As the holiday shopping season rings in, CBS News asks, “Where are the cool new retail technologies?” (more…)
Archive for the ‘Customer Experience’ Category
Better Mo-bility for urbanites
November 1st, 2011
Too many noisy and polluting cars are choking urban streets. Alternatives to the single-occupancy auto are out there, (more…)
In Chicago? Explore career paths for successful designers with LUNAR’s Mark Dziersk this Friday
August 24th, 2011
LUNAR Chicago’s Managing Director Mark Dziersk shares his insights into the career paths of successful designers at a meet-up at 750 North Franklin #201 in Chicago this Friday, 6:30 pm. (more…)
Brand strategy + social networking
March 24th, 2011
I make up part of the Communications Design team here at LUNAR. My background is mostly in product design, but before joining LUNAR I worked briefly in the ad world.
For me, the intersection of product design and advertising creates an interesting space to work in.
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An ode to simple product design
March 3rd, 2011
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.
A 2D Designer in a 3D World
February 28th, 2011
As an Interaction Designer with a background in various forms of 2D media design, I increasingly find myself surrounded by the emerging discipline of 3D, or more specifically, stereoscopic user interface design. (more…)
Sai Tung, please!
February 4th, 2011
Here in the States, we easily think of America as the Land of Food to Go. We have the drive through, the Big Gulp and Starbuck’s lattes with cup cozies. But to walk down my home streets of Bangkok, Thailand is to see the mecca of street food and the hundreds of inventive ways it can be carried. 
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Buy me
February 1st, 2011
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). 
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In search of the perfect car. A female designer’s perspective.
January 26th, 2011
It should have been a very exciting time. I am in the market for a brand new car and as it is the first time in my entire consumer life I can afford investing in a vehicle fresh from the factory, expectations were high.
Joyride, designed by Per Brolund
iPad Teardown: An Engineering Design Perspective
January 3rd, 2011
A Solutions Icon-o-Cast
By now you’ve seen technology-focused teardowns of the Apple iPad, but have you seen the insides through the eyes of a product design engineer? (more…)
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A gesture for TV
December 2nd, 2010
Google TV, Apple TV, “free” TV, subscription TV, and on and on. The days of grandpa’s 19-inch, four-channel television are long gone. (more…)
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Designing the Future of TV
October 19th, 2010
TV has been in a constant state of change in recent years, but the home invasion of VCRs and DVDs pales in comparison to the rate of change today. As ever-increasing options are available to consumers, how should companies decide what to design and build next? (more…)
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Thought for Food: LUNAR’s DIY Food Container Design Contest at the IDSA International Conference
July 26th, 2010
Calling all students attending the 2010 IDSA International Conference in Portland, OR: you’ve got a chance to win your very own fully loaded 64GB 3G iPad! Show us your creative chops. (more…)
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No Touching – Icon-o-Cast video
July 20th, 2010
A Connections Icon-o-Cast
Our devices know which way we’re moving and how dark it is outside. They look us in the face with cameras while we’re tweeting away. (more…)
One Word at a Time
July 14th, 2010
LUNAR recently helped design the Intel Reader, a device that helps blind, low vision and dyslexic people read print more easily. (more…)
