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Learning people-driven innovation at the 180º Academy
The website of the Danish 180º Academy, that I wrote about earlier, is now live. The organisers “believe in people-driven innovation, enabling [their] students to understand innovation from the point of view of everyday people. Accepting this fact, 180°academy turns…
Anthropological study leads to Xerox printing innovation [The New York Times]
Book review: Designing Interactions by Bill Moggridge
Apple’s quest to put us at ease with technology [International Herald Tribune]
Participatory media and the pedagogy of civic participation
Who profits from user-created content?
Steelcase on user-centred research and its impact upon the healing environment
Paul Gardien of Philips Design on the importance of meaning in technological innovation
Google 2.0 and its growing power [The Mercury News]
Living old
Encouraging participatory democracy
Designing a better user experience of the legal system [Business Week]
Interview with IDEO chief creative officer Jane Fulton Suri
European Market Research Event – Day 2, morning
Due to travelling, it took me a few days to write up my summary of the Tuesday presentations at the European Market Research Event, but here we are. In this write-up I will concentrate on five speakers: James Surowiecki, Roula…
France Telecom on disability and innovation
Design Council presentation on designing new public services
European Market Research Event – Day 1, afternoon
During the afternoon sessions of the European Market Research Event, I attended presentations by Clive Grinyer of France Telecom Orange, Sarah Pearson of ACB/University of Sussex and Francesco Cara of Nokia. There is also a short write-up of a talk…
European Market Research Event – Day 1, morning
Experientia interviews Anne Kirah, senior design anthropologist at Microsoft
Anne Kirah (bio) is senior design anthropologist at Microsoft’s MSN Customer Design Centre. In this interview, she talks on the importance of taking off your blinders and focusing on the real lives of real people. She discusses her work at…