Category HCD / UXD
Cogito Ergo Nomics [The Truth About Cars]
When computers need human help [The International Herald Tribune]
Intel admits tech can be tedious [The Register]
How to improve it? Ask those who use it [The New York Times]
The Philips ExperienceLab
Ancient manuscript teaches machines how to talk to people
Information Overload: We have met the Enemy and he is Us
Singapore Management University designing campus IT around the user
UK Government pledge for ‘personalised’ public services
Csikszentmihalyi starts doctoral programme on happiness
The experience store, a store where you don’t buy [International Herald Tribune]
The International Herald Tribune reflects on ‘experience stores’, the latest trend in retailing and claims it is a return to the old department store shopping experience, where shopping was treated as theatre as well. The article claims that Samsung was…
Bruce Nussbaum asks if designers are the enemy of design?
New York Times on interactive mirror in department store
Business Week interviews Nokia’s Jan Chipchase
New Songdo City, a living lab on ubiquitous computing in Korea
UNESCO publishes survey on ethical implications of emerging technologies
Qualitative research leads to new bicycle “for fun”
When Japanese bike part manufacturer Shimano set out to make a bicycle aimed at America’s dwindling group of casual bikers, they enlisted the help of design consultancy IDEO, and embarked on a qualitative research and design process that eventually lead…