Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Category Design (general)
Ecosystems and product innovation
Clothes make a statement electronically [Christian Science Monitor]
Ten potential pitfalls of participatory design methods
Jeff Axup writes in his blog Mobile Community Design about ten potential pitfalls in the application of participatory design methods. “Participatory design (PD) is a design framework and related methods which advocate user involvement in design, and a political stance…
User-generated future for gaming [BBC]
Roger Martin on designing decisions
In this interview, Roger Martin, dean of the Rotman School of Management (the University of Toronto’s business school) explains why managers need to learn how to think like designers, and why all design is really decision design. The interview was…
“Experience design is about the way a person experiences a brand”
Rotman Magazine on the Creative Age
Trendwatching report on businesses and co-creation
Design as play
Steelcase launches healthcare focused organisation
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…
Designing usable sites for children and teens
Whirlpool’s push to jump-start innovation [Business Week]
Adam Greensfield on the unique challenges of designing for ubiquitous computing
Mayo Clinic’s SPARC lab gets physicians to think like designers
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…