Market Research – The Focus Group

July 22, 2011

Made me laugh!

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Prototype Barnet

July 22, 2011

Prototype Barnet_Animation from thinkpublic on Vimeo. From thinkpublic.

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When Design Met Anthropology

July 7, 2011

When Design Met Anthropology View more presentations from Christina Wasson

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Eyez™ by ZionEyez HD Video Recording Glasses for Facebook

June 21, 2011
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Human Centred Design (HCD) workshop

June 14, 2011

From PDD: PDD has partnered with LUMA Institute to run a 2-day workshop to introduce participants to the discipline of Human-Centred Design. The workshop will cover a wide range of methods, from ethnography, to usability inspection methods, to rapid prototyping. It’s a very hands-on, practical workshop (minimal lecturing–more learning by doing!) ideal for people who [...]

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Design Research

June 11, 2011

A place where we carry out design research, social research and consumer ethnography.

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Prototyping made simple

June 5, 2011

From thinkpublic Prototyping made simple from thinkpublic on Vimeo.

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The Social Animal

June 5, 2011

New York Times columnist David Brooks explores new insights into human nature and the forces that shape our choices and actions.

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The Hospital Room Of The Future: Flexible, Media Rich, Very Shiny

June 5, 2011

“What will the future of in-patient health care look like? Perhaps something like the “Patient Room 2020,” a project that NXT, Clemson University, and Birdtree Design are trying to bring to market in the next 10 years.” Read more in Fastcodesign.

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Making an aluminum mobile device camera sled

June 5, 2011

Thinking about testing a mobile device? Have a look at this post ‘Making an aluminum mobile device camera sled’ which explains how to built a small device to attach a camera to to record user interactions with mobile devices.

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Change interface change behaviour

May 22, 2011

Interesting TED talk by Rory Sutherland.

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The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces

May 19, 2011

whyte styles from chris woebken on Vimeo.

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dabbawallahs

May 6, 2011

What can we learn from the dabbawallahs delivery network – particularly in terms of ‘eating well’? – 175,000 lunches are delivered in a 2 hour time frame… – 1 error in every 8 million deliveries…

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Ethnographic Research: A Key to Strategy

April 7, 2011

A short note Ethnographic Research: A Key to Strategy by Ken Anderson an anthropologist at Intel, which explores the wider role of ethnography in corporations. Harvard Business Review.

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Seeing with Sound (sensory substitution for the blind)

March 23, 2011

Very interesting – seeing with Sound (sensory substitution for the blind).

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Commuter Game Design

March 23, 2011

Commuter Game Design by Oli Shaw. Commuter Game Design (with speaker notes)   View more documents from oli shaw

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Voice of Experience

March 19, 2011

A new newsletter (Voice of Experience) from the design ethnography and experience research team at the University of Dundee.  Some really encouraging work from the students.   Definitely worth following.   Also find out more about their MSc in Design Ethnography too.

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Call for Participants: Media Anthropology Network workshop, 27 May 2011

March 16, 2011

Call for Participants Workshop – Critical Perspectives on Media and Social Change The EASA Media Anthropology Network invites expressions of interest to attend a one-day workshop aimed at developing a research project on the theme of media and social change. Date of Workshop: 27 May 2011 Application closing date: 28 March 2011 Venue: School of [...]

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