September 2016
Spectacles as a gateway to novel visual conversations
Who would pay $130 to adorn their face with plastic spectacles of questionable aesthetic merit, capable of recording a mere ten second burst of video? You could be forgiven for dismissing Snap’s Spectacles as a symptom of an over-funded and over-h…
MEX conference tickets – early bird deadline Friday, 23rd September
Buy your MEX conference tickets by Friday 23rd for the best value early bird price of £799 ($1030 approx.)
Join design agencies, pioneers of user-centred technology and innovative brands from finance to healthcare in London on 12th & 13th Octob…
Prioritise beautiful essentials
Peter Skillman, speaking during MEX/14 while Head of Design at mapping business HERE, warned against the temptation to focus on flashy, headline elements of the UX. This was often done at the expense of more frequently used, but less glamorous int…
The MEX/16 conference: hidden paths to better UX
What are the new strategies and design methods to translate customer insight into next generation digital experiences?
The MEX/16 conference explores a question which transcends product categories and industry verticals.
It is set in the…
Design Talk 20. Inclusive design; Neil Milliken, Head of Accessibility & Digital Inclusion, Atos
Accessible design is good design, whether motivated initially by the needs of users with specific disabilities or broader goals of social and economic inclusion. Neil Milliken talks to MEX founder and podcast host Marek Pawlowski about his work l…
Intro to user research in 4 videos: better interviews to generative techniques
Rory Southworth’s video series of 4 ‘lightening’ sessions on user research starts with the basics of how user insights drive better design decisions and goes on to explain a range of techniques for delving deeper into user motivations.
Each of …
Designing mobile devices at the intersection of creativity & consumption
The stories behind why novel product categories are introduced are often more important than the first product in the new line-up. In the 20 years I’ve been writing about technology, I’ve…