Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Apparently a must-read if you work on sites with large amounts of information: Designing for the Scent of Information The essentials every designer needs to know about how users navigate through large web sites By Jared M. Spool, Christine Perfetti…
A useful book concentrating on the important “user experience†aspects of design for small screen devices The design of interactive applications or presentations on small screens can be challenging for the designer. Not all design concepts that are valid on…
What are the key design tasks facing the new post-agricultural rural economies and settlements? A conference in the UK in September will map out a new role for the arts and design in response to new social, environmental and…
Louis Rosenfeld, the founder of UXnet and the author of the book Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, has founded Rosenfeld Media, a new user experience publishing house. Rosenfeld Media is a publishing house dedicated to developing short,…
Core77, the industrial design site, is launching a brand new debate series called Design2.0: Discussions on Design, Strategy & Innovation. The first panel discussion focuses on current thinking in brand and service innovation and will take place in New York…
This morning I interviewed Richard Eisermann, Director of Design & Innovation at the UK Design Council, and you will read more about that soon. He pointed me to a number of interesting Design Council publications. They are all available for…
The University of Dundee’s Department of Applied Computing is looking for people who accept the potential advantages of new technology but whose experience is more pain than pleasure. It wants to explore how fear of change can be reduced by…
This year’s World Economic Forum features a roster of programs seeking to bring business up to speed on new thinking about innovation. The World Economic Forum, held annually in Davos, Switzerland, is a high-altitude, high-profile gathering of the globe’s business…
Trendwatching has just updated its Sept/Oct 2004 “Insperience” newsletter. “In a consumer society dominated by experiences in the (semi) public domain — often branded, designed, themed and curated to the nines — Insperiences represent consumers’ desire to bring top-level experiences…
In a recent CIO Magazine article about intranet trends to watch for in 2006, Shiv Singh of Avenue A | Razorfish highlights the user experience: “Employees are demanding simpler, more intuitive and more “Web†like intranet experiences. […] A…
On January 12 the symposium ‘The Experience of Everyday Things’ will explore how the human sciences can inspire, feed and provoke designers. Four speakers operating in the field between the human sciences and design – Donald Norman, Josephine Green, Henk…
If you can track what consumers actually do, why bother with what they say? Instead of simply producing ads, advertising agencies now want to be seen as creative consultancies, helping clients develop marketing strategies or even new products. DDB, part…
Drawing in consumers means studying their lifestyles and creating destinations where they delight in spending leisure time. To capitalize on the increasing prosperity of its customers, retailers must compete against the hugely expanded range of leisure pursuits on offer in…
The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (25-29 January) is devoted to creativity. One of the eight sub-themes is on “innovation, creativity and design strategy”, exploring how “business, government and social innovators are taking on new…
Backpackers in Australia often wish to organise group activities, but have few collaboration methods available and only a trickle of communication is possible between them as they move. They regularly explore unfamiliar locations quickly, but have only basic resources to…
In recent years, there has been a big increase in new electronic media products for very young children, including those as young as one month old. A driving force behind this new market is the advertising and package labeling that…
I have created a number of new experience design resources. They are all shared and public, so you can easily add your own contributions. Make sure to update your bookmarks and RSS feeds: Experience design calendar, featuring conferences and…
Nokia today announced its intention to opening several Nokia Flagship Stores in “shopping capitals of the world.” The first Nokia Flagship store opened today in the prestigious Pushkin Square district of Moscow, Russia. In addition to generating sales, a…
The 2006 Participatory Design Conference will take place in Trento, Italy, July 31 – August 5, 2006. The conference theme “Expanding Boundaries in Design” focuses attention on the multiple contexts in which design takes place and on an expanding range…
About two months ago, I complained in this blog about the fact that i2010, the EU’s website on digital inclusion and participation, was about the opposite of accessibility and inclusivity. I sent the same message to the cabinet of the…