Co-design, China and the commercialisation of the mobile user interface [uiGarden.net]
External expert team helps Philips focus on simplicity [Business Week]
The Economist speculates about the phone of the future
Philips enters Second Life to co-create with end users
User satisfaction with mobile phone OS drives competition, says study
Learning people-driven innovation at the 180º Academy
The website of the Danish 180º Academy, that I wrote about earlier, is now live. The organisers “believe in people-driven innovation, enabling [their] students to understand innovation from the point of view of everyday people. Accepting this fact, 180°academy turns the traditional approach to innovation…
Anthropological study leads to Xerox printing innovation [The New York Times]
Book review: Designing Interactions by Bill Moggridge
Apple’s quest to put us at ease with technology [International Herald Tribune]
Participatory media and the pedagogy of civic participation
MIT’s Henry Jenkins on the characteristics of the new media landscape
Thoughts on the impending death of information architecture
U.S. cities compete in hipness to attract the young [The New York Times]
Who profits from user-created content?
Steelcase on user-centred research and its impact upon the healing environment
Paul Gardien of Philips Design on the importance of meaning in technological innovation
Nine different ways of turning off Windows Vista
Google 2.0 and its growing power [The Mercury News]
Living old
Arts Management newsletter, a horrible experience with great content
Encouraging participatory democracy
Designing a better user experience of the legal system [Business Week]
Nokia’s Jan Chipchase on mobile TV and personal experiences
Interview with IDEO chief creative officer Jane Fulton Suri
European Market Research Event – Day 2, afternoon
Mike Spang, Kodak Mike Spang has the long job title: “Business Research Director, Document Imaging, Corporate Business Research, Eastman Kodak Company”. He spoke about how Kodak went about creating a satisfying global corporate web experience. To put it in somewhat of a context, about five…
European Market Research Event – Day 2, morning
Due to travelling, it took me a few days to write up my summary of the Tuesday presentations at the European Market Research Event, but here we are. In this write-up I will concentrate on five speakers: James Surowiecki, Roula Nasser in the morning session,…
France Telecom on disability and innovation
Design Council presentation on designing new public services
Yaniv Steiner speaking on rapid prototyping at World Usability Day Italy
Last Tuesday people across the globe attended World Usability Day gatherings and events, an initiative promoted by a professional association called the Usability Professionals’ Association (UPA). Experientia partner Michele Visciola is the president of UPA-Italy, and in that capacity he organised the World Usability Day…
European Market Research Event – Day 1, afternoon
During the afternoon sessions of the European Market Research Event, I attended presentations by Clive Grinyer of France Telecom Orange, Sarah Pearson of ACB/University of Sussex and Francesco Cara of Nokia. There is also a short write-up of a talk by Valérie Bauwens of Swisscom.…
European Market Research Event – Day 1, morning
Experientia interviews Anne Kirah, senior design anthropologist at Microsoft
Anne Kirah (bio) is senior design anthropologist at Microsoft’s MSN Customer Design Centre. In this interview, she talks on the importance of taking off your blinders and focusing on the real lives of real people. She discusses her work at Microsoft and her latest challenges.…
Making the case for ease, elegance and endurance
Experientia shows gesture-based interface at international art fair
In London next week
Bad usability calendar
The People will be heard: Interactive technology in public spaces
Interview with author of Designing Emotions book
Marco van Hout, who manages the blog Design & Emotion, just published an interview with Pieter Desmet, the author of the book “Designing Emotions”, about product design and emotions. Here is Marco’s introduction to the interview: “Dr. Pieter Desmet is an assistant professor at the…