A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design
Very interesting post by Bret Victor.
It’s a lot about hands
Source: worrydream.com
John Caswell’s portfolio is full of witty humorous design – like charming ‘Mr Buttons’ and ‘Mr. Switch’.
via Swissmiss
Source: johncaswelldesign.co.uk
This was made for me. Half savoury, half sweet is what I’d do.
via swissmiss
Source: spoonsisters.com
Healthcare innovation coming out of Stanford
A couple of projects from Stanford that innovate using the challenges and limitations of designing for developing countries as inspiration. Something that GE apparently calls “reverse innovation”.
Bone Drill – A emergency care tool for a fraction of it’s current cost
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1664799/to-find-the-future-of-us-medical-design-stanford-looks-abroad
Embrace - A low cost infant warmer to replace incubators
Hussein Chalayan + Puma
World-renowned fashion designer and Puma creative director, Hussein Chalayan presents his latest two collections for the sports brand. This year’s autumn / winter collection is inspired by camera mechanics while next year’s spring / summer collection was highly influenced by sailing and kite flying.
Source: designboom.com
This intricate illustration just draws you in. Would be nice to have a large print.
Source: laprisamata.es
… the “compliment sandwich”.
Essentially, this involves a client giving an elaborate compliment, followed by some pointed criticism, quickly followed up by another compliment.
Familiar strategy.
via Fast CoDesign
Source: fastcodesign.com
A documentary exploring design thinking, a movement that tries to distinguish design as a “surface”, from its thinking “behind.”
‘Design thinking’ and ‘design management’ are definitely the buzz words of the day. Here’s a documentary (in the making) exploring these subjects that’s hoping to get funded on Kickstarter.
This might be the first Kickstarter project I support.
Find out more here -
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/designandthinking/design-and-thinking-a-documentary
I like these little wire eating monsters.
The tennis sized ball can hide (or “swallow”) up to 5 feet of cable, cutting down on all that extraneous cordage that most of us have behind/around our desks and media centers. Designed by Søren Refsgaard and manufactured by Bald & Bang.
via: http://www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com/personal/great-balls-of-wire.html
Work-arounds – Spotted my taxi driver using ear muffs to hold his mobile phone to his ear for handsfree talking.
