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 »

I finally get to catch up on some pleasure reading this holiday break. I know the Kite Runner is out in theaters, but I hear the book is much more compelling. "Sketching User Experiences. getting the design right and the right design", by Bill Buxton (Mar 2007) ...  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 »

Yesterday, I received in the mail Emotional Design by Don Norman. One section in the book I found intriguing (which may not be a big surprise for some of you) is that positive emotions are critical to learning, curiosity, and creative thought and today research is heading toward this dimension. Taken ...  Continue Reading »

Imagine your a CEO of a struggling software company and your future looks uncertain. The company's revenue is stagnant and your internal R&D team is not innovating new features and products fast enough. You have two choices to save your company: Hire or consult the "best" people and increase ...  Continue Reading »