After watching this concept video, it gave me some ideas on how to convey an experience. Instantly, I thought of Jeff Bardzell's quote from my Experience Design course - “Rather than starting from an interface to create a product, start from creating a good user experience.”   Continue Reading »

I got my ticket for Bloomington Startup Weekend. The first time I heard about Startup weekend was last year in an article published by Business Week. This year the event will be hosted in Bloomington, Indiana. If you want the opportunity to network with the local community and collaborate on a project/business ...  Continue Reading »

After watching Johnny Chung Lee's interactive Whiteboard using the Wii remote, and Drew McKinney's wiimote whiteboard vs. commercial electronic whiteboard assessment , Plus dealing with the frustration of finding dry erase markers disappearing or running out of ink in the Informatics buildings, I felt inspired to build one. I haven't started ...  Continue Reading »

It's that time of the year again. Many graduate students are starting to look for design internships or full-time positions this summer and wondering what type of skills and characteristics employers are searching for. Thanks to Mac Oosthuizen of trendmatter.com, I came across these interviews from well-known design firms. Coroflot's Creative Seeds ...  Continue Reading »

Marion Buchenau and Jane Fulton Suri of IDEO describes experience prototyping as a form of prototyping that enables design team members, users and clients to gain first-hand appreciation of existing or future conditions through active engagement with prototypes. I heard of the term before, but I did not have a ...  Continue Reading »