The Design Process and the Scientific Method
Every once in a while, there are rumblings about how the design process should be more like the scientific method. Although I profoundly disagree with this (more in a moment), I can understand this...
View ArticleD3 Video: Convergent Products, Convergent Process
Our first video from the 2010 Device Design Day, featuring Kim Goodwin and Michael Voege. Interaction designers and industrial designers are kindred spirits in many ways, yet we tend to lean on...
View ArticleD3 Video: User-driven Innovation
A talk by Stuart Karten at Kicker Studio’s 2010 Device Design Day. The fast pace of technology development makes almost anything possible. The challenge that product developers face is implementing...
View ArticleWhat Separates Good Designers from Great Ones
Most of the design books you read, including my own, are about how to be a good, competent designer. They are about how to make strong, reasoned design decisions and about design methods and tools. But...
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Volunteerism & Design
Sometimes giving of yourself is the best way to understand others. For our most recent project, we’ve embraced volunteerism as a way to get to design concepts. A big player in the tech world recently...
View ArticleThe Magic of Low-Fi Prototyping
Thanks to all of you who came out last night for our Arduino workshop with Massimo Banzi. We will post a wrap up of the event shortly. The event inspired great conversation among our guests and it...
View ArticleHow To Talk About Your Work When You Can’t Talk About Your Work
As a small studio, we are lucky to be able to do really interesting projects for high-profile clients. Often the most exciting work do for our clients falls under a non-disclosure agreement, meaning we...
View ArticleWhy Technologists and Designers Should Be BFFs
Technologists and engineers develop amazing new possibilities. But if no one understands how or why to use the technology that brings these possibilities to life, the technology is essentially useless....
View ArticleThings we’re kicking around: content across multiple devices
As you may have guessed from our survey the other day, we’re thinking about how people consume content on individual devices and in an ecosystem of devices for an OEM in Silcon Valley. Conquering a...
View ArticleViva La Fidget
Humans run on energy. We have lots of it. Sometimes it comes out in quirky ways. We squirm around, tap our feet, twirl our pens… even when we’re tired and lethargic, we gulp down some coffee and KAPOW!...
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