Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Journalist Carl Honoré told attendees of the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford they should unplug and slow down in a world that was stuck in fast- forward. And author Barry Schwartz told the conference that it was better when we had…
There is a perverse hypocrisy about the whole jobs debate, especially in Europe. The colonial powers invaded countries like India and China, pillaged them of their treasures and commodities and made sure their industries weren’t allowed to develop, so…
[…] The latest [technological] tools are both digital, rooted in the world of electrons and bits, and fundamentally social, built to enable new kinds of interactions among people. Blogging, text messaging, photo sharing, and Web surfing from a smart phone…
Luminaries from the worlds of technology, entertainment and design are gathering in Oxford to share their thinking about our future. The big thinkers include leading authors, musicians, playwrights, and pioneers in technology and science. Sir Bob Geldof, top political author…
“The mobile communication society: A cross-cultural analysis of available evidence on the social uses of wireless communication technology” is the title of a research report that offers an analytical overview of existing research on the social uses of wireless…
WOMMA is the official trade association for the word of mouth marketing industry. WOMMA’s mission is to promote and improve word of mouth marketing by protecting consumers and the industry with strong ethical guidelines, promoting WOM as an effective marketing…
Steven Blyth, a master’s student at the Interaction Design Institute in Ivrea, Italy, has devised a system that allows people to see a visual representation of the health of their social relationships. Read full story
New value by One Design is Philips Design’s quarterly magazine. It aims to illustrate how design can create value for all types of business, focusing on the creation of innovative design that leads to meaningful experiences. Some recent articles: –…
E-mail, video, and all sorts of stuff now rendered in bits and bytes never really disappear and can be easily copied. Privacy? Hah! Read full story
Within Nokia’s new well-designed website is a subsite called culture of mobility. It contains a hip presentation of reports, trends and insights on mobile culture. Nowadays mobility represents more than movement: it encompasses all lifestyles, all industries, all forms of…
A long feature on how teens use digital devices to stay connected with each other. Read full story
With more than 1 billion cellphones in circulation around the world, the questions of how, when and why people use them have turned from matters of curiosity and conversation into serious subjects of academic research. Read full story
“Almost Real” is the title of the 7th issue of the magazine Beyond Borders. It is devoted to art and social change.Beyond Borders is published by the European Cultural Foundation, Europe’s only independent, non-national and pan-European cultural foundation. Click…
John Markoff’s “What the Doormouse Said: How the 60s Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer” makes the case that the personal computer is intimately bound up with the growth of the counterculture in the 1960s. The personal computer’s origins in the…
‘Go out and play’ vs. ‘de-naturing of childhood’ Read full review
“So how do you feel about e-mail?” asks Simon Roberts, a social anthropologist. “How has it changed your workload?” This is not what social anthropologists are usually expected to ask: they observe courtship rituals, try to interpret ancient chants,…
The latest generation of these ever-smarter garments look like ordinary clothes, not something only a cyborg would don. Read full story
“Digital media have not only made in-roads in the way visual artists, musicians, designers, film makers and other cultural practitioners work – they have created a new context”. Michiel Schwarz’s insightful Dutch policy paper on “e-culture”, that has just…
Culture and creativity are the latest “buzzwords” in the debate on innovation strategies for the knowledge economy. But what is the cultural dimension of the knowledge economy? And what does this imply for the public domain? These were the central…
Technology has come a long way since the washing machine, but somewhere along the line it lost relevance to women. Now gadget makers are striving to win back the female market. Read full story