Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Category HCD / UXD
The People will be heard: Interactive technology in public spaces
Interview with author of Designing Emotions book
Marco van Hout, who manages the blog Design & Emotion, just published an interview with Pieter Desmet, the author of the book “Designing Emotions”, about product design and emotions. Here is Marco’s introduction to the interview: “Dr. Pieter Desmet is…
Gannett to crowdsource news [Wired News]
Goodbye, mobile phone bills. Hello, advertising. [International Herald Tribune]
Pitching itself as the world’s first advertising-supported phone company, a Finnish company called Blyk plans to roll out a free mobile phone service next summer aimed at 16- to 24-year- olds, first in Britain and then elsewhere in Europe, writes…
Waking up to a surveillance society
Why the “online office” won’t work for now
Adidas sports performance store in Paris: it is all about the interactive experience
The Germany-based sportswear brand opened its Mi Innovation Center on the Champs-Elysées. It’s a tech, fashion, and custom-design wonderland, writes Business Week. “At the futuristic 1,750-square-meter store, the largest Adidas store in the world, shoppers can browse the latest trends…
Philips Research magazine provides deeper look at simplicity commitment
User-centred design at the Young Tate
The impact of Ajax on user experience
Third generation Living Labs: the quest for user-centred mobile services
Faced with a context of a vast and still growing supply of relatively cheap and effective information and communications technology (ICT) and stimulated demand for new solutions to achieve mobility, even seamless mobility, Prof Jan Annerstedt and Sascha Haselmayer raise…
The Economist on mobile telephony and banking
“Most South Africans do not have bank accounts. But most do have mobile phones,” writes The Economist today in a story about mobile telephony and banking with a particular focus on Africa. “About half a million South Africans now use…
Knowledge@Wharton on getting to the heart of the customer
Making computing a people science [Computer News Middle East]
Launching event: European Network of Living Labs
Interfaces for people, not products [UX matters]
“The digitising of information, the rapid rise of digital information systems, and increased access to those systems by a broad range of people have challenged the way in which we look at specialists and the roles they play”, writes Jonathan…