Holistic Design Parti

How do we talk about design? Are there concepts in other design professions that are worth using in interaction design? LukeW introduces the design Parti from architecture school. LukeW read Matthew Fredrick’s 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School.  In the book Matthew introduces the concept of Parti and describes it as the central idea… Continue reading Holistic Design Parti

Behavior is our Medium

Fabricant on using design to influence the user. Robert starts by positing that interaction is not about computing technology. Technology is not medium … behavior is. This seems to ruffle some feathers in Vancouver. As noted by: John Kolko Robert Fabricant Robert went on to talk about how we can use design to influence behavior.… Continue reading Behavior is our Medium

Need 10,000 Interaction Designers

Spool MCs Panel Is Jared Spool funny? Well he tried to be. He also tried to keep this panel interesting. Jared posed to the crowd that the need for interaction designers is going to increase dramatically over the next few years. Several high powered CEOs like at Ebay, Apple and P&G have banked their strategies on… Continue reading Need 10,000 Interaction Designers

Boredom is Good

What do you do in your spare time? Do you have spare time? How do you come up with new ideas?  ” No slack: In the last decade, many companies have become obsessed with becoming lean, with wringing all of the slack out of their operations and processes. The problem is that when you wring… Continue reading Boredom is Good

The Best

What is the best? Is the best marketshare? Mindshare? Good enough? Optimal? Cost effective? Luxury? Tolerant? Cheap? Viral? What do you mean by best? How do you find the best? Here is what happens in the software world: A person comes up with an idea He runs with the idea Sometimes it succeeds, sometimes it… Continue reading The Best

Read between the Lines

Why is it that the design does not look like you expected? You gave a picture of what you wanted. What you got back was exactly the things you asked for but … it just does not look the same. What don’t they see? Why can’t the developer get the UI just right? Luke W… Continue reading Read between the Lines