The Deep Dive [insights into IDEO's design and innovation process circa '99]

Shopping-Cart-Concept

Over the weekend, I had the opportunity watch these videos from ABC Nightline in 1999. In this episode anchored by Ted Koppel, they redesigned the Shopping Cart as we know it. The aim of this episode was to take a closer look at how IDEO, a design firm known to design a huge number of the products we use on a day-to-day basis approaches design and innovation. They went the whole nine yards on the basic design process. Sensed the gap, defined the problem, searched for concepts, explored alternatives and selected a plan to deliver their first prototype. Read On…

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Effective Interaction Designers Change Organizations

Insightful video about the role of interaction design in organizations, how it has changed and where it is heading. Worth every minute.

As interaction designers, organizations are the context for our work.

And when it comes to the web and other digital channels, organizations are broken. We have a problem. Read On…

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Quotes from my Readings [on thoughts and change]

Looking through my notes this morning, I found a page I called ‘Quotable Quotes’ from back in the day when I initially developed an interest in reading books. Below are a few of them that may be relevant to you.

About Thinking Thoughts-

Find a place to think your thoughts. If you hang bird cages in your mind, you will always find something to put in them. When you find a place to think your thoughts, your thoughts will find a place in you.

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