LUNAR has opened a Chicago office in the epicenter for design in the Midwest — the Windy City’s River North area. (more…)
Archive for the ‘Interaction Design’ Category
Better Mo-bility for urbanites
November 1st, 2011
Too many noisy and polluting cars are choking urban streets. Alternatives to the single-occupancy auto are out there, (more…)
After Steve Jobs: What we can learn from the Nest thermostat
October 28th, 2011
The central question about Apple these days is what it will become without Steve Jobs’s passionate conviction and daily direction in the design of the company’s products and services. (more…)
LUNAR Palo Alto on the move
September 9th, 2011
We’ve been so inspired by our new headquarters in San Francisco that we’re on a quest for new digs in Palo Alto – an important base for our work with clients on the Peninsula and in the South Bay. (more…)
Did I leave the oven on?
September 1st, 2011
Experience Design makes interacting with appliances a pleasure
It’s fascinating how our daily routines have changed in recent years, with many tasks made easier and more enjoyable by simple and clever apps on mobile devices. Real-time driving directions, restaurant suggestions when you’re hungry and quick updates from friends can make a difference. (more…)
A 2D Designer in a 3D World
February 28th, 2011
As an Interaction Designer with a background in various forms of 2D media design, I increasingly find myself surrounded by the emerging discipline of 3D, or more specifically, stereoscopic user interface design. (more…)
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…)
The Importance of Facial Features
January 28th, 2010
Gretchen Anderson is speaking at the sold out IxDA conference Interaction ’10 (more…)
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…)
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…)
No Touching!
August 22nd, 2009
A Connections Icon-o-Cast
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…)
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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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Evolutionary, but not revolutionary: T-Mobile’s myTouch 3G
July 29th, 2009
The myTouch 3G can’t escape comparisons to the iPhone, but to be fair, it’s not a bad evolution. For those who can’t afford an iPhone, or those who are still seeking the “iPhone for Business” myTouch has some interesting characteristics. (more…)
Why Ugly Sells
June 17th, 2009
In my Fast Company “Powers of Design” blog post today: the real trick. (more…)
