A slightly interesting article about innovation at Nokia is accompanied by some fun user-generated concept phones from their research.
Link: Nokia’s Dream Phones (businessweek.com)
BusinessWeek has just published a couple of interesting articles about designing across cultures. The first one looks at the challenges bringing OXO products to Japan, the second at design in India. I’ve discussed culturally sensitive design with several people over the last few years, and I feel these design challenges require an interesting balance of [...]
As the mobile technology space explodes, everyone’s always asking: how do we imagine the products of the future?
“There are many more examples of such products from the non-digital world—think of the clothing and movie industries. It’s hard to imagine UCD techniques would have uncovered a latent desire for newsprint-look dresses or subservient chickens. These were [...]
“It isn�t a design/usability tradeoff – it�s trying to find the best possible design for each individual, rather than a lowest common denominator suitable for everyone. I use a trackball at work, I find it much better than a mouse, but if anyone else tries to use my computer, they�re repelled. It took many tries [...]
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