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A Philips Exec Shares The Keys To An Improbable, Design-Led Turnaround

Kevin McCullagh — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:28:13 +0000

Anyone who blithely believes that the return on investment on design is self-evident needs to explain the decline of Philips. In the mid-Noughties, the electronics company boasted 650 designers on its books, more than Samsung at the time. Yet, since a ...

Whether the weather

Mark Sinclair — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:28:00 +0000

At the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland (US) there is a large south facing wall that looks like it might be a piece of abstract public art. Made from 2,352 different samples of stone it is in fact a testing wall where the effects of the weather on building materials are measured...

Researchers Glean Deep UI Lessons From A Haptic Steering Wheel

Mark Wilson — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:16:19 +0000

We’re not supposed to text while driving. That makes sense--it diverts your eyes and mental attention elsewhere. But what about your average turn-by-turn GPS screen? It’s sort of the same idea, no? So especially for seniors on the road, how do we d...

M^C^O

Silvio Lorusso — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:25:32 +0000

MIT Creates Amazing UI From Levitating Orbs

Mark Wilson — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:19:37 +0000

Anyone else see The Avengers? Just like in Iron Man 1 and 2, Tony Stark has the coolest interactive 3-D displays. He can pull a digital wireframe out of a set of blueprints or wrap an exoskeleton around his arm. Those moments aren’t just sci-fi fun; ...

LIFO

Claudio Franco Netto Pletsch — Thu, 17 May 2012 11:47:00 +0000

http://www.lifo.gr/

FRICOTE

Claudio Franco Netto Pletsch — Thu, 17 May 2012 11:27:00 +0000

http://www.fricote.fr/magazine/

La costellazione del caprotoro / Abcasia

Guest — Thu, 17 May 2012 10:30:12 +0000

La storia di un animale sovietico, metà capra e metà toro

Seventy ways to start a novel

Mark Sinclair — Thu, 17 May 2012 10:21:00 +0000

In GraphicDesign&'s first book, Page 1: Great Expectations, 70 designers reinterpret the opening page of the Charles Dickens classic. The results reveal much about the decisions designer's face in setting any text, and what effect these choices have on reader experience...

Music, Film, TV: How social media changed the entertainment experience

BrianSolis — Thu, 17 May 2012 09:54:40 +0000

Behavior counts for everything. Studying it is just the beginning of course. In order to understand and eventually steer behavior, we must translate activity into insights and in turn, translate insights into actionable strategies and programs. The Hol...