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[Book] Swedish design, an ethnography
From Putting People First

[Book] Swedish design, an ethnography

Swedish Design, An Ethnography By Keith M. Murphy Cornell University Press April 2015, 264 pages Swedish designers are noted for producing distinctive and elegant...

[Book] Swedish design, an ethnography
From Putting People First

[Book] Swedish design, an ethnography

Swedish Design, An Ethnography By Keith M. Murphy Cornell University Press April 2015, 264 pages Swedish designers are noted for producing distinctive and elegant...

The generation that doesn’t remember life before smartphones
From Putting People First

The generation that doesn’t remember life before smartphones

Jacqueline Detwiler explores for Esquire what it means to be an American teenager in 2015. Zac probably started developing memories around 1999, the year Napster...

The generation that doesn’t remember life before smartphones
From Putting People First

The generation that doesn’t remember life before smartphones

Jacqueline Detwiler explores for Esquire what it means to be an American teenager in 2015. Zac probably started developing memories around 1999, the year Napster...

Reinventing cancer surgery—by designing a better hospital experience
From Putting People First

Reinventing cancer surgery—by designing a better hospital experience

Memorial Sloan Kettering’s new $300 million cancer center in New York focuses on the well-being of the patient—even as they move you through the process as quickly...

Reinventing cancer surgery—by designing a better hospital experience
From Putting People First

Reinventing cancer surgery—by designing a better hospital experience

Memorial Sloan Kettering’s new $300 million cancer center in New York focuses on the well-being of the patient—even as they move you through the process as quickly...

Peeps Magazine: anthropology for non-anthropologists
From Putting People First

Peeps Magazine: anthropology for non-anthropologists

Today we received a hard copy of Peeps, a new and impressive magazine that presents itself as “anthropology for non-anthropologists”, aimed at putting “culturePeeps...

Peeps Magazine: anthropology for non-anthropologists
From Putting People First

Peeps Magazine: anthropology for non-anthropologists

Today we received a hard copy of Peeps, a new and impressive magazine that presents itself as “anthropology for non-anthropologists”, aimed at putting “culturePeeps...

Why content reigns supreme in UX design
From Putting People First

Why content reigns supreme in UX design

In this piece, Jerry Cao, Kamil Zieba and Matt Ellis of UXPin dive into four reasons why we recommend a content-first design approach: 1. Design may impress, but...

Why content reigns supreme in UX design
From Putting People First

Why content reigns supreme in UX design

In this piece, Jerry Cao, Kamil Zieba and Matt Ellis of UXPin dive into four reasons why we recommend a content-first design approach: 1. Design may impress, but...

Can “co-creation” help cities find a new way to solve their problems?
From Putting People First

Can “co-creation” help cities find a new way to solve their problems?

An increasing number of cities are using co-creation platforms to tackle challenging issues like mobility, air quality and urban regeneration too. The Nexthamburg...

Can “co-creation” help cities find a new way to solve their problems?
From Putting People First

Can “co-creation” help cities find a new way to solve their problems?

An increasing number of cities are using co-creation platforms to tackle challenging issues like mobility, air quality and urban regeneration too. The Nexthamburg...

Can human-centered design help people prevail over machines in the workplace?
From Putting People First

Can human-centered design help people prevail over machines in the workplace?

Instead of asking ourselves which jobs will be replaced, writes Brooks Rainwater, we need to shift the conversation to answer the question: what jobs do we want...

Can human-centered design help people prevail over machines in the workplace?
From Putting People First

Can human-centered design help people prevail over machines in the workplace?

Instead of asking ourselves which jobs will be replaced, writes Brooks Rainwater, we need to shift the conversation to answer the question: what jobs do we want...

Free usability help for privacy toolmakers
From Putting People First

Free usability help for privacy toolmakers

The non-profit Simply Secure is launching a new series of usability programs for organizations, companies and individuals who are making cryptographic/privacy/security...

Free usability help for privacy toolmakers
From Putting People First

Free usability help for privacy toolmakers

The non-profit Simply Secure is launching a new series of usability programs for organizations, companies and individuals who are making cryptographic/privacy/security...

Aging the technoscape | Anthropology & Aging
From Putting People First

Aging the technoscape | Anthropology & Aging

Aging the technoscape Do technologies like chairs and walkers have a place in our imagination of the technoscape? How might this image help us to think differently...

Aging the technoscape | Anthropology & Aging
From Putting People First

Aging the technoscape | Anthropology & Aging

Aging the technoscape Do technologies like chairs and walkers have a place in our imagination of the technoscape? How might this image help us to think differently...

[Book] Research for Designers: A Guide to Methods and Practice
From Putting People First

[Book] Research for Designers: A Guide to Methods and Practice

Research for Designers A Guide to Methods and Practice By Gjoko Muratovski – Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand and Tongji University, China SAGE Publications...

[Book] Research for Designers: A Guide to Methods and Practice
From Putting People First

[Book] Research for Designers: A Guide to Methods and Practice

Research for Designers A Guide to Methods and Practice By Gjoko Muratovski – Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand and Tongji University, China SAGE Publications...
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