I’ve had the privilege to have experienced a rather luxurious service recently and it got me thinking about the way we design services for the elite vs the general public. Can one inspire the other? What are the differences and what’s the thinking behind it? 1. Planning for all possible scenarios: I stayed in a… Continue reading Luxury and service design
Topoware @ London Design Festival
(Yes, I know this is starting to be boring :P ) If you’re in town this week, well you’re probably going round the London Design Festival. Topoware will be part of the Designboom exhibition hosted by designersblock 10th anniversary show so come on down!
What is interaction design (vol2)
“Interaction design is not about form or even structure, but is more ephemeral–about why and when rather than about what and how.” This really isn’t helping anyone come up with that one liner at a bar in response to the dreaded:”So what do you do?” boxes and arrows.
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London design festival guide 2007. Tee hee.
Viscious white circle
Anyone who’s a die hard fan of Apple, stop reading now… Gone? Ok.. here we go. I walked into Matt’s office yesterday to be greeted by the giddy sound of “Oh hi, we’re following the Stevenote”. I tried not to roll my eyes but simply couldn’t help myself. From 2001 – 2006 , if I… Continue reading Viscious white circle
Between a rock and a hard place
(Disclaimer: I started writing this post yesterday and Safari crashed on me, so this is a much shorter version of what I originally wanted to write (which was so freaking brilliant). This morning, i have less time on my hands. ) 1. Twitter blocks came out. 2. A lot of people started bitching (on twitter,… Continue reading Between a rock and a hard place
Pablo Valbuena @ Ars + La Noche Blanco
If you like architecture, illusions and trying to figure out how someone does something: just watch this movie! Go visit him at La Noche Blanco and Ars.
What's interaction design?
via Cafe Press.
Interface glitch of the day
Lack of contextual understanding makes some systems seem dumb. On signing up a Yahoo Groups for tinker.it.
Living your lifestream yet?
This article prompted some thoughts about this society’s obsession with documenting everything. The article starts rather nicely with “When I was a boy—I can remember how my Mother would spend a good part of her Sundays. She would take out her phonebook—a tattered collection of names and numbers written in handwriting you could barely read,… Continue reading Living your lifestream yet?