innovation
TagDesign Talk 77. Paul Campbell, Chief Product Officer, Centaur Robotics
Paul Campbell, a former chief designer at Ford, is now re-imagining the wheelchair at Centaur Robotics. In this conversation with MEX founder Marek Pawlowski, he shares the life experiences and human-centred insights which have shaped Centaur’s ne…
Yesterday’s modernity as a lens on the future’s dreamland
I recently found myself looking through a copy of V E Johnson’s Modern Inventions from 1915. I’m still not sure how it ended up on my shelves, but it has rewarded with rich passages, rising at times to something which feels like techno-historic po…
Design Talk 73. Post-pandemic strategy; Samar Héchaimé, co-founder, Agora Envisioning
Samar Héchaimé joins MEX founder Marek Pawlowski for a special discussion – recorded with a live web audience – exploring how we might transform our post-pandemic systems and organisations by putting people at the heart of future strategy. Drawing…
3 guests, 3 principles and 3 stories about the role of user-centred design
Every couple of weeks for the last few years, I’ve been lucky enough to sit down with someone who has done something pioneering in the world of user experience and just talk to them – really talk – for a good hour or so. We record it, then put it …
Design Talk 51. UX in the machine economy; Kerstin Eichmann, Managing Director, Innogy Innovation
As machines of all kinds become active participants in the economy, how will user experience strategy evolve to shape this new class of digital interactions? Kerstin Eichmann, managing director at Innogy Innovation, is working at the cutting edge …
Design Talk 50. Onika Simon talks troublemaking, user reality checks & delivering innovation under pressure
How does a journey which begins with a degree in philosophy – and a chance conversation with a librarian – lead to a surprise move from Manchester to New York, one of the advertising industry’s foremost fellowship programmes and a career-long inte…
Design Talk 47. Innovating fast and big; Massimo Mercuri, Director of Digital Innovation, AkzoNobel
What does innovation look like at a 300 year old paint and materials company with 40,000 employees? Massimo Mercuri, Director of Digital Innovation at AkzoNobel, sits down for a chat with MEX founder Marek Pawlowski, exploring everything from crea…
Design Talk 34. Josh Shabtai of Lowe’s Innovation Labs on retail experience design
With Amazon’s $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods placing a spotlight on the future of retail experience design, MEX founder Marek Pawlowski talks to Josh Shabtai of Lowe’s Innovation Labs about how the home improvement giant is experimenting…