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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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Why consumers are willing to share personal information on smartphones
New research from Wharton marketing professors Shiri Melumad and Robert Meyer finds that people are more willing to share deeper and more personal information when...
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Covid-19, changing social practices and the transition to sustainable production and consumption
Covid-19, changing social practices and the transition to sustainable production and consumptionSustainable Consumption Institute at the University of Manchesterby...
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Where is remote research? Ethnographic positioning in shifting spaces
Last week EPIC people gathered for a panel discussion on remote research to share guidance and inspiration as many of us take on new, remote positions. Here are...
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[Book] We Are Not Users
A call to reclaim and rethink the field of designing as a liberal art where diverse voices come together to shape the material world.
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Imagining the world after coronavirus, part 5
Fifth edition of features and articles on what may lie ahead.
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Human-centered innovation in a Covid-19 world
The Covid-19 pandemic is rapidly transforming our present and our future. What are researchers and designers learning that can help companies evolve their products...
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How to gain impactful insights with remote user research?
Experientia’s Stefano Galeazzi and Daria Cantù explore how to conduct impactful applied qualitative research remotely, when we may not be able to conduct in-person...
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Covid-19 and Social Innovation: Contactless sociability and hybrid communities of place
While some optimists think there will be a lasting positive change in our well-being model, with the quality of relationships and common goods at its centre, Manzini...
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Videos of Interaction20
The videos of the Interaction20 conference that took place in Milan early February are starting to become available. 20 are already online, including 7 of the 9...
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Imagining the world after coronavirus, part 4
Fourth (and particularly rich) edition of features and articles on what may lie ahead.
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[Paper] The Imaginary Crisis
As the Covid-19 crisis hopefully comes slowly under control, we ought to attend to a very different kind of crisis, and one which is scarcely visible: the deteriorating...
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Imagining the world after coronavirus, part 3
Third edition of features and articles on what may lie ahead. Four in English, three in Italian.
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Can UX be done online? Yes AND No
Frank Spillers of Experience Dynamics reviews key UX activities and deliverables to assess online strategies for maintaining your UX process quality when online...
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Covid-19 storytelling platforms
Two new initiatives - one from the US and one from Utrecht (NL)
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Four possible scenarios of how the corona crisis can transform the world
How will the pandemic change the way we live and do business? In this whitepaper the Zukunftsinstitut describes four possible scenarios of how the corona crisis...
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Imaging the world after coronavirus, part 2
Here are some more features and articles on what my lie ahead.
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AnswerLab’s Guide to Remote Research
The guide includes best practices for conducting remote research, advice on creating a virtual best place to work, and selected tools for successful remote research...
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Beyond empathy
In design thinking and related research, there is way too much talk about empathy. It’s a fuzzy concept that subjectivizes, flattens and commoditizes the work to...
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Immaginare il mondo dopo il coronavirus
L'idea di un "ritorno alla normalità" non sembra più sostenibile. Ci sarà una nuova normalità che per tanti versi è molto diversa dalla vecchia normalità. E le...
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