Back to the Future: The Interaction10 Conference Goes Old-School Rather than focusing on technology and interface design techniques, this annual interaction design conference was decidedly low-tech, with diverse speakers discussing topics including storytelling, drawing by hand and meaning in the context of design.
Posted Tue Feb 9, 2010
Hot at CES 2010: Mullets and Prosthetics With touchscreens making every CES product look the same, Rob Tannen notices a proliferation of add-ons and "business in front, party in the back" design.
Posted Mon Jan 11, 2010
A Eulogy for I.D. Magazine Rob Tannen says goodbye to the magazine that will always have a place in his heart--and a place in his archives.
Posted Wed Dec 16, 2009
Designers, Take a Look at Evidence-Based Design for Health Care Evidence-based design (EBD) is a methodology for the design of health-care environments that can and should be translated across the industry.
Posted Fri Oct 23, 2009
Polaroid SX-70 and Other Classic Products That Have Social Media at Their Core Products like the Polaroid Instant Camera and the Sony Walkman provided technology that enabled sharing pictures, music, and ideas--in other words, social media.
Posted Thu Oct 22, 2009
Three High-Tech Tools for Understanding Consumer Behavior These three products, while not specifically intended for customer research purposes, each have valuable features that can capture the customer’s perspective accurately and efficiently.
Posted Tue Oct 20, 2009
Creating Virtual Interfaces for Physical People Interaction designers have long been restricted to an input vocabulary of buttons and pointers. Now they're gaining a complex and dynamic palette limited only by the physical capabilities of the human body.
Posted Mon Oct 19, 2009
