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Experientia pre-qualifies for FredericiaC competition in Denmark
From Putting People First

Experientia pre-qualifies for FredericiaC competition in Denmark

A consortium made up of Arup, EFFEKT, Experientia, and consultants from NCC Management Group, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (KA), Conceptura, and Ars Electronica...

Passive magic, design of delightful experience
From Putting People First

Passive magic, design of delightful experience

Stefan Klocek, principal designer at Cooper, reflects on what it means to design for wonder and delight in the user experience: “Why is Google Maps on a mobile...

Reflecting on usability and user-centred design
From Putting People First

Reflecting on usability and user-centred design

Two new articles have been published on the UX Matters site: Why don

SEE conference looks at Europe
From Putting People First

SEE conference looks at Europe

Experientia partner Mark Vanderbeeken will be heading to his home country of Belgium in March 2011, to chair the SEE conference on integrating design into regional...

How video calls are changing our daily life
From Putting People First

How video calls are changing our daily life

From deaf people who previously had little use for mobile phones to grandparents wanting to connect with their grandchildren, video calls are changing our lives...

Core77 book review: Living with Complexity, by Donald Norman
From Putting People First

Core77 book review: Living with Complexity, by Donald Norman

The same Robert Blinn who reviewed Jon Kolko’s new book (see previous post), also wrote a review on Core77 on the latest book by Donald Norman: Living with Complexity...

Core77 book review: Exposing the Magic of Design, by Jon Kolko
From Putting People First

Core77 book review: Exposing the Magic of Design, by Jon Kolko

Robert Blinn reviewed Jon Kolko’s new book Exposing the Magic of Design (amazon) for Core77: “Kolko’s book is subtitled “A Practitioner’s Guide to the Methods and...

How do you create hybrid interfaces you touch, talk to and poke?
From Putting People First

How do you create hybrid interfaces you touch, talk to and poke?

With so many ways to control our interfaces, from touch to voice, what’s the key to designing for them all? Rob Tannen gives his take on things: “Providing a choice...

Rentalship is the new ownership in the networked age
From Putting People First

Rentalship is the new ownership in the networked age

Wired UK has published an article by David Rowan, that was published last month in his tech column in the UK’s Cond

New encyclopedia on interactive design, usability and user experience
From Putting People First

New encyclopedia on interactive design, usability and user experience

The people behind Interaction-Design.org introduced a new type of top-quality and free encyclopedia dealing with Interactive Design, Usability, and User Experience...

Innovating in the French wine industry
From Putting People First

Innovating in the French wine industry

How does an entrepreneur successfully introduce innovation to a gastronomic tradition that is a cornerstone of French culture and identity? St

The near future of the user interface
From Putting People First

The near future of the user interface

Two articles and one prototype provide diverging viewpoints on the near future of the user interface: Microsoft plans a natural interface future full of gestures...

Experientia trademarked its name
From Putting People First

Experientia trademarked its name

When Experientia’s four partners decided to start a business back in 2005, one of the important discussions then was about the name. After brainstorming on the...

Pleasant things work better
From Putting People First

Pleasant things work better


Experientia congratulates Italy on Esperienza Italia
From Putting People First

Experientia congratulates Italy on Esperienza Italia

2011 marks the 150th anniversary of Italian unification, and it is fitting that the celebrations are kicking off in Turin, which (in addition to being Experientia’s...

Experientia and Accenture sign memorandum of understanding
From Putting People First

Experientia and Accenture sign memorandum of understanding

Experientia and Accenture are looking at future project opportunities together, after signing a memorandum of understanding this month. The two companies have previously...

Experientia partner Jan-Christoph Zoels speaks at workshop on smart living
From Putting People First

Experientia partner Jan-Christoph Zoels speaks at workshop on smart living

On Thursday 3 February, Experientia senior partner in charge of user experience design, Jan-Christoph Zoels, will speak at the TouchHouse. Smart living – Communicating...

Connected they write
From Putting People First

Connected they write

Raquel Recuero (blog) is an associate professor at the Departments of Applied Linguistics and Social Communication in Universidade Cat

The ABC of behavioural change
From Putting People First

The ABC of behavioural change

Jodie Moule, a psychologist and co-founder & director of Symplicit, an experience design consultancy based in Australia, describes on Johnny Holland what it takes...

Social networking under fresh attack as tide of cyber-scepticism sweeps US
From Putting People First

Social networking under fresh attack as tide of cyber-scepticism sweeps US

Twitter and Facebook don’t connect people
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