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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Archive for the ‘Solutions’ Category
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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A Curie Motor
October 13th, 2009
A Solutions Icon-o-Cast
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
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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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
A Solutions Icon-o-Cast
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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Engineering the Illumina iScan
September 17th, 2008
Solutions – Sept. 17, 2008: Lunar engineers Robert Howard and Matt Durack discuss the product-development process and challenges associated with creating the Illumina iScan — a sophisticated biotechnology instrument — for long-time client Illumina.
How do engineers and designers juggle the requirements of customers, manufacturers, marketing and service technicians in a context of fierce competition, development calendars, technology risks and other considerations? Listen and learn.
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