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The Language of Interfaces
From Putting People First

The Language of Interfaces

Des Traynor recently spoke at the Content Strategy Forum in London about the importance of which words used in an interface. The difference between Facebook’s Like...

EPIC 2011 draft proceedings available for download
From Putting People First

EPIC 2011 draft proceedings available for download

The draft proceedings of EPIC 2011, the Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference, currently taking place in Boulder, CO, USA, are available for download during...

Behavioural insights could save millions of pounds
From Putting People First

Behavioural insights could save millions of pounds

Using behavioural insights could save taxpayers hundreds of millions of pounds over the course of the [UK] Parliament and thousands of lives a year, according to...

Transform Conference at Mayo Clinic (videos)
From Putting People First

Transform Conference at Mayo Clinic (videos)

A week ago Mayo Clinic

Low2No project wins Holcim acknowledgement prize
From Putting People First

Low2No project wins Holcim acknowledgement prize

The Low2No design team of Sauerbruch-Hutton, ARUP and Epxperientia has won an acknowledgment prize in the Holcim award for sustainable construction for the design...

Can Patagonia convince consumers to
From Putting People First

Can Patagonia convince consumers to

What happens when one of America

Book: In Studio
From Putting People First

Book: In Studio

In Studio: Recipes for Systemic Change by Bryan Boyer, Justin W. Cook, Marco Steinberg Helsinki Design Lab (HDL) / Sitra 2011, 337 pages > Free download > Blog...

How tech is changing the museum experience
From Putting People First

How tech is changing the museum experience

Museums are exploring digital and mobile technologies to enhance visitor experience. Initiatives go beyond technology within exhibits and installations, but also...

Dan Lockton on how architecture and urbanism can be used to influence behaviour
From Putting People First

Dan Lockton on how architecture and urbanism can be used to influence behaviour

Dan Lockton is continuing publishing extracts from his Brunel University Ph.D thesis

What
From Putting People First

What

When we talk about customer or user experience in the financial services arena, what do we actually mean? The understanding of banks and banking is not a straightforward...

Design ethnography field guide by Helsinki Design Lab
From Putting People First

Design ethnography field guide by Helsinki Design Lab

An essential part of any design activity is understanding the context one is working in, particularly the social context. Eventually when proposals are made, these...

Marko Ahtisaari: Patterns of Human Interaction (the Nokia N9 design video)
From Putting People First

Marko Ahtisaari: Patterns of Human Interaction (the Nokia N9 design video)

Marko Ahtisaari is the global head of Nokia’s design unit, and he is responsible for Nokia

What Does it Mean to Design Public Services?
From Putting People First

What Does it Mean to Design Public Services?

Design thinking and techniques can help create radical innovations needed to meet the challenges facing local communities and services, says Philip Colligan, executive...

Stanford U: Introduction to human-computer interaction design
From Putting People First

Stanford U: Introduction to human-computer interaction design

Through Stanford University lectures and a project, coordinated by Scott Klemmer, learn the fundamentals of human-computer interaction and design thinking. The...

Ethnographic analysis to better address challenges in developing countries
From Putting People First

Ethnographic analysis to better address challenges in developing countries

Dr. Kusum Gopal, an anthropologist who has served as a United Nations (UN) Expert and Technical Advisor to government agencies, speaks to The Chronicle on challenges...

Human plus Machine
From Putting People First

Human plus Machine

In the next ten years, smart machines will enter virtually every domain of our lives, including assisting doctors during surgery, fighting on battlefields, building...

New interface design at the New York Times R&D Lab
From Putting People First

New interface design at the New York Times R&D Lab

Megan Garber of the Nieman Journalism Lab recently visited the New York Times R&D Lab and updates us on the latest interface developments there. The New York Times...

Kids today need a licence to tinker
From Putting People First

Kids today need a licence to tinker

Forget the dysfunctional approach of the national curriculum, we need to open young minds to the creative possibilities of computing, writes John Naughton in today’s...

What marketing executives should know about user experience
From Putting People First

What marketing executives should know about user experience

A strong experience strategy, derived from qualitative user research and experience workshops, can bring a collected vision to your organization and not only identify...

A long-wave theory on today
From Putting People First

A long-wave theory on today

Historian Elin Whitney-Smith looks at previous periods of disruption to understand what companies (and people) are going through today. “According to Elin Whitney...
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