Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Mandy Brown, creative director at W. W. Norton & Company, wrote a nice story on A List Apart about understanding the needs of readers in web design. Despite the ubiquity of reading on the web, readers remain a neglected audience.…
“Cellphones have changed how we communicate with others, and now they are changing how we think about information,” argues John Markoff of the New York Times. “With the dominance of the cellphone, a new metaphor is emerging for how we…
MIT Media Lab has set up a Center for Future Banking. I guess they have some work to do. “Researchers at the Center for Future Banking, in collaboration with Bank of America, will explore how emerging technologies and insights into…
Yochai Benkler, who is the Berkman Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard and faculty co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, was interviewed on Ideas Project, the Nokia site that explores “where technology and communications may be…
Rosenfeld Media, which is run by Lou Rosenfeld, publishes short, practical, and useful books and webinars on user experience design. Here are their forthcoming titles: Design is the Problem: The Future of Design Must be Sustainable by Nathan Shedroff Design…
Touch is a research project, led by Timo Arnall, that investigates Near Field Communication (NFC), a technology that enables connections between mobile phones and physical things. The project aims to develop applications and services that enable people to interact with…
Kazys Varnelis [CV | blog], the author of Networked Publics and the Director of the Network Architecture Lab at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, is writing a new book and posting drafts online. “My current…
Hugh Dubberly is a forum editor at Interactions Magazine, which means that he writes, co-writes or edits articles for the magazine. The website of his company, Dubberly Design Office, contains all of these excellently written and very thoughtful articles. Here…
Jeff Howard writes the blog Design for Service and is also the curator of the most comprehensive and well organised service design reference library on the internet. Over the past few days he has been discussing service designing, service design…
Ajit Jaokar, founder of futuretext, just wrote a somewhat technical article on his blog where he discusses the basic ideas and significance of the Internet of Things, especially in the context of its integration with mobile phones. Still worth a…
The Language of Things: Understanding the World of Desirable Objects by Deyan Sudjic Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co. (June 1, 2009) Hardcover: 224 pages Description What is it that persuades us to camp outside Apple stores to be the first…
Peter Merholz, founding partner and president of Adaptive Path, now writes the “Experience Matters” column for the revamped HarvardBusiness.org where he tries “to articulate the things that matter to us, to folks who know little to nothing of what we…
Nick Marsh of Engine Service Design contemplates how user-centred design can help public services. How do we enable patients with chronic conditions to take care of themselves better? How do we include partners from other sectors such as charities or…
Experientia partner Jan-Christoph Zoels is currently in Ahmedabad, India, for a client project. But he found time for an informal talk at the highly acclaimed National Institute of Design, scheduled for Wednesday 11 February at 17:15. “Join us for the…
John Knight, user experience manager at Vodafone’s UE Design Development team was interviewed by Giles Colborne of cxpartners. “One of the things I’ve learned is that we often think too much about designing interfaces. If you design an interface, there…
MIT researchers argue that computers need to become as easy to use as those yellow sticky notes. Office workers are like electricity: When they want to get something done, they follow the path of least resistance. Which is why, say…
Over the last months, Adaptive Path has been uploading videos of their latest UX Week that took place in August 2008. Donald Norman conversing with Adaptive Path president and founder Peter Merholz Author and co-founder of the Nielsen Norman Group…
The UK service design consultancy live|work has published an excellent manifesto on service thinking: “We have identified three key service imperatives that must be considered if we are to create great services that make things better for people, businesses and…
Matt Jones writes about a short project he worked on last November with the students on the Design Interactions course at the RCA in collaboration with Vodafone’s User Experience group. The brief was deliberately wide and intended to steer us…
On April 1, IDEO founder David Kelley will be awarded the Edison Achievement Award by the Thomas Edison Papers at Rutgers University for his “pioneering contributions to the design of breakthrough products, services, and experiences for consumers, as well as…