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New design cards deck — Psychology wins this time

(note: this post has been in draft for ages but I want have to publish something quickly :) in reaction to a nice tweet from Alberto D’Ottavi, very good friend of mine; so guess what this is again design and … Continue reading

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The (mythical) design funnel

I wrote a small bit of slideware on the topic for my lessons. I often refer to the “funnel” talking about process and methods but I lacked a handy reference. In terms of analytic clarity, I think the best representation … Continue reading

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List management made smart (or just less painful)

Nice example of a small change both at the interaction and UI levels. if you have longish Amazon wish lists, then it might be that you add an item more than once, for instance because you forget that it was … Continue reading

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Design research “against needs”

What we need from research is more than description, and especially, more than a list of “needs,” explicit or implicit, met or unmet. This is from Rick Robinson‘s talk at IIT Design Research Conference 2010, very recently made available online … Continue reading

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Sketching mobile application concepts on paper

Sometimes I am faced with a little bit of wonder or surprise when I suggest to sketch application concepts on paper — even from expert professionals. So the video below comes handy; I just found it by chance on Pixelthread‘s … Continue reading

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