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We did it ourselves

August 10th, 2010

We are fresh back from Portland, OR, where a team of LUNAR folks attended the IDSA International conference. We’ve got some impressions from the conference that we’ll be sharing shortly, along with the winners of our DIY design contest, but first we wanted to share with you our own DIY project.

LUNAR at IDSA

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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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LUNAR designed Ventus PROVENT Sleep Apnea Therapy wins Gold IDEA

June 25th, 2010

LUNAR is pleased to announce that PROVENT has been honored with a Gold International Design Excellence Award. (more…)

SXSW 2010: No Touching! Truly Invisible Interfaces

March 12th, 2010

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…)

New Year, New Look, Let’s Party

January 19th, 2010

LUNAR is proud to announce our involvement in the redesign of the Palo Alto Public Art Commission’s identity. (more…)

3D CSS FTW!

December 22nd, 2009

Now that we can hack 3D in lowly web technology, (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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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…)

Simple, minimal, humble.

July 9th, 2009

The family computer died last month.

No tears, she made it to the ripe old age of 7 (70 in PC years). But now that we have a real processor in the living room, I can finally “Watch Instantly” on Netflix. (more…)

Sustainable design workshop with Taiwan Design Center

July 3rd, 2009

After a very successful workshop with the Korean Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP) a few weeks ago, we’re jumping right back in for a second round! (more…)

Green Leader

May 27th, 2009

Lunar’s Travis Lee was recently invited to be a part of AutoDesk’s Green Leaders series. In this video, he shares his passion for sustainable design and his vision for a more sustainable future.

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Françoise Serralta on Sustainable Design

November 4th, 2008

Solutions – Nov. 4, 2008: Françoise Serralta, strategic research and planning director with PeclersParis, presents at the Digging Deeper sustainable design conference held in late July in San Francisco. (Prefaced with a short interview by Lunar’s John Edson.)

The evening panel discussion dug deep into the eco-issues designers face everyday to reveal building blocks for sustainable design.


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It’s the Customer Economy, Stupid!

October 14th, 2008

Connections – Oct. 14, 2008: Icon-o-Cast co-hosts Gretchen Anderson and Lisa Leckie dig into how the economy is affecting the customer experience.

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Digging Deeper

July 11th, 2008

Solutions – July 11, 2008: Charlie Sheldon, president of San Francisco chapter of the Industrial Design Society of America, and Lunar’s John Edson talk about the Digging Deeper event (July 22 in SF) and next steps in the sustainable design movement.

The evening panel discussion will dig deep into the eco-issues designers face everyday to reveal building blocks for sustainable design.

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People Powered Products

July 8th, 2008

Connections – July 8, 2008: Special guest Chad Jennings of Blurb, along with co-hosts Gretchen Anderson and Lisa Leckie discuss the new era of "People Powered Products" and what it means for connecting with customers.

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