Tag: ux

How to draw ideas

Great ideas are hard to find. Drawing makes it a lot easier. And fun. How?

J.J. Gibson—The meaning of the world

A quick introduction for beginners to J.J. Gibson’s ecological approach to visual perception. Gibson was an American pragmatist and psychologist.

So… this is a job?

What is Design?
Designers share a problem with politicians and business consultants: nobody knows what they are actually doing. I can shed some light on what designers do: They shape our daily environment. 

Make me think!

Until recently everyday objects were shaped by their technology. The design of a telephone was basically a hull around a machine. The task of the designers was to make technology look pretty.

Now I get it!

This article is a quick summary of a basic design course. It addresses a simple question: How do you design interactive systems that are easy to understand? Well, it all comes down to two things: structure and process.

Interaction Design is dead. What now?

The digital revolution was a gold rush for curious minds. Nobody knew what digital media actually was, only that it was about to impact our lives profoundly. It was unknown territory waiting to be filled with new artforms, designs and ways to understand the world.