Archive for November, 2009

Design Education at the Nueva School

November 25th, 2009

A Solutions Icon-o-Cast

In this Icon-o-Cast video, LUNAR’s Robert Howard discusses design education and “design thinking” with Kim Howard-Saxe, director of the Innovation Lab at the Nueva School. Recorded at the Maker Faire 2009. (more…)

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LUNAR presents at World Usability Day

November 12th, 2009

World Usability Day 2009 will bring together 40,000 people in 180 cities in more than 43 countries to discuss this year’s theme of “Sustainability.” (more…)

Patagonia – A Good Model for a Post Consumer Era Manufacturing Company

November 6th, 2009

Manufacturing companies interested in transitioning to sustainable business models would benefit from considering what Patagonia has done. (more…)

Glass or Ceramic?

November 3rd, 2009

One of our designers was recently working on a project that required a material with a cold, smooth, high quality feel, and she asked me which was a more sustainable material, ceramic or glass. (more…)

Extraordinary Manufacturing for Ordinary People

November 2nd, 2009

Most Star Trek fans are aware of starship replicator machines that “fabricate” food, water, uniforms, and even spare parts by rearranging subatomic particles into the desired end-product. (more…)

Let’s Get Physical

November 2nd, 2009

A Solutions Icon-o-Cast

In this Icon-o-Cast video, LUNAR’s director of interaction design, shares insights into how to develop an effective set of product “facial features” — those signals that tell users what a product does. (more…)

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