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Time Inc. Unveils the New (Old) Magazine Format

Posted by: Andrew Swanson, at 11:27 pm on December 2, 2009

Time Inc. put out a video today of what will be (and in some cases envision) the ‘new magazine’.  Unfortunately, the ‘new magazine’, is a lot like the old magazine, only digital instead of a paper product.  Magazines are currently a dying breed.  There simply isn’t enough...

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Experience Design, Explorations, Featured Explorations, Service Design

Call me Cr4zy

Posted by: Jessica Tien, at 12:34 pm on November 13, 2009

Recently I’ve been having some problems with my cell phone, but who hasn’t, right? Whenever I send out a text message, my friends receive 4 or 5 duplicates of that same message. After getting multiple complains from many people and becoming hesitant when sending out any sort of text, I was finally...

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Mocha – The Portable, Shareable, Collapsible Bench

Posted by: Jessica Tien, at 8:31 pm on October 22, 2009

There is something profoundly valuable about the ability to offer someone a seat when there are none available.

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Explorations, Featured Explorations, Industrial Design

100 Wishes

Posted by: Jessica Tien, at 11:38 am on October 12, 2009

100 Wishes is a participative memoriam built upon the metaphor of the dandelion. As the dandelion plant matures, its flowers turn into white fluffy seeds, which are distributed by wind and travel like tiny parachutes. When they find a place of rest they begin to grow again, symbolizing rebirth and...

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Explorations, Featured Explorations, Technology

Windows 7 Taskbar UI

Posted by: Andrew Swanson, at 2:35 pm on September 10, 2009

Having spent the last post pondering about tabs and their relevance to User Interfaces, it got me thinking about the taskbar that is now standard in Windows 7.  Having had barely any experience with Vista (only a few days before I was unhappy and tried the beta of Windows 7), it came as a surprise to...

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Body Fit – Virtual Fitting Room

Posted by: Andrew Swanson, at 3:21 pm on September 1, 2009

As I went through my closet yesterday to find all my winter clothes (the season is quickly approaching after all), I found a pair of gloves that I had purchased over the internet.  I had searched all over for these gloves in retails stores nearby, but could not find them anywhere, let alone in the colorway...

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Entertainment, Explorations, Technology

Heads-up displays – wayfinding (and more!) on the mountain

Posted by: Jackie Siddall, at 3:05 pm on July 9, 2009

Since it’s July, I know we’re all thinking about our next adventure at a snowy ski resort. I’m not sure how your snow adventures unfold, but mine usually begin with a vain attempt to coordinate more than two carloads arriving at the mountain at different times, followed by a ride up...

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Business Models, CSR, Explorations, Strategic Innovation, Web

Social Purchasing Portal – Business Model Innovation

Posted by: Andrew Lockhart and Patrick Glinski, at 5:01 pm on June 26, 2009

As part of Net Change Week at MaRS, Patrick and I were offered the opportunity to work with a non-profit called Social Purchasing Portal on helping them address some of the challenges they were facing in a variety of areas. The Social Purchasing Portal is a program whose primary goal is to create social...

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Experience Design, Explorations, Industrial Design

PSST – Vitamin Spray by Glaceau

Posted by: Scott Friedmann, at 9:51 am on June 22, 2009

Photo by jaeja – http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaeja/2073207091/ I’ve never liked taking multivitamins. From my first Flinstone’s chewables to, more recently, Centrum’s Complete formula, the thought of ingesting makes my throat tighten in anguish. In an unofficial survey, we found...

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Explorations, Featured Explorations, Retail Design, Technology

Color Concierge by Crate & Barrel

Posted by: Patrick Glinski and Kengwei Lu, at 9:02 am on June 22, 2009

In our current economic climate, large home renovation projects are fewer in number. Despite a lack of new building projects, the desire to tinker with the look of our living rooms hasn’t gone away – we just need to be smarter about design. Small changes in furniture, fabric and paint can...

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