Day Two at the World Economic Forum on Africa How do information and communication technologies influence innovation in Africa? Robert Fabricant's third report from the World Economic Forum.
Mon May 10, 2010
Day One at the World Economic Forum on Africa Does design have a role at the World Economic Forum? Robert Fabricant's second report from Dar es Salaam.
Thu May 6, 2010
8 Lessons for Creating Social Impact Can designers really help when it comes to social issues? Robert Fabricant outlines eight lessons he has learned from social impact partnerships.
Tue May 4, 2010
Is Apple Really Committed to the iPad? Don't be fooled by the fancy hardware and "magical" talk: Apple isn't really committed to tablet computing...yet.
Thu Apr 8, 2010
Why the Apple Tablet Is a Games Changer The real road kill this time will not be the Kindle. It will be handheld video gaming devices like Sony's PSP and the Nintendo DS, as Apple establishes a lock on the economics of casual gaming with its newest device.
Mon Jan 25, 2010
How Google (or Apple) Can Win the Great Super Phone War of 2010 Forget the smartphone. This is a war between Super Phones, baby. And with Apple pitted against Google, it's a brand war as much as a technology one. Robert Fabricant outlines some strategies on how to win it.
Wed Jan 6, 2010
Live From PopTech: Designing for Impact The second report from this year's PopTech conference, American Reimagined, by its fellows program adviser Robert Fabricant.
Posted Thu Oct 22, 2009
Live From PopTech: Bringing Design to Social Innovators Robert Fabricant talks about his role as an adviser in the conference's fellowship program.
Posted Wed Oct 21, 2009
Is the Kindle Destined for SkyMall? Five strategies to save Jeff Bezos' e-ink empire before it's too late.
Posted Tue Sep 8, 2009
MDR-TB: Is Innovation Within Reach? As a participant in the recent Pacific Health Summit, I was struck by the bold talk of innovative approaches to addressing the global threat of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). And yet few of the projects that were presented involved partners from outside the public health community.
Posted Wed Aug 12, 2009
MDR-TB: The Galapagos Effect in Health Care I hope I got your attention with my last post about the Pacific Health Summit and the acute global threat of Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB). All of the issues around innovation in public health that I are covered in this post need to be placed in the perspective of this challenge and the human costs associated with it.
Posted Mon Aug 3, 2009
MDR-TB: A Healthcare Crisis of Our Own Design What happens when innovation meets with the messy reality of domains like public health?
Posted Mon Jul 27, 2009
How Microsoft Is Priming the Mood of Bing Searches
There is a growing dialogue within the design community around how to drive sustainable behavior change in areas like health and energy. With it has come an increased awareness that often seemingly trivial elements of a design--like a smiley face on a utility bill--have a lasting impact.
Posted Thu Jun 4, 2009
Is Innovation at a Crossroads?
Over the last few years the traditional thinking about innovation has been turned on its head. We used to assume that innovation was driven by access to the most advanced tools and resources. But the emphasis has shifted more recently to the role that scarcity plays in driving innovation.
Posted Thu May 14, 2009
Kindle DX: Why Size Matters People have a lot of expectations for the new, larger-sized Kindle DX. Interesting how a shift in size / form factor can hold the fate of an entire industry (newspapers in this case) in its hand. Wow, the power of industrial design! I wish a larger screen could save the Boston Globe. But I doubt that is the case, at least not in the way people are hoping.
Posted Wed May 6, 2009
Re-Kindling your Brand
It's such a relief to have a new cause celebre in the world of product design--particularly something not made by Apple. I am talking about the new Kindle, of course. I can finally take the iPhone out of every one of my presentation decks.
Posted Mon May 4, 2009
As Consumers' Demands Change, Designers Are All in the Behavior Business
Over the past few months, I've been busy riling up the design community with a theory that designers are now in the "behavior business," and I plan to explore this further in my posts in the coming weeks. Many of the challenges that businesses are facing cannot be addressed without a strategy for influencing consumer behavior in a positive and sustained manner, in areas like personal finance and preventative care.
Posted Fri May 1, 2009
