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Ethnography
A recent article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette describing how consumer feedback (or lack of it) impacts the design of cars once again reinforces how ethnographic studies trump focus groups in concept development and testing. It points out that the 2010 Ford Taurus and Buick LaCrosse were designed with...
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People tinker, they build, remix, they repurpose, reverse and perverse engineer. They crack open the housing. Look under the hood. They view the source. We have always made things, and have been defined by what we make and how it was made. Today the ‘refresh rate’ of the majority of physical objects...
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What does a product designer need to do to create things that people desire? Things that jump out from the sea of sameness and justify a premium price? Can design change the elasticity of products and shape the demand curve? If yes, then what’s the use of conducting quantitative research when consumers...
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Throughout my career, I have constantly been amazed that people believe brainstorming is a serendipitous process. Get a dozen people in a room, bring some post-it notes, and you’re guaranteed to leave with an industry-shattering idea. Brainstorming is easy. And so is coming up with really bad ideas. ...
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This is a kick off post to a series that will be exploring the shift from touch to feel as both context and concept for the design of new products, services, systems and experiences. The series will question “touch” and the touch context from a variety of perspectives; and mix, muse,...
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The compound effects of poor corporate brainstorming is threatening to put the post-it industry out of business. Brainstorming needs some innovation.