Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Category Asia
Turning cultures of repair into cultures of innovation
In an effort to understand the total user experience, Jan Chipchase of the Mobile HCI Group at the Nokia Research Center in Tokyo, has taken time out during recent field studies in emerging markets to explore local repair cultures. “The…
India’s Design for All Institute on anthropology and design
The latest newsletter of the Indian Design for All Institute is devoted to anthropology and design. It features the articles “Cultural dimensions and global user-interface development” by Aaron Marcus, and “Sampling in design research: toward ethnographic segments” by Ken C.…
Lenovo’s search for the soul of the Chinese customer
Introducing the winners of the 2006 Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEAs), Bruce Nussbaum writes in Business Week: “Managers everywhere are turning to rapid ethnography, usability, special materials, and aesthetics—the tools of design—to innovate.” He then goes on to discuss the…
Digital living takes off in Asia [BBC]
Asian countries lead the world in creating digital homes, with Taiwan and Korea at the forefront, says a study. The research, carried out by US market research firm Parks Associates, looked at digital living trends in 13 markets in Asia,…
Cellphones as a link from web to world [International Herald Tribune]
The International Herald Tribune reports on how in Japan mobile phones can provide highly-site specific internet services: “If you stand on a street corner in Tokyo today, you can point a specialized cellphone at a hotel, a restaurant or a…
Chinese-European collaboration on HCI, usability and user-centred design
The Sino European Systems Usability Network (SESUN) is an EU funded project developing active and sustainable links between the Chinese and European IT communities, as well as promoting HCI / usability within China and facilitating the design of a new…
In China, dreams of bright ideas [The Washington Post]
The Washington Post has a long story about innovation in China and what the Chinese leadership is doing to stimulate it. “Instead of millions of Chinese youths assembling somebody else’s inventions, the party leadership has concluded, the time is right…
Hooked on the virtual world [International Herald Tribune]
ICT trends are changing how we teach and learn
Computers and technology are blurring the line between what we think of as traditional education – that is, going to school and sitting in classrooms; and what we think of as homework – that is, reading textbooks and studying for…
International Herald Tribune to carry stories written by members of the public
The International Herald Tribune, the global newspaper owned by the New York Times, is to carry stories written by members of the public, writes The Guardian. A deal with a South Korean news website, OhmyNews International, could see so-called “citizen…
Cultural anthropologist Mizuko Ito on kids’ participation in new media culture
Cultural anthropologist Dr. Mizuko Ito recently published a draft about kids’ participation in new media culture, reports Nicolas Nova in Pasta & Vinegar. The paper, entitled “Mobilizing the Imagination in Everday Play: The Case of Japanese Media Mixes”, addresses the…
User-centered innovation at Intel [Electronic Business]
In a three-part special report of Electronic Business, Herman D’Hooge, innovation strategist in the User-Centered Platform Solutions Division at Intel, explains how a company can use a user-centered innovation process to engineer and develop innovative products. D’Hooge also gives an…
Usability: it ain’t easy [TelecomAsia.Net]
With more advanced services rolling out across the planet, ease-of-use is becoming crucial to their success, but today’s user interfaces aren’t quite cutting it. Solving that will be a complex task, but the place to start is the users –…
Where’s the phone? A Nokia study of mobile phone location in public spaces
Japan’s toys for the elderly [BBC]
China needs design that sells [Business Week]
In an editorial for Business Week, Patrick Whitney, Director of the Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology, argues that companies designing products for the China market should have a design strategy that is more than just creating…
Uday Dandavate on striking a balance
Through Core77, I learned about the thinking of Uday Dandavate, a principal of the participatory design agency Sonic Rim. Dandavate, who is trained as an industrial designer and is from Indian origin, is a thorough believer in the duty of…
Samsung’s DigitAll magazine devoted to design
Philips design magazine on emerging markets, sustainability and innovation
Philips released today the April issue of new value by One Design, its online quarterly design magazine. The current issue starts with an introductory article on designing for emerging markets by Stefano Marzano, CEO and chief creative director, and then…