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More on IDEO: now redesigning a law school
Book: ‘We-Think’ on collective creativity
Samsung’s DigitAll brand magazine on greatness in the digital era
Philips Design magazine on foresighting techniques, health and ‘sensitive’ interactions
User-centred design not so good when designing breakthrough products
Bob Jacobson on advertising and experience design
Bob Jacobson is one of the more thoughtful thinkers on experience design and the commentary he provides on his Total Experience blog is therefore frequently cited on Putting People First. Yesterday he analysed how the advertising profession has opened a…
IBM invests $100 million in usability [CNET News]
Gartner: Prepare for consumer-led IT [CNET News]
Fabrica at Centre Pompidou, Paris
Established in 1994 on the initiative of Luciano Benetton and Oliviero Toscani, Fabrica is a communications research centre whose range of activities extends from graphic design to cinema, taking in industrial design, writing, interactive media, photography and music on the…
Executive briefing on customer centred innovation
Of tails and walls [International Herald Tribune]
“The old model [of the global marketplace] was one of control,” said Chris Anderson, editor of Wired magazine and author of the book “The Long Tail“, while he was recently in Paris. “Companies could control the user experience, and they…
Interview with Stanford design school director
Customer-centric digital signage in retail environments
“A retail executive who is considering a digital signage system shouldn’t let the tail wag the dog,” writes Peter Vrettas in Extended Retail Solutions. “Content, rather than hardware or software, drives digital signage. And the best digital signage systems are…
GE’s Kitchen of the Future with more talking refrigerators
Schools and universities setting up shop in Second Life [USA Today]
Denmark’s largest companies launch user-driven innovation academy
Digital wellbeing and deglamourising choice [WorldChanging]
Microsoft Home showcases new prototypes of technology for daily living
“As part of its ongoing investments in exploring how software-driven innovations might influence consumers’ lives over the next five to 10 years, Microsoft Corp. recently unveiled a host of new and updated technologies in the Microsoft Home. The latest scenarios…