Category: Design Language


Jay Peters

Simply Awesome


Jay Peters, January 5th, 2012

Innovation. The undisputed Holy Grail of business drivers for the past decade. Thanks to several run away successful companies with innovation at their core, the term is now rooted in almost every corporate mission. Those once on the outside waiting for the trend to stick are now quickly trying to figure out what it means. More importantly what it means for them. Unfortunately, with my experience consulting many companies, they often do not stop to think what innovation means for their customers.

Wikipedia defines Innovation as: the creation of better or more effective products, processes, services, technologies, or ideas that  

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Marjolein de Wilde

The beauty of recognition


Marjolein de Wilde, November 17th, 2010

Here’s a video of a presentation by Dennis Dutton (professor in philopsophy) who discussed the idea that our appreciation of beauty is part of our evolutionary development, in a wonderful presentation format. Dennis Dutton argues in his speech that humans have developed a common sense of what is beautiful, and that beauty is not necessarily in the eye of the beholder, but has much to do with the fact that we find beauty in something done or made well. “Beauty is deep in our mind, a gift handed down from the intelligent skills and rich emotional lives of our

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Jay Peters

Design with Intent


Jay Peters, November 2nd, 2010

As design is becoming more and more user focused, it is more about the use and experience and less about “beautifully” designed things. Of course, we always strike for a balance between the two, but beyond just visually desirable and basic functional design, how can design influence the intended behaviours or results of your user? Can you engage users to act accordingly to a predetermined action?  By asking the right questions, you may be able to do just that.

Inspired by IDEO’s Method cards and the Russian problem-solving, analysis and forecasting tool TRIZ, Dan Lockton, during his PhD tenure …

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