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Archive for the ‘Icon-o-Cast’ Category
Meet Phil
May 31st, 2011
LUNAR’s passion for sustainable design has driven the team to develop Phil, a new idea for changing behavior through design. (more…)
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Designing Differences
February 24th, 2011
User-centered design and design thinking have taken the world by storm. But is something missing in the conversation? (more…)
Sustainability Design 2.0
January 13th, 2011
Sustainable design is entering a new phase as it moves from environmental activism to an approach based around a range of improved business processes that make a difference. (more…)
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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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Demystifying Medical Devices
September 23rd, 2010
A Solutions Icon-o-Cast
In this new era of health care reform and rapidly advancing medical technology, how do devices—from band aids to robotic surgical equipment—get developed? (more…)
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“DIY Design” Recap
August 12th, 2010
A Connections Icon-o-Cast
John Edson and other members of the LUNAR team spent Aug. 4-7 in Portland at the Industrial Designers Society of America’s 2010 international conference, which focused on “DIY (Do It Yourself) Design.”
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2010 SF Design Week
June 16th, 2010
A Connections Icon-o-Cast
LUNAR’s John Edson checks out the 2010 San Francisco Design Week kickoff party (more…)
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No more “make pretty”; now what?
June 2nd, 2010
A Value Creation Icon-o-Cast
The practice of industrial design has changed more in the past 10 years than in the previous 100. Gone are the days when designers engaged in “make pretty” exercises. (more…)
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Design and the future of health care
May 11th, 2010
A Solutions Icon-o-Cast
Health expert, entrepreneur and educator Dr. Bern Shen joins LUNAR’s Robert Howard for a discussion about the future of health care and the implications and opportunities for the practice of design. (more…)
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Connections and mutations in the network
April 27th, 2010
A Value Creation Icon-o-Cast
The Internet is bringing about unprecedented growth in connections between people, with implications for how we address major social issues, everyday problems and design challenges. (more…)
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Design research in LA (that’s Latin America)
March 31st, 2010
A Connections Icon-o-Cast
Whether you’re charged with creating products for a global audience or just intrigued by regional differences, the task of understanding people around the world is not trivial. (more…)
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Designing a startup
March 12th, 2010
A Connections Icon-o-Cast
What are the key ingredients for starting a new beverage company and how can design play a role in launching a product in a super-competitive marketplace? (more…)
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