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TagDesign Talk 1. Intelligent surroundings; Patrizia Bertini; little faces, big screens
MEX Design Talk is the podcast for the MEX community, exploring emerging technologies, user behaviour and how to design better digital experiences.
On this edition
- Marek Pawlowski, co-host & founder of MEX (@marekpawlowski)
- Alex Guest, co…
Thoughts on the UK’s Digital Strategy
Ed Vaizey, the UK’s digital economy minister, has asked for input on the government’s digital strategy by 19th January 2016. Following a dinner discussion in London with various interested parties, convened by Nico Macdonald under the auspices of…
Imagining the antiquity of the present
Have you been to your bank recently?
It’s a lovely phrase that. Between the words you can almost smell the musty, well trodden carpet and faux wood panelled interior of little high street bank branches up and down the country.
Enjoy it whil…
Living with a Huawei Watch
I don’t enjoy wearing a watch these days. My own – a heavy, analogue thing made of steel and sapphire glass – spends most of its time on my bedside table, gathering dust. It has the occasional outing when I remember I like the look of it peaking…
Hiring, growth and the long-term cycle of user-centred design skills
About once a day I receive an email from a contact, usually the head of UX at a larger company or the founder of a design agency, and it goes a little like this:
“Hi, it’s X. I’m struggling to hire someone who can ‘…insert various user-c…
Making a case for the seductive promise of zero UI
Glacial is the only word for it. I pressed one of the blue buttons and waited. Somewhere in the mechanical heart of this relic I imagined cogs whirring and a rusted belt chain creaking into action. At length, something happened on the dot matri…
Announcing MEX/16 ‘The Unknown: Hidden paths to better UX’
The 16th edition combines the depth of MEX research with progressive facilitation to answer the biggest question of the digital future:
What are the new strategies and design methods to translate customer insight into next generation digita…
Principles for establishing digital tone of voice in automotive UX
If you imagine every button and touchscreen gesture contributes to an ongoing digital conversation between user and product, what is your brand’s tone of voice? Moreover, who is responsible for crafting this nuanced sound in your organisation and …