I’ve been really impressed by the student output from the design courses at Dundee University in Scotland. I saw work from the Innovative Product Design (IPD) course at New Designers a couple of years ago and was really struck by the fact that they Read More...
Posted to
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on 07-30-2008
Filed under: Design, Interaction, Events
I’m really blown away by the Eco Zoo as the first very compelling example of the use of 3D in a Flash website. The art style is lovely, very reminiscent of the shots I’ve seen of the forthcoming Playstation 3 game, Little Big Planet. Read More...
Posted to
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on 06-12-2008
Filed under: Design, Interaction
I’m a bit of a 3D UI sceptic. I just have some history in the area, and it’s left me thinking that 3D interactions are often cumbersome and rarely have a life beyond what their cool factor gives them. Case in point is this Tag Galaxy search Read More...
Posted to
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on 05-28-2008
Filed under: Design, visualization, Interaction
Great bit of coverage on Gizmodo for some force-sensing work coming out of our team in Cambridge.
Microsoft: Touchscreens Old and Busted; Force Sensitivity Is New Hotness“Researchers have come up with a prototype of their force-sensing tech that’ll Read More...
Posted to
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on 04-24-2008
Filed under: Research, Microsoft, Press, Interaction
A year ago Abi and Richard helped organize a gathering of 40+ “luminaries” from the field of Human-Computer Interaction to debate how the relationship between people and technology might change in the next decade. That event has resulted in Read More...
Posted to
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on 04-02-2008
Filed under: Microsoft, Press, Interaction, Events
There’s an irony in green product design that we may just never get passed since you need to purchase new stuff, and creatively recycle/throw out the thing you’re replacing, in order to follow your ethics. Sometimes it just feels better to Read More...
Posted to
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on 03-13-2008
Filed under: Design, Interaction
Edward Tufte has posted a video that extols and criticises the iPhone UI design. He’s clearly a fan, and having played with the device I can understand why. I thought his critique on the Stock widget was particularly interesting, though, calling Read More...
Posted to
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on 01-24-2008
Filed under: Design, Interaction