Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Web 2.0 is not for India
Avnish Bajaj, co-founder and Managing Director of Matrix India (the $150-million India fund of Matrix Partners, a global venture capital company) thinks Web 2.0 is not for India: “I think people are wasting their time on Web 2.0 in India.” “People talk about the Internet…
Vodafone research on what women expect from mobile phones
Robot future poses hard questions [BBC]
Experientia launches Italian version of Putting People First
We are very pleased to announce that we have created an Italian version of Putting People First. Siamo molto lieti di annunciare la realizzazione di una versione italiana di Putting People First. It contains summaries of all the articles of the English version of the…
Participation on Web 2.0 sites remains weak
Nokia global user study on where people carry their phone
Experientia contributes to Torino 2008
The new website of Torino 2008 World Design Capital contains an editorial section, managed by Experientia partner Mark Vanderbeeken, with interviews, profiles of design centres, essays and some commented articles from the international press that together provide an international window on Torino 2008. The monthly…
User research on how people consume news
Carlo Ratti and Régine Debatty featured in Ventiquattro magazine
Last Saturday (14 April), Carlo Ratti of MIT’s Senseable City Lab and Régine Debatty of we-make-money-not-art.com were featured in a six page article in Ventiquattro, the magazine of the highly regarded Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore (somewhat comparable to The Wall Street Journal). Of…
Torino 2008 World Design Capital launches Torino GEODESIGN
Yesterday I went to a press conference by Torino 2008 World Design Capital at the Milan Design Fair which presented TORINO GEODESIGN. TORINO GEODESIGN (described in more detail in this Core77 article) is an international competition which will bring designers from all over the world…
New experience design school in the Netherlands
The revolution will be televised and then switched off
NESTA call for user-focused solutions to mental health problems
The UK’s National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) is calling for innovative project proposals from front-line workers, carers and people with direct experience of mental distress, to tackle some of the key challenges surrounding mental health in the UK, reports the eGov…
In Europe, the social network as digital friend [International Herald Tribune]
New tricks and old dogs
How Second Life changes customer service
Ubiquitous computing is messy
Some of my favourite blogs nominated for Webby award
Simplicity: the ultimate sophistication
Experience or don’t experience. There is no try.
Consumer technology: is “ease-of-use” a myth?
A panel recently discussed the growing problems with product design features vs. the cry for “make it easy to use†and where designers and developers have to address this issue to win back consumers. Speakers were Bill Moggridge, founder of IDEO; BJ Fogg, founder of…
Nearly half of customer problems relate to handset configuration
Mixed feelings [Wired Magazine]
McKinsey on how businesses are embracing Web 2.0. But why are they afraid of blogs?
Social-networking sites have business uses too [The Economist]
Experientia interviews Paola Zini, director of Torino 2008 World Design Capital
Core77, the online design magazine, published today an interview with Paola Zini, the director of Torino 2008 World Design Capital, conducted by Experientia partner Mark Vanderbeeken. The interview is the first of many as Mark is pleased to announce that he will be editing the…
More and less: Designing for high-stakes decisions
The Vodafone journey
International Journal of Design launched
The Collaborative State
Tony Blair on user needs
France caters to market for the most simple of computers [International Herald Tribune]
I just wrote on Core77 how French Internet service provider, Neuf Cegetel, has taken inspiration from the legendary Minitel to develop the Easyneuf computer based on a similar low-cost model, aimed at people who are unable or unwilling to buy a computer. Usability seems to…
The importance of magic in designing ubiquitous user experiences
Mike Kuniavsky on museum experience design
Intel Technology Journal on “designing technology with people in mind”
The current issue of Intel Technology Journal, the company’s R&D webzine, is entirely devoted to people-centred design: Foreword Foreword By Herman D’Hooge Senior Principal Engineer Channel Platforms Group, Intel Corporation Ethnographic techniques Sideways glances: thinking laterally and holistically about technology placement in the innovation process…