In design, words matter
One of the more interesting and complex design challenges these days is unfolding as we speak: in the war of the smartphone. Google’s...
Executive power trips: a positional or organizational problem?
In a Wall Street Journal article entitled “The Power Trip,” it is asserted that the nice folks rise to the top, and being at the top...
Can research mislead designers?
n a recent article, website usability guru Jakob Nielsen uses research and the traditional scientific method to explain — once and for...
Design thinking: A useful myth?
I recently came across a blog post by Don Norman (Design thinking: A Useful Myth) where he argues that “design thinking” has become more...
Designed to mislead: How an info-graphic can be designed to be propaganda
A friend of mine recently sent me an animated info-graphic that depicts America’s unemployment rate, broken out by county, over time from...
Organic vs. digital experiences
In a recent post on Engadget, Michael Gartenberg advanced a theory that the new “Metro” user interface (UI) design ethos was a refreshing...
Elegance Backfire
When I initially received this story from a colleague and friend, I agreed with his initial assessment that this bridge design is a...
