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Dan Hill’s critique of the smart cities movement

Dan Hill (of CityofSound, ARUP, Sitra and now Fabrica fame) is not only extremely prolific, but his writing is also very much to the point. His latest Smart City... Experientia
From Putting People First | February 2, 2013 at 06:37 PM

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Launch of Global Ethnographic, a free online journal

Global Ethnographic is a brand new, general interest, peer reviewed web journal featuring the field research and perspectives shaping our social world. Free and... Experientia
From Putting People First | February 2, 2013 at 06:21 PM

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The four waves of user-centered design

Dr. William Gribbons is director of the Master of Science in Human Factors in Information Design and founder and senior consultant of the Design and Usability Center... Experientia
From Putting People First | February 2, 2013 at 05:50 PM

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Q&A with the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation’s Gerry Greaney and Molly McMahon

Since its inception in 2008, the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation has become the poster child for internal innovation practices. The Center for Innovation focuses... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 29, 2013 at 09:02 PM

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Uncharted territory: Where digital maps are leading us

The way we use maps is evolving fast, and it will change a great deal more than how we navigate, argues Kat Austen, an opinion editor at New Scientist. “Digital... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 29, 2013 at 08:59 PM

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Successful public service design must focus on human behaviour

David Halpern, director of the Behavioural Insight Team at the UK Cabinet Office (widely known as the “nudge unit”), discusses research on how subtle changes in... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 29, 2013 at 08:52 PM

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New MA at UC London combining anthropology, materials and design

“The material world is a world of social potential. Social scientists should be better equipped to engage with materials and objects through ethnographic, critical... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 29, 2013 at 08:42 PM

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Book: Ethnography and the City – Readings on Doing Urban Fieldwork

Ethnography and the City: Readings on Doing Urban Fieldwork Richard E. Ocejo (Editor) Routledge, 2012, 272 pages (Amazon link) The only collection of its kind on... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 20, 2013 at 10:55 AM

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The irrational consumer: why economics is dead wrong about how we make choices

“The New Science of Pleasure,” a new paper by Daniel L. McFadden, reviews how psychology, biology, and neurology are ganging up on economics to prove that, when... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 20, 2013 at 09:36 AM

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World’s “tech elite” named to interaction design board

From the press release: Today the Interaction Design Foundation, the IDF, has announced its new executive board. The executive board includes Donald Norman; Bill... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 17, 2013 at 02:47 PM

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Living the Quantified Self life

Festooned with digital accessories that track everything from his heart rate to his footsteps to his sleep patterns, Vanity Fair writer James Wolcott has plugged... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 17, 2013 at 02:18 PM

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Interview with Catalina Naranjo-Bock, UX design researcher

This week Danielle Arad interviewed Catalina Naranjo-Bock, UX design researcher, on key UX issues that are trending today in technology. Catalina is a hybrid user... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 17, 2013 at 02:09 PM

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Telling “Stories”: Experientia designs domestic energy consumption monitors (videos)

Videos showcasing two sustainability-related projects are now on Experientia’s YouTube channel. The videos, showing the Ecofamilies and Stories projects respectively... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 16, 2013 at 03:37 PM

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Rob van Kranenberg’s comprehensive global Internet of Things action plan

Rob Van Kranenburg, a member of the EU Expert Group on the Internet of Things, has published a provocative comprehensive global Internet of Things action plan,... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 16, 2013 at 11:44 AM

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Helsinki Design Lab closing in June 2013

Marco Steinberg, who directs the strategic design efforts of the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra, announced last week that Sitra’s Helsinki Design Lab will close... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 16, 2013 at 10:12 AM

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A sustainable building promotes pro-environmental behavior

A Sustainable Building Promotes Pro-Environmental Behavior: An Observational Study on Food Disposal by Wu DW, DiGiacomo A, Kingstone A PLoS ONE 8(1): e53856. doi... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 15, 2013 at 02:45 PM

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Experientia® Prisma kitchen in Interni Annual Cucina 2012

The Interni Annual Cucina 2012 is out, and this year’s monograph features Experientia’s Prisma design for Toncelli Kitchens. The Prisma was the 2012 flagship kitchen... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 15, 2013 at 02:21 PM

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How a simple smartphone can turn your car, home, or medical device into a deadly weapon

The day is not far off when the manipulation of medical devices will be done routinely by punching keys on a smartphone, writes Charles C. Mann in Vanity Fair,... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 13, 2013 at 02:13 PM

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How research misses the human behind the demographic

Deutsch’s Douglas Van Praet discusses how focus-group feedback, and the whole notion of the consumer, are misguided and how research should focus on understanding... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 11, 2013 at 09:08 AM

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Intel’s ‘Women and the Web’ report

From the press release: Intel Corporation released a groundbreaking report on “Women and the Web,” unveiling concrete data on the enormous Internet gender gap in... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 11, 2013 at 08:47 AM