Pathway #9: Audible dimension
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5 point plan for using artificial limitations to improve experience design
Which assumptions have become the static furniture of your brain’s design studio?
Smartphones, perhaps? When was the last time you imagined an experience which didn’t involve the presence of a smartphone?
What about a visual interface? How many …
Design Talk 39. Gregg Vanderheiden, Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure
Gregg Vanderheiden talks to Marek Pawlowski about the Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure (GPii) – a multi-partner, multi-country effort to ensure technology is universally accessible. As well as being the initiator and one of the driving force…
Imagining a sense for others
Memory Tapes is a BBC Radio 6 segment, hosted by Lauren Laverne, where she asks listeners to share the story of mix tapes they’ve made for others.
I recently learned of a 2014 episode, in which Tremayne Crossley shared the playlist he’d prepared …
User story: the BBQ and the errant butler
Part of MEX User Stories, an ongoing series of tales about digital user experience in the real world.
Alexa, it seems, can be an opportunistic dinner guest. At a recent summer barbeque, she was sitting quietly on a deck laid for outdoor dining, a…
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…
The multi-sensory experience design of a Harley
Part of MEX Inspirations, an ongoing series exploring tangents and their relationship to better experience design.
When asked about Harley Davidson’s enduring appeal, the great grandson of the company’s co-founder uses a vocabulary which suggests…
Subvert indicator lights, speakers & ports to extend the interaction canvas beyond the screen
Video: David Mingay & Sam Livingstone’s #mexsession re-imagining automotive UI
David Mingay & Sam Livingstone share lessons from a collaboration which tapped Car Design Research’s automotive industry insight and Ustwo’s digital interface design capabilities. Looking at the needs of drivers accustomed to smartphone UIs, the p…