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The birth (and death) of market research: why design research will prevail
From Putting People First

The birth (and death) of market research: why design research will prevail

The market research industry is built for the 20th Century mass production model, which is rapidly disappearing, argues Sam Ladner. The

Audio interview with design anthropologist Dori Tunstall
From Putting People First

Audio interview with design anthropologist Dori Tunstall

Debbie Millman of DesignObserver.com interviewed design anthropologist Dori Tunstall on the insights that anthropology brings to consumerism and branding, and about...

Embodied interactions: in touch with the digital
From Putting People First

Embodied interactions: in touch with the digital

Fabian Hemmert will be one of the keynote speakers at Interaction 12. In this article on Johnny Holland, he reflects on “recent developments in the research field...

Flow in design
From Putting People First

Flow in design

Dana Chisnell reports on the importance of flow in UX design. Flow comes from focused attention, deep engagement, a feeling of mastering a challenge. The outside...

The existential challenges of human-robot interaction
From Putting People First

The existential challenges of human-robot interaction

How will we react when a loyal humanoid robot that has served us for years suddenly fails? Will we genuinely grieve for no-longer working bots that have accompanied...

Five myths about social media
From Putting People First

Five myths about social media

Ramesh Srinivasan methodically breaks down five ‘myths’ about social media in this Washington Post article: Here are his myths (which few in the UX community would...

New Master in UX in Rome, Italy
From Putting People First

New Master in UX in Rome, Italy

The La Sapienza University in Rome is organising the first User Experience Master for students who already have a previous degree. Although a highly laudable initiative...

Investigating the experience of love for products
From Putting People First

Investigating the experience of love for products

“Shoes, cars and other love stories: Investigating the experience of love for products is the title of the doctoral dissertation (and a book!) by Beatriz Russo...

PressPausePlay, a film about hope, fear and digital culture
From Putting People First

PressPausePlay, a film about hope, fear and digital culture

The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent of people in an unprecedented way, unleashing unlimited creative opportunities. But...

Truth, lies and the internet
From Putting People First

Truth, lies and the internet

The internet is the greatest source of information for people living in the UK today. But the amount of material available at the click of a mouse can be both liberating...

UX: old wine in new bottles?
From Putting People First

UX: old wine in new bottles?

Finnish researchers Antti Oulasvirta, Pertti Saariluoma, Rebekah Rousi and Jaana Leikas discuss replacing using intuitive notions of emotions with systematic psychological...

Low2No Camp: entrepreneurial ideas to activate Low2No vision
From Putting People First

Low2No Camp: entrepreneurial ideas to activate Low2No vision

Article by Experientia collaborator Irene Cassarino, with additional input from Jan-Christoph Zoels.   How do you create community services and business models...

From mass consumerism to mass change: Hope for sustainable consumption
From Putting People First

From mass consumerism to mass change: Hope for sustainable consumption

In an article for Shareable, Caren Holzman presents trends that signal “a reversal in the way that consumers value and use products and services”: “A global culture...

Invigorating education with technology
From Putting People First

Invigorating education with technology

Techcrunch reports on a recent set of rapid-fire presentations from Imagine K12, an incubator for education-related startups. On the one hand, the innovation taking...

The end of motoring
From Putting People First

The end of motoring

Highly recommended read in The Guardian on the end of the golden age of motoring (or for non-Brits: car travel): “The most radical change [according to German entrepreneur...

Please enter your password, again and again
From Putting People First

Please enter your password, again and again

Khoi Vinh reflects on the fact (and the user experience) that almost everything on all of his computers and all of his mobile devices can only be accessed with...

Book: Mobile First
From Putting People First

Book: Mobile First

Mobile First Luke Wroblewski A Book Apart October 2011 Abstract Our industry

Reflections on the internet of things and yet another revolution
From Putting People First

Reflections on the internet of things and yet another revolution

The internet of things and yet another revolution The “internet of things” is viewed as the next big thing, but when will it allow people to create their own stuff...

BBC Viewpoint: Anthropology meets technology
From Putting People First

BBC Viewpoint: Anthropology meets technology

Intel’s corporate anthropologist Genevieve Bell has written an elegant introductory article for the BBC site on the role of anthropology in the corporation – particularly...

Digital AlterNatives with a Cause?
From Putting People First

Digital AlterNatives with a Cause?

Hivos (The Netherlands) and the Centre for Internet and Society (Bangalore, India) have consolidated their three year knowledge inquiry into the field of youth,...
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