Pathway #11: Super local connectivity
CategoryDesign Talk 38. Tim Burrell-Saward; designing hybrid physical / digital experiences
Tim Burrell-Saward is working at the frontier of experience design, where the digital and physical dimensions combine in surprising, delightful ways. In this conversation with MEX founder Marek Pawlowski, Tim talks about his journey from lighting …
UX risks in Google’s new multi-touchpoint visual responses
Google Home, the speaker embedded with the company’s voice assistant, will soon be able to display results on nearby TVs and phones. It provides a significant new mainstream example of how multi-touchpoint experience design enables digital interac…
Anticipate interaction at stages of approach
Living in the machine to hone IoT design skills
Part of a new MEX series highlighting compelling case studies which catch our eye. Follow MEX @mexfeed or by signing-up for the weekly email newsletter.
Alloy’s case study of internal efforts to improve internet of things (IoT) design skills i…
User experience principles for proximity
Can technology draw us closer to our physical environment? The rollout of ‘tap to pay’, the growth of beacons and embedded digital intelligence (IoT) challenges everyone, from automotive manufacturers to retailers, to consider the user experience …
Big numbers & a feeling about connectivity
Analyst reports are curious creatures. The utility of most, at least in the traditional sense, is constrained by their need to assess tomorrow’s unknowns through a frame of reference anchored in today’s industries. After all, it is clients wishing…
Video: Louisa Heinrich’s #mexsession discusses the etiquette of robot UX
As digital machines gain greater autonomy, Louisa Heinrich (@customdeluxe | louisaheinrich.com) talks about our expectations of this coming generation of entities which will bridge the physical and digital worlds, blurring the definitions of ‘robo…
Analysing Apple’s Continuity: limited utility today, potential to introduce new experiences
The ability to have calls and texts across Apple devices might offer the most immediate practical utility, but it is the least interesting part of Apple’s wider Continuity strategy. Continuity is based around the notion each device, like an iPhon…