Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Category Culture
Peter Greenaway and the Savoy experience
New Core77 article series more sophisticated than ever
Timo Veikkola (Nokia) on a vision of the future
Motorola ethnographic research on shared experiences to inform ICT innovation
Carphone Warehouse study on the role of mobile phones in our daily lives
A theatrical approach to experience design
Telling stories in public spaces, museums, and over the internet – often simultaneously
The user is the content
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
Web 2.0 is not for India
Avnish Bajaj, co-founder and Managing Director of Matrix India (the $150-million India fund of Matrix Partners, a global venture capital company) thinks Web 2.0 is not for India: “I think people are wasting their time on Web 2.0 in India.”…
Nokia global user study on where people carry their phone
Torino 2008 World Design Capital launches Torino GEODESIGN
Yesterday I went to a press conference by Torino 2008 World Design Capital at the Milan Design Fair which presented TORINO GEODESIGN. TORINO GEODESIGN (described in more detail in this Core77 article) is an international competition which will bring designers…
Ubiquitous computing is messy
Jan Chipchase of Nokia on delegating positive experiences
Venture philanthropy fund uses design thinking and ethnography to help solve real-world problems [Business Week]
Billing itself as a nonprofit venture capital firm, the Acumen Fund uses the principles of design to solve the problems of the poor. Just as the Procter & Gambles and Motorolas of the corporate world conduct extensive ethnographic research on…