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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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Archive for the ‘Solutions’ Category
No Touching – Icon-o-Cast video
July 20th, 2010
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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…)
Design and the future of health care
May 11th, 2010
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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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Solving social needs with design
February 25th, 2010
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While most of us follow our interests into careers and try to carve out time to help the world, some of us shape our whole lives around doing good with the skills that we have while empowering others to do the same. (more…)
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LUNAR at MD&M West Feb 9-11
February 9th, 2010
Gesture Cube—No need to touch
February 9th, 2010
As designers at LUNAR Europe, part of our job is to question and re-think existing product concepts. This daily routine becomes imperative when the product uses break-through technology.
Our most recent project involved creating a new product and interaction concept based on 3D gestural control. (more…)
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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Let’s Get Physical
November 2nd, 2009
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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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A Curie Motor
October 13th, 2009
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In this Icon-o-Cast video, LUNAR’s Bob Lane demos his ingenious Curie Motor for Gretchen Anderson. Bob’s device was featured recently at the San Francisco Exploratorium. (more…)
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On IDSA 2009
September 28th, 2009
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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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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…)
Green Water
September 7th, 2009
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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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Making mobile phones even more useful (in the U.S.)
June 30th, 2009
Yesterday I headed to the airport yet again, a one-day trip to San Diego. That commute is so easy from Oakland, I didn’t really take it that seriously. I grabbed my bag and took off. Then, my husband calls just as I pull up to the terminal. I’ve left my wallet on the counter. (more…)
Back to School
October 17th, 2008
Solutions – Oct. 17, 2008: Lunar engineers Robert Howard, Matt Peterson and Dan Senatore discuss the attributes job candidates should present when applying for any kind of creative career opportunity.
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