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Refining through multi-layered user research

Emporia's approach to user-centred design is multi-layered. Albert Fellner, founder, began by providing mobile devices accessible to the elderly and…

15 years ago

User environment driving technology

Sierra Wireless' new USB cellular modems show how user-centred design can help differentiate products in a commoditised market. Matt Plested…

15 years ago

Displaying visual quiet

How will our relationship with digital displays change when they can show a fixed image almost indefinitely in low power…

15 years ago

Subtle interaction and sensory engagement

Digital technology rarely inspires emotion. It can be an effective conduit for emotion: transmitting a message to a loved one,…

15 years ago

Finally found form factor flourish

It would be easy to despair, as it seems the BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones did, of finding form factor innovation at…

15 years ago

Consuming devices move to create

Usage of tablets is transitioning from information consumption to more creative endeavours. For a company such as Adobe, with an…

15 years ago

Copy fast, fail soon

A brief exploration of the ZTE stand revealed a handset portfolio defined by its lack of imagination and a cheapness…

15 years ago

Context shared

Ping Pong, a chain of Dim Sum restaurants in the UK, asks customers to complete a paper form to order…

15 years ago