A Value Creation Icon-o-Cast
In this special Lunar New Year edition of Icon-o-Cast, LUNAR kicks off the Year of the Tiger with perspectives on business and design trends for the coming year from Asia, Europe and the U.S. (more…)
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Archive for the ‘Innovation’ Category
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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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…)
Comics & Interaction Design
August 5th, 2009
A Connections Icon-o-Cast
At LUNAR, we’ve been applying the compelling storytelling techniques from comics in our interaction design work. In this episode, LUNAR interaction designers Gretchen Anderson and Ron Goldin talk about how comics can be a powerful and surprising tool in the design of complex products and experiences. (more…)
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John Edson is this week’s expert design blogger on Fast Company.com
June 15th, 2009
LUNAR’s John Edson is this week’s expert design blogger on FastCompany.com. Today he tackles emotional connection. (more…)
Innovative AND green
May 4th, 2009
I noticed these solar-powered parking meters sneak into my San Francisco neighborhood, Hayes Valley, on a busy street lined with design shops, cafes and restaurants. The Civic Center area tends to be a hotbed for green experimentation, and it was great to see innovation that adds value while being good to the environment.
This parking meter finally takes credit cards as well as coins (save those precious quarters for your laundry), and LEDs facing the street indicate whether you've overstayed your welcome. The "more" and "less" buttons apparently allow you to allocate your intended stay.
My dream feature: if lunch is going a little overtime, it simply draws more funds from your credit card, a "pay as you go" model to make city parking a little more stress-free.
– Ron Goldin
Life is Short and Unknowable
March 29th, 2009
I don’t often enjoy “new media” art and exploration, as it quickly turns to navel gazing silliness. But Michael Kontopoulos’ sculpture is bringing a smile to my face today. Check out Inner Forests and Machines That Almost Fall Over — both nice commentaries on the impermanence and delicateness of our existence.
– Gretchen Anderson
Speed of Innovation
November 21st, 2008
Connections – Nov. 21, 2008: How do speed, creativity and innovation intertwine in the design process? In this Connections episode, Gretchen Anderson and Lisa Leckie talk with Steve Portigal of Portigal Consulting about getting results through design research.
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