Design Talk 27. Alex Genov, Head of UX Research, Zappos
Alex Genov, head of UX Research at Zappos, talks to Marek Pawlowski, founder of MEX, about designing retail experiences, understanding users as people and emerging user research methods. The conversation covers Genov’s early interest in experimen…
Planning for the intensity of empathy in user research
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.
Benjamin Earl Evans‘ ‘How to avoid UX burnout‘ is a departure from our recent case study p…
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,…
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…
Serendipity and discovering supercreativity
Supercreativity is the latest PopTech ‘Edition’, comprising videos, a reading list and an ongoing discussion forum. In their words:
Supercreativity provided an intimate setting to explore perspectives on creativity as technology tools help us …
£3m to fund early stage design innovation
Design Foundations is a funding programme offering £3m to support early stage investment in design. Announced at a London event on 17th January 2017, it is the first Innovate UK funding of its kind with an explicitly horizontal remit, intended to …
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…
The day Google invited me to learn papier mâché
It started like any average Thursday: I responded to a few messages and checked on project progress in our MEX Basecamp. It was when I opened my Google calendar to review the rest of the day that things got a little weird.
“News Year’s res…