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The Future is Touchable


The world is getting more digital by the minute. And that’s not bad… I actually enjoy the way we innovate. But every three steps we move forward, we also move two back. One of the valuable things we lost thanks in exchange for digital interactions is tactility. Now let’s claim it back. … »

Methods & theory

Observing and exploring behavior


Stop coming up with solutions. Put down your pen, mouse and sketchbook… step away from the computer, pick up your camera and go out on the street. There lies a world of insights and inspiration, just by observing and exploring. … »

Digital interaction

Mozilla Labs Design Challenge: and the winners are…


Finally… the results are in. After a few months the Mozilla Design Challenge Summer 09 has come to an end. A total of 128 concepts were send in, which we (Mozilla, IxDA and Johnny) judged on four different categories: innovation, execution, interaction and producible. Let’s see what concepts won. … »

Stuff

Johnny TV: for all your UX video needs


Did you know the presentation Bill DeRouchey gave in Sweden a few weeks ago is available as a video? Want to see Matt Jones talk about personal informatics? Or interested in watching some new concepts of Microsoft? Since two weeks that’s very easy with our new little brother: Johnny TV. … »

Future & trends

Microsoft explores extreme augmented reality


Lately Microsoft keeps exploring what our future might look like. This time they aren’t looking at the near future, but are taking us over the edge. They illustrate a place where the digital and physical spaces are one. A world where augmented reality is the only reality. … »

Digital interaction

Mozilla Labs Design Challenge: +120 concepts submitted


For the past weeks people all over the world have been sweating behind their computers. They weren’t just hot because of the weather, but because they dared to take on the Mozilla Labs challenge. People tried to come up with the best possible way to manage multiple web sites within the same browser instance. In the end more than 120 concepts were submitted… Let’s look at a few of them. … »

Methods & theory

From Business to Buttons 09 report: day 2


Today was the closing day of From Business to Buttons 09. During the day several good speakers went on stage and shared their knowledge with us on some very different subjects. We had fun, listened seriously and secretly tweeted the brilliance onto the interwebs. And now we bring you a report of some of the talks. … »

Featured Methods & theory

From Business to Buttons 09 report: day 1


Today and tomorrow Malmö will host From Business to Buttons 09. Sweden’s leading event on interaction design. And since Johnny Holland is the proud media partner of this event we’ll be delivering a day-to-day report of the main talks. … »

Methods & theory

The danger of doing the research wrong


Did it ever happen to you? Having a client that based his decisions upon the wrong research data, which made the project go in the other direction? I bet it happens to a lot of design teams. Today I came across a very funny video that illustrated this perfectly. … »

Digital interaction Physical interaction

About applied ergonomics and convergent design – interview


In two weeks Sweden’s top UX conference, From Business to Buttons, will be held. And this gave us the great opportunity to do an interview with one of the speaking teams. We talked to them about the importance of ergonomics and the challenges of convergent design. … »

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