Hilarious by Owen Williams. “The latest update to Spotify on iOS quietly introduced a new icon for the music streaming service. That new icon is very close to the old one, except the company has tweaked the shade of green and it’s making people mad and confused. I woke up…
The DMI (Design Management Institute) 2014 Design Value Index is out now for its second year and it lists Intuit as one of the 16 most Design conscious companies. Our own Kurt Walecki is quoted in the article. Some quotes; “The Design Value Index Study shows 10 year returns yielding…
Interesting concept for Augmented Reality Want to catch butterflies to earn discounts? Now you can with your iphone. Mobile Art Lab in Japan has developed a new iPhone App, iButterfly, that lets you catch virtual butterflies and turn them in for valuable offers. The application uses augmented reality to take…
Love this article from Fast Company on “The Science Of Why You Should Spend Your Money On Experiences, Not Things” “There’s a very logical assumption that most people make when spending their money: that because a physical object will last longer, it will make us happier for a longer time…
The Challenges: How do designers collaborate with our product manager/marketing manager partners to define the roadmap. Are we part of the process? Are we involved in the selection process? Are we involved in the sequencing process? What approach do we use to balance our roadmap What’s an experiment vs product feature? What’s…
Hyper Island is a creative business school which also offers consulting services. Since 1996, Hyper Island has been helping individuals and organizations seize their potential, develop and be leaders in a world of constant change.
How to run a design critique by Scott Berkun From the post: Goals of a design critique A design critique involves a small group of 3-7 to discuss a set of sketches or prototypes. You could focus purely on branding elements, ease of use concepts, or even engineering feasibility,…
A little bit about the conference… “Wisdom 2.0 addresses the great challenge of our age: to not only live connected to one another through technology, but to do so in ways that are beneficial to our own well-being, effective in our work, and useful to the world.” “Wisdom 2.0 offers…
Have you ever wondered how exactly a Chief Design Officer spends his or her days? For those interested in taking their career up to the C-Suite this panel discussion will shed light on the paths taken to this role, and once there, the tasks and responsibilities that fill the day…