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Category Design
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
The difficulties of Web 2.0 measurement
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]
Book: Worldchanging – A User’s Guide for the 21st Century
“A new book—an outgrowth of a popular Web site—focuses on simple and complex innovations that could solve global crises,” writes Reena Jana in Business Week. “The three-year-old Web site Worldchanging.com has quickly established itself as a source for original, sophisticated…
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…
‘Presence’ technology building cell phones to anticipate your mind
Style, function and the imperfect cellphone [International Herald Tribune]
Innovative user interface design [uiGarden]
David Polinchock on creating a retail brand experience
In an article in the premiere issue of Marketing at Retail, David Polinchock of the Brand Experience Lab looks at the key developments today in creating a compelling, authentic and relevant retail brand experience. Polinchock discusses the growing trend of…