Archive for September, 2009

On IDSA 2009

September 28th, 2009

A Connections Icon-o-Cast

LUNAR’s John Edson and Gretchen Anderson trade perspectives on the 2009 Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) annual conference, which wrapped Sept. 26 in Miami. (more…)

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Resources for “facial features”

September 25th, 2009

Looking for more? Here are a few references from my talk at IDSA this week. Sources of insight and inspiration about interaction design, industrial design and physical controls. (more…)

PROVENT Therapy honored with WSJ Technology Innovation Award

September 23rd, 2009

LUNAR is thrilled to learn that the PROVENT Sleep Apnea Therapy was selected as a runner-up in the Medical Device category of the Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Awards. (more…)

Let’s get physical

September 23rd, 2009

Speaking at the upcoming IDSA National Conference in Miami Sept. 23-26, LUNAR’s Director of Interaction Design, Gretchen Anderson, will discuss the role of “facial features” in product design. (more…)

The Future of Social Networks

September 21st, 2009

A Connections Icon-o-Cast

Online social networks like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter are red hot — today. But how will these networks evolve over the next few years? (more…)

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Odosketch

September 10th, 2009

Odosketch is an on-line sketching GUI created by Odopod, a digital agency, that lets you create drawings in a nice pastel watercolor style. (more…)

Green Water

September 7th, 2009

A Solutions Icon-o-Cast

In this special edition of Icon-o-Cast, LUNAR’s John Edson shares a presentation he gave at the 2009 Sustainable Brands conference in which he discussed applying sustainable design principles through a framework developed by LUNAR to the problem of distributing water. (more…)

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Collaboration and space

September 1st, 2009

I love the old Caterpillar ads that used to say, “we shape our environment and from there it shapes us.” (more…)