GIGAOM – With wearable tech like Google Glass, human behavior is now a design problem
For all the attention given to wearable devices, the focus on hardware and form factor misses the far more thrilling – and perhaps frigh..
Wearables: The Future is Now
In the months since the introduction of the Nike FuelBand and Google Glass, the global design and business community have exploded with sp..
FAST COMPANY DESIGN – Collaboration Lessons from a Bluegrass Jam
Companies would do well to develop their own set of standards–a defined corporate culture that ultimately allows for greater flexibility a..
FAST COMPANY DESIGN – How Amazon uses big data to make you love them
Businesses sit on data goldmines, but few leverage the data to improve customer service. In the end, the data about the customer you’re ta..
GIZMODO – User Experience: The Reason Apple Towers Over Sony
Sony is still a technological powerhouse with a massive R&D department, but things have changed. Today it’s not enough to build a killer t..
FORBES – How Gender-Washing Can Kill Brand Loyalty and Love
“Shrink it and pink it” has never been a legitimate approach to women-focused products, but it’s still common nonetheless. As consumer exp..
Describing Interaction Design
This is a talk I put together in 2011 for the IxDA Interaction conference in Boulder, Colorado. And although I’m speaking at a design conf..
Not Created Equal: The history and discernment of plastics in product design
This is a talk from Ignite Portland in 2010, in which I attempt to convince an audience of skeptics that polymers are actually valuable, w..
FORBES – No More Doors
Ziba’s new, custom-built offices are a physical manifestation of its creative values: collaboration, integration and a belief in the power of accidental meetings.
Co-written with Steve McCallion, Executive Creative Director at Ziba
image: Holst Architects
Coroflot Creative Confab
While preparing for the San Francisco installment of the Coroflot Creative Confab series in October, a freelance videographer and AAU stud..
Core77 Blog
From 2005 to 2009, I wrote around 250 articles, interviews, surveys, posts and announcements for the online design magazine Core77, covering just about every angle of the ID and IxD world.
CORE77 – A Periodic Table of Form
A detailed, somewhat wonky exploration of the emotional meanings that different kinds of surfaces imply. Gray Holland is a master Industri..