design thinking

Emojis and designing bond markets

China's bond market had been limited to domestic Chinese investors until the July 2017 introduction of 'Bond Connect', a gateway…

9 years ago

Antisocial technology

Terminal C at Newark Airport is home to one of the least sociable deployments of technology I've come across. Pairs of…

9 years ago

Parakeets, problem analysis and the beauty of inconvenience

In his 2014 book Being Mortal, Atul Gawande tells the story of how Dr. Bill Thomas, a medical director at…

9 years ago

Caffeine, sugar & design | NYC | 21/11/17

What: Caffeine, sugar & design Where: Financial district, New York City When: 9am, November 21st 2017 How: Free to attend, just…

9 years ago

5 point plan for using artificial limitations to improve experience design

Which assumptions have become the static furniture of your brain's design studio? Smartphones, perhaps? When was the last time you…

9 years ago

Design Talk 36. Closure experiences; Joe Macleod, author of Ends

Joe Macleod's book 'Ends' asks us to consider why we have such difficulty designing closure experiences. He talks to MEX…

9 years ago

Design principles for explorers

Open-ended exploration is increasing in the digital environment When exploring, users equate good UX with fulfilment of emotional rather than…

9 years ago

The multi-sensory experience design of a Harley

Part of MEX Inspirations, an ongoing series exploring tangents and their relationship to better experience design. When asked about Harley Davidson's…

9 years ago