sells [Business Week]
In an editorial for Business Week, Patrick Whitney, Director of the Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology, argues that companies designing products for the China market should have a design strategy that is more than just creating…
Whirlpool’s push to jump-start innovation [Business Week]
Adam Greensfield on the unique challenges of designing for ubiquitous computing
Uday Dandavate on striking a balance
Through Core77, I learned about the thinking of Uday Dandavate, a principal of the participatory design agency Sonic Rim. Dandavate, who is trained as an industrial designer and is from Indian origin, is a thorough believer in the duty of…
Philips/Visa usability study shows consumers like contactless payment technology (NFC)
Nokia online magazine on music and mobility
Mediamatic publishes comprehensive reader on RFID
Mediamatic, the Amsterdam cultural institution, has published a comprehensive reader on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), as a preparation for their upcoming workshop on The Internet of Things (9-11 May – speakers include Régine Debatty and Malcolm McCullough). “Radio frequency identification…
BBC unveils radical revamp of website [The Guardian]
New Berlin School of Creative Leadership
We are globalised, but have no real intimacy with the rest of the world [The Guardian]
With globalisation, most anticipate an inter-connected world with greater understanding of multiple cultures more than ever before. Martin Jacques, a senior visiting research fellow at the Asia Research Institute in Singapore, argues in The Guardian that this assumption is at…
It’s the ecosystem, stupid [Business Week]
Think NewB+NewD – Understanding the new Zollverein School
Philips design magazine on emerging markets, sustainability and innovation
Philips released today the April issue of new value by One Design, its online quarterly design magazine. The current issue starts with an introductory article on designing for emerging markets by Stefano Marzano, CEO and chief creative director, and then…
Book: Mobile Interaction Design
The future of the internet [Red Herring]
HP targets “next billion customers” with technologies for growing economies
HP yesterday announced new technologies, created by researchers in HP Labs India, which are designed to help grow opportunities in rapidly expanding economies. The technologies, which primarily focus on India but also address markets in China, Russia and Brazil, are…