Pathway #10: Smart hardware additions
CategoryYibu toy concept shows power of design intersections
Part of a new MEX series highlighting compelling case studies which catch our eye. Follow @mexfeed or by signing-up for the weekly email newsletter.
Yibu, a FrogLabs project, is a multi-touchpoint experience which combines five wooden toys, sen…
User story: flowering future forward
There’s always a first warm day in March, when winter’s low skies open into the blue promise of spring. It rarely lasts. Not in England.
But today the lawns of the garden square were dry for the first time that year and already filling with the…
Video: Kajsa Sundeson & Samir Fors’ #mexsession on designing interfaces for the body
Kajsa Sundeson & Samir Fors of Ocean Observations (@ocean_sthlm | oceanobservations.com), speaking at MEX/15 (London, March 2015) ask whether digital interfaces such as fitness trackers are really helping to improve health. For instance, does moni…
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…
Design Talk 26. Wearable experience design
Marek Pawlowski and Alex Guest take up Patrizia Bertini’s challenge from the last episode and go in search of wearable technology beyond the smartwatch and fitness tracker. After questioning the term ‘wearable’ itself, Marek and Alex cite examples…
Pin badge with a multi-touchpoint design approach
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.
Pins Collective is a $69 wearable digital badge which can be personalised to display diffe…
Life beneath the hovering eye
My dog noticed it first. His ears rose to the deep buzzing sound just audible above the coastal breeze. He looked up at me with his most inquisitive frown. It grew louder as we walked on, sounding like the hum of a city power generator or a swa…
Design Talk 24. Mat Hunter, Managing Director, The Central Research Laboratory; manufacturing renaissance
Mat Hunter, Managing Director of the Central Research Laboratory, talked to Marek Pawlowski, founder of MEX, about the manufacturing heritage of CRL’s unique startup acceleration facility and his plans for a design-led hardware renaissance in the …