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Why bad technology dominates our lives, according to Don Norman
From Putting People First

Why bad technology dominates our lives, according to Don Norman

We have unwittingly accepted the paradigm that technology comes first, with people relegated to doing the actions that the machines cannot do, writes Don Norman...

Sometimes patients simply need other patients
From Putting People First

Sometimes patients simply need other patients

In an ideal world, when we are faced with a new health problem, a clinician is available to sit down and address all our questions and anxieties about the condition...

Problem solving desperately needs systems thinking
From Putting People First

Problem solving desperately needs systems thinking

“If we want to overcome the systemic issues behind today’s problems, then we need to change the thinking that led to them to begin with, writes Dr. Leyla Acaroglu...

People are your data
From Putting People First

People are your data

New York based writer Carrie Neill interviews tech ethnographer Tricia Wang on why the digital age means everyone (even non-researchers) should understand ”thick...

15 principles of good service design
From Putting People First

15 principles of good service design

Lou Downe, Director of Design and Service Standards for the UK Government based at GDS, is concerned that we don’t have discernible professional standards for service...

The UK Government’s Data Ethics Framework
From Putting People First

The UK Government’s Data Ethics Framework

The UK Government’s Data Ethics Framework guides the design of appropriate data use in government and the wider public sector. This guidance is aimed at anyoneThe...

UX and Service Design for Connected Products
From Putting People First

UX and Service Design for Connected Products

UX and Service Design for Connected Products by Claire Rowland Digital Catapult, 2018, 36 pages (via IoT.uk) There are a huge variety of applications in IoT spanning...

Invito: DesAlps design thinking workshop per la tua startup
From Putting People First

Invito: DesAlps design thinking workshop per la tua startup

Hai una startup? Hai mai pensato ai benefici che potrebbe trarre dal Design Thinking? Questa è l’opportunità per scoprirlo! DesAlps Workshop #2: Il Design Thinking...

[Book] Radical Help – by Hilary Cottam
From Putting People First

[Book] Radical Help – by Hilary Cottam

Radical Help – How we can remake the relationships between us and revolutionise the welfare state By Hilary Cottam Virago Publishing June 2018, 320 pages > Book...

[Book] Massive Codesign
From Putting People First

[Book] Massive Codesign

Massive Codesign. A Proposal for a Collaborative Design Framework By Anna Meroni, Daniela Selloni and Martina Rossi Released with the Creative Commons License Attribution...

[Book] Massive Codesign
From Putting People First

[Book] Massive Codesign

Massive Codesign. A Proposal for a Collaborative Design Framework By Anna Meroni, Daniela Selloni and Martina Rossi Released with the Creative Commons License Attribution...

A design lab is making rituals for secular people
From Putting People First

A design lab is making rituals for secular people

At the Ritual Design Lab in Silicon Valley, a small team of “interaction designers” is working to generate new rituals for modern life, with an eye to user experience...

A design lab is making rituals for secular people
From Putting People First

A design lab is making rituals for secular people

At the Ritual Design Lab in Silicon Valley, a small team of “interaction designers” is working to generate new rituals for modern life, with an eye to user experience...

Human-centered building design
From Putting People First

Human-centered building design

Putting people at the centre when designing and delivering buildings of the future is crucial to unlocking the potential of new technologies, according to the third...

Human-centered building design
From Putting People First

Human-centered building design

Putting people at the centre when designing and delivering buildings of the future is crucial to unlocking the potential of new technologies, according to the third...

[Book] Automating Inequality
From Putting People First

[Book] Automating Inequality

Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor By Virginia Eubanks St. Martin’s Press, January 2018 272 pages The State of Indiana...

[Book] Automating Inequality
From Putting People First

[Book] Automating Inequality

Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor By Virginia Eubanks St. Martin’s Press, January 2018 272 pages The State of Indiana...

Invito: DesAlps innovation workshop per le PMI del territorio piemontese
From Putting People First

Invito: DesAlps innovation workshop per le PMI del territorio piemontese

Experientia è lieta di invitare le piccole e medie imprese del territorio piemontese al: DesAlps Workshop #1: Il Design Thinking per le PMI Venerdì 18 maggio 2018...

Invito: DesAlps innovation workshop per le PMI del territorio piemontese
From Putting People First

Invito: DesAlps innovation workshop per le PMI del territorio piemontese

Experientia è lieta di invitare le piccole e medie imprese del territorio piemontese al: DesAlps Workshop #1: Il Design Thinking per le PMI Venerdì 18 maggio 2018...

[Book] Ethnographic Thinking
From Putting People First

[Book] Ethnographic Thinking

Ethnographic Thinking: From Method to Mindset by Jay Hasbrouck Routledge Press, December 2017 140 pages This book argues that ‘ethnographic thinking’―the thought...
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