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Trust the Customers, Not the Experts

Destination Innovation

Rob Law studied Product Design at Northumbria University. One of his course assignments in 1997 was to come up with a new design for luggage. When he returned to England in 2002, he endeavoured to raise funding. ” His Trunki design went on to win over 100 awards. Rob Law and Trunki. Lessons for Innovators.

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Become proactive instead of reactive with Future Designs

mjvinnovation

Let’s take a step back and dig a little deeper into the theory behind Futures Studies and Futures Design in order to contextualize “scenario” and “collapse”. He revisited this model in Advancing Futures (2002). Coachella is postponing, while E3, the biggest game design fair in the world, is going virtual. Hawaii foresight Ph.D.

Design 59
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Business Model Innovation Basics Series - Part 1: What is a Business Model?

The BMI Lab Blog

Magretta, 2002). WHO – Every business model serves a certain customer group (Chesbrough and Rosenbloom 2002; Hamel 2000). Magretta 2002). 2005), plus their orchestration in the focal firm’s internal value chain form the third dimension within the design of a new business model. And what does the customer value?

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The Evolution of My Speaking Video

Stephen Shapiro

So with that as background, here’s the evolution of my speaking video, starting with my first one from 20022002: Style over Substance (3 minutes). Because we designed this through the lens of a sales video, there is a lot of social proof included. My latest video was designed to be pure content. No selling.

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Designing for Social Interaction

Boxes and Arrows

Let’s look at each type of tie, and how we might design for them. 8 In both 2002 and 2007, a study of 1,178 adults found that on average, people had about 10 friends they meet or speak with at least weekly (10 strong ties). 9 So, when we’re designing for strong ties, we’re designing for small groups of people.

Design 108
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Emotional Design with A.C.T. - Part 1

Boxes and Arrows

As UX professionals, we strive to design engaging experiences. Whether you’re designing a website or a physical product, the formation of a relationship depends on how useful, usable and pleasurable the experience is. Then, we’ll dive deeper to explore how design elicits and communicates emotion and personality to users.

Design 101
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Third Place and the Starbucks empire: the user experience at the heart of strategy

mjvinnovation

Starbucks has now incorporated this philosophy into its retail design and business strategy. In any case, the way Starbucks designs its stores, and its service serves as a “prosthesis” of the third place for medium and large cities, increasingly lacking in public spaces for congregating and socializing. . What is the third place?