As part of a Sony initiative, Chinese industrial design students have created a series of innovative products that incorporate an eco-friendly angle. (via Eco-Friendly Gadget Designs from Chinese Students | Asia Scout Network
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Likewise, Nielsen’s partner Donald Norman’s seminal book on “Emotional Design” argues that attractive design makes consumers more likely to solve problems and find solutions, albeit not at the expense of core usability:
“Attractive things make people feel good, which in turn makes them think more creatively. How does that makes something easier to use? Simple, by making it easier to find solutions to the problems they encounter”
Disruption versus Usability: has UXD become TOO good? « BBH LabsDinner with Chris Sacca @sacca and Chris Hughes
Had the chance to dine and converse tonight with Chris Sacca and Chris Hughes. Both visionaries and believers in the potential of the web to drive social change. We talked about the Obama campaign, web models, and their experiences in Facebook, Twitter and Google. Some interesting and inspiring bits (mixed sources):
“Make content easy to consume and easy to share”
“Enable users to be evangelists”
“Amplify their voice and connect them to one another”
“Broadband access is a right”
“Let us lower the barriers to access”
“Truely make people feel part of what you are doing and give them a choice”
“Let us claim the spectrum as a common, it is a public good”
“People rise to the expectations you have of them”
“Levarage enthusiasm and energy”
“Passionate grassroot supporters”
“Trust is the default”
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The BIGVIZ is an exploration in visualizing the big ideas presented on the TED mainstage. Two visual cartographers, David Sibbet and Kevin Richards, created over 700 spontaneous sketches of the presenters’ ideas. Sibbet and Richards used Autodesk Sketchbook Pro software, running on Wacom Cintiq tablets and rendered on a Perceptive Pixel multi-touch display. With these tools, they presented the big picture to illustrate the power of interactive visualization, communicate ideas visually, and demonstrate the central principles of design innovation.
The BIGVIZ experience is captured in an interactive pdf book that compiles the sketches, a video on multi-touch technology, and a movie that strives to capture the spirit of the TED Talks.
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Productos que hacen pensar.
El Econo surge como primer producto para Equilicuá, una marca sostenible creada por Goodfore (G4E!) con la intención de editar y comercializar artefactos de diseño contemporáneo, que transmitan un estilo de vida sano y sostenible, bajo el lema: «Productos que hacen pensar», y siguiendo criterios medioambientales a lo largo de todo el ciclo de vida.
Caso de la semana - Dispositivo para ahorrar agua en macetas - Goodfore - FOROALFA
The Audio Wall…
HBO Big Love - Phd - United States - HBO (via ace09phdnorthamerica)
