Pathway #13: Quiet design
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Getting straight to the Punkt
As I slipped the SIM card into the Punkt MP 01, I was fully aware that my other assorted devices still had wifi connectivity. Only if I left them behind would I be truly bereft of the myriad digital services that punctuate my day with information,…
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…
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…
Making a case for the seductive promise of zero UI
Glacial is the only word for it. I pressed one of the blue buttons and waited. Somewhere in the mechanical heart of this relic I imagined cogs whirring and a rusted belt chain creaking into action. At length, something happened on the dot matri…
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…
User story: over 60 and reading under the covers
They were a party of five ladies, all attired in the sort of sensible, outdoor clothing one acquires from advertisements in the back pages of a Sunday supplement. All were over 60 and their leisurely, mid-morning stop at a countryside cafe suggest…
Ordnance Survey sponsors MEX
Ordnance Survey, Britain’s mapping agency, is sponsoring MEX, the 2 day gathering dedicated to defining best practice and uncovering new ideas in digital experience.
The engagement aligns with a key MEX theme – the concept of location – and how…
Living with a Moto 360 smartwatch and thoughts on a wearable future
I first wrote about the Moto 360 in December 2014. Suffice to say I was not impressed:
“The Moto 360 looked very different in real life to the media I’ve seen online. Without any attempt to show it in context, or market it as a luxury item,…