Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Putting Citizens First Engagement in Policy and Service Delivery for the 21st Century Evert A. Lindquist, Sam Vincent and John Wanna Australian National University – Co-published with ANZSOG August 2013, 220 pages Free pdf (alternative link) This book explores the…
Interactive Visualization: Insight through Inquiry By Bill Ferster The MIT Press, 2012 ISBN-10: 0262018152, ISBN-13: 978-0262018159 (Amazon link) Abstract Interactive visualization is emerging as a vibrant new form of communication, providing compelling presentations that allow viewers to interact directly with…
Rethinking UX Formats: PDF, EPUB, Kindle (DRM-free) Pages: 62 Language: English Released: August 2013 Publisher: Smashing Magazine GmbH Abstract In “Rethinking UXâ€, various UX professionals share their lessons learned and provide practical advice from their very own personal experience. The…
Our technologies are designed to maximize shareholder profit, and if that means distracting, confusing or aggregating the end-user, then so be it. But another path is possible, argues Alex Soojung-Kim Pang in his new book The Distraction Addiction: Getting the…
Lean UX: Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience by Jeff Gothelf (Author) and Josh Seiden (Editor) O’Reilly Media February 2013 (Amazon link) “The Lean UX approach to interaction design is tailor-made for today’s web-driven reality. In this insightful book,…
Why We Fail: Learning from Experience Design Failures By Victor Lombardi 248 pages Rosenfeld Media Why did Twitter succeed while Pownce plotzed? Why has “to Plaxo” become a verb? And Zune: great product, but are you using one right now?…
In 2013, the Technology Horizons Program of the Institute for the Future commissioned six leading science fiction writers — Cory Doctorow, Rudy Rucker, Warren Ellis, Madeline Ashby, Ramez Naam, and Bruce Sterling — and artist Daniel Martin Diaz to create…
The social innovation book Legible Practices aims at codifying the practises of stewardship, as exhibited by innovators who are consciously rethinking institutions to better meet the challenges of today. It is the last book by Helsinki Design Lab, the recently…
Malcolm McCullough is one the key thinkers and writers about the intersection of the network, digital media, and the urban and architectural. Dan Hill (who will speak here in Torino on Thursday) was asked to provide a testimonial for the…
The Jörgits and the End of Winter, an indie fantasy novel for kids nine and up, uses interactivity as a supplement to the story, not a stand-in for it, and shows how interactivity can work in a slightly more substantial…
Rewire: Digital Cosmopolitans in the Age of Connection by Ethan Zuckerman W. W. Norton & Company, June 2013 288 pages [Amazon link] Abstract We live in an age of connection, one that is accelerated by the Internet. This increasingly ubiquitous,…
Design For Care – Innovating Healthcare Experience Peter Jones Rosenfeld Media, 2013 376 pages The world of healthcare is constantly evolving, ever increasing in complexity, costs, and stakeholders, and presenting huge challenges to policy making, decision making and system design.…
Ethnography Matters took on a difficult challenge with this interview of Steve Portigal about his new book “Interviewing Users“. EM: In your 18 years in this business, what has been some of the biggest shifts that you have witnessed in…
A few weeks ago, I announced Interviewing Users, the new book by Steve Portigal published by Rosenfeld Media. It is now available for purchase, both in print and in digital version. Steve and his publisher provide Putting People First readers…
Hidden in Plain Sight: How to Create Extraordinary Products for Tomorrow’s Customers by Jan Chipchase Harper Collins Publishers April 2013 256 pages (Amazon link) A global-innovation expert offers a new perspective on how consumers think and how to develop products…
Interviewing Users: How to Uncover Compelling Insights by Steve Portigal Rosenfeld Media To be published: early May 2013 Interviewing is a foundational user research tool that people assume they already possess. Everyone can ask questions, right? Unfortunately, that’s not the…
Service Design by Industrial Designers By Froukje Sleeswijk Visser Technical University Delft 2013, 104 pages Design practice is changing. The applications of design skills, knowledge, activities and processes seem to become wider everyday. More and more designers are tackling complex…
A History of Future Cities by Daniel Brook W. W. Norton & Company 2013 – 480 pages [Amazon link] The new book A History of Future Cities looks at the attempts of places like Dubai, Shanghai, and Mumbai to create…
Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now by Douglas Rushkoff Current Hardcover March 2013, 216 pages [Amazon] Abstract This is the moment we’ve been waiting for, explains award-winning media theorist Douglas Rushkoff, but we don’t seem to have any time in…
For French readers: Instruments de design management – Théories et cas pratiques Cabirio Cautela, Francesco Zurlo, Kamel Ben Youssef, Stéphane Magne Préface : Gilles Rougon Editeur : De Boeck 2012 Comment se développe un processus d’innovation guidé par le design…