creativity

Ridiculous creative limitations hold sublime potential

The Power Racing Series is a bit like Formula One, except the vehicles are miniature electric racing cars designed for childen and they’re incongruously driven by adults. Imagine Mario Kart brought to life.

I learned about it while listening to…

More to see as smartphone cameras slowdown

Slowing down can help one see the previously unseen. This is as much a philosophical as a practical observation. In many ways, the two seem dependent: by allowing oneself the time to observe in leisurely detail, one is making a choice to think at …

A smarter notes experience with LiquidText

Part of MEX Inspirations, an ongoing series exploring tangents and their relationship to better experience design.

LiquidText is an iPad app which allows the creativity and speed of free-hand annotation to co-exist with the benefits of structur…

Design Talk 32. Death in VR; Paula Ceballos, experience designer

Losing one’s self in selfie moments

Part of Friday Inspirations, an ongoing MEX series exploring tangents and their relationship to better experience design.

Two rather different sources have inspired some musing on the evolving photographic ritual of self-regard.

Sam Barsky kni…

Video: Floris van Eck’s #mexsession on designing future imaging experiences

Floris van Eck gives an expansive look at the future of imaging experiences, drawing on his work for the likes of Canon and its Silicon Valley-based accelerator project, as well as his personal interests in the maker movement, cyborgs and the sing…

Flotsam and jetsam waiting for the digital tide

The man-made objects one finds washed up by the tide are comprised of flotsam, which is the result of accidental loss, and jetsam, which has been deliberately discarded. On 13th January 2017, a strong north westerly gale caused a five foot surge …

Designing conversations about trust in medicine

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.

Using design language to establish trust is notoriously difficult. It is also a fast growing ne…