Experience Design makes interacting with appliances a pleasure
It’s fascinating how our daily routines have changed in recent years, with many tasks made easier and more enjoyable by simple and clever apps on mobile devices. Real-time driving directions, restaurant suggestions when you’re hungry and quick updates from friends can make a difference. (more…)
LUNAR’s Sandrine Lebas tapped her fresh “inner mom” experiences as inspiration for Koo — a project that helps ease the transition to life with a baby. She shares her thought process, insights and creative motivation in a new video interview. (more…)
Car enthusiast Jay Leno — a huge fan of the Chevy Volt electric vehicle — praises the easy-to-use AeroVironment home charging dock in a new video episode of “Jay Leno’s Garage”. (more…)
When I was living in Brooklyn, I had a neighbor with a crazy idea – to grow her own food in her apartment year round. I could see the vertical water bottles she used in her early attempt in her courtyard facing window whenever I took out the garbage. I thought to myself “Britta is crazy. That’s just not going to work.”
Shortly later, I realized that you should never underestimate Britta. (more…)
As a product engineer, I often find myself delighted by the little things–an ingenious locking mechanism, a cleverly designed component, a silky smooth hinge – which is why the simplest of designs are sometimes the most fascinating. One everyday object that I find to be particularly (and deliciously) nifty is the McFlurry spoon.
Commercials have always fascinated me. It occurred to me a few years ago that televisions only exist for the purpose of selling us stuff. Broadcast companies are able to spend millions on 22 minutes of our favorite sitcom because advertisers are willing to pay them millions to show eight minutes of advertisements during the show. Some of the most memorable stories, characters, and moments of my life were made possible by Coca-Cola, Kellogg’s, and Ford. And it works! Americans watch, on average, four hours of television every day (or about an hour of commercials every day). (more…)