Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
A few weeks ago, I went to the LIFT conference in Geneva, Switzerland. It took me a some time to write up all my (personal) thoughts on the presentations, but now the writing is done and the result is online…
Two articles in UX Magazine describe upcoming UX revolutions: data and the user interface. The UX of data By Scott Jenson / February 17th 2011 Data storage in the cloud enables user experiences that would be impossible with only local…
Experientia will be taking part at Ecobuild 2011, March 1-3, in London, UK. Ecobuild is the world’s largest event for sustainable design, construction and the built environment, and with more than 600 speakers, 1300 exhibitors, one of the most influential…
Make It So: Interaction Design Lessons from Science Fiction A book in progress by Nathan Shedroff & Chris Noessel Publisher: Rosenfeld Media Anticipated publication date: 2012 Science fiction has remained a pastime for designers, instead of a valuable source of…
The World Economic Forum just came out with a report, “Personal Data: The Emergence of a New Asset Class,” that surely is going to raise some controversy, as it explores what it means to commercialise personal data and make good…
Last year I wrote about the book “Innovating with people – The business of Inclusive Design†by the Norwegian Design Council. It provides an introduction as to how Inclusive Design can be used as a strategy for better business and…
Divining a Digital Future: Mess and Mythology in Ubiquitous Computing Paul Dourish and Genevieve Bell MIT Press, April 2011, 264 pages ISBN 978-0-262-01555-4 264 pages Amazon page | MIT Press page Ubiquitous computing (or “ubicomp”) is the label for a…
The upcoming documentary Programma 101 – Memory of the Future by Alessandro Bernard and Paolo Ceretto, celebrates Olivetti’s invention of the first personal desktop computer, back in 1965, and the wide implications it has had since. Video reflections by Bruce…
Female Interaction is a 2.5 year, DKK 4.7 mio (630,000 euro / 850,000 usd) multidisciplinary research project focusing on female interaction design for advanced electronic products, in particular on how to make these products attractive and convenient to use for…
Experientia will present its expertise in service design next week, at a conference specially dedicated to raising the profile of service design as a discipline. In an example of the vital role that services play in our economies, this year…
Stefan Klocek, principal designer at Cooper, reflects on what it means to design for wonder and delight in the user experience: “Why is Google Maps on a mobile device so amazing and delightful? Why does Word Lens feel so mind-blowing?…
Two new articles have been published on the UX Matters site: Why don’t usability problems get fixed? By Jim Ross Why don’t usability problems get fixed? If we point out obvious usability problems and provide reasonable solutions for them, why…
Experientia partner Mark Vanderbeeken will be heading to his home country of Belgium in March 2011, to chair the SEE conference on integrating design into regional and national policies. The SEE project has been running since 2008, and has involved…
From deaf people who previously had little use for mobile phones to grandparents wanting to connect with their grandchildren, video calls are changing our lives. Skype is at the forefront of the revolution, but companies including Apple, Google and Microsoft…
The same Robert Blinn who reviewed Jon Kolko’s new book (see previous post), also wrote a review on Core77 on the latest book by Donald Norman: Living with Complexity (also reviewed on Putting People First in December 2010). “While his…
Robert Blinn reviewed Jon Kolko’s new book Exposing the Magic of Design (amazon) for Core77: “Kolko’s book is subtitled “A Practitioner’s Guide to the Methods and Theory of Synthesis,” and this reviewer joked that it sounded like an undergraduate film…
With so many ways to control our interfaces, from touch to voice, what’s the key to designing for them all? Rob Tannen gives his take on things: “Providing a choice in how to interact with product is not entirely new…
The people behind Interaction-Design.org introduced a new type of top-quality and free encyclopedia dealing with Interactive Design, Usability, and User Experience. It has taken the opposite approach of Wikipedia and crowd-sourcing: all entries are written by leading figures who either…
How does an entrepreneur successfully introduce innovation to a gastronomic tradition that is a cornerstone of French culture and identity? Stéphane Girard, who graduated from the prestigious Bordeaux Wine School in 2004, has launched a modern concept in wine degustation…
Two articles and one prototype provide diverging viewpoints on the near future of the user interface: Microsoft plans a natural interface future full of gestures, touchscreens and haptics An official Microsoft blog highlights MS’s plans about the future of how…