Over the last 8 years I have seen a slew of questions on the IxDA site and LinkedIn about information [...]
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The ‘IxD Bauhaus’ – what happens next?
The interaction design community is witnessing an important revolution – an ‘IxD Bauhaus’ of sorts.
MidwestUX Report: Day 2
Day Two started bright and early with a full day of talks, panels, and workshops. With Dan Willis as the [...]
MidwestUX Report: Day 1
It’s conference season. And we welcome MidwestUX to the mix, brought to you by IxDA Columbus and COUPA. A two [...]
Mac’s Petit Inventions: Lock or Unlock
Have you ever double-checked if you really locked a door? That wouldn’t be necessary if you had a lock with [...]
Why Stories Work as Design Tools
Humans have a natural affinity for stories. We know this intuitively. When we’re trying to teach a child important lessons about ethics,[...]
Mac’s Petit Inventions: What should go as a pair
Thoughts about how to bundle chopsticks
Learning From Our Challenge Piles
Good design is hard to do. The very nature of human centred design is confronting, challenging and often uncomfortable. Every [...]
Should You Be Hands or Brains?
This is part 2 of a two-part post. Read part 1. In the last installment, we talked about the distinction [...]
Mobile Diaries: discovering daily life
“To design is to have a ‘project’. Getting the design process moving is to expose and transform this ‘project’ in [...]