Thursday, March 5, 2009
Traditional product design cycle places user input on late stages of product development. User centered design places user input earlier on the design cycle. However, to really fulfill the needs of the consumer, the user input has to be placed in the very beginning of the development, right in the design brief stage. This is one of the principles of the Empathic Design Approach.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
The material landscape is everything that we surround ourselves with, from the products that we purchase and place in our home to the products that are purchased for us that we have to work with. This video talks about how the material landscape connects with our personality and how functionality and super-functionality influence industrial design.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Deana McDonagh talks about the importance of empathy when designing for people that are different from you and about the so called Empathic Horizon.
A presentation is also available on iFoundry’s SlideShare channel.
Monday, March 2, 2009
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Customization is a word that refers to two related concepts. The first meaning is making something to your own specification and the second meaning is adapting something that already exists to your own purposes. In this talk, David Weightman talks about customization and how this changes the way our society produce goods.
Monday, February 23, 2009
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