Pretty soon “usability” won’t be enough. We are going to have to start considering “robotability” as well.

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Title: Why These German Researchers Became Self-Driving Cars Context: Design empathy isn’t just for users anymore. Synopsis: As designers, we constantly fret over the conditions within which our end users must operate. We often go to great lengths to put … Continued

6 of one, half-a-dozen of the other. Multivariate testing proves users prefer “6 of one”.

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Title: The Surprising Power of Online Experiments Context: If at first your design doesn’t succeed, multivariate test it against a control option. Synopsis: We’ll never admit it in polite company, but the truth is that a fair amount of the … Continued

Creative generalist? More like “Creative Full-of-crap-alist”.

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Title: Domain Specificity of Creativity: Theory, Research, and Practice Context: Creativity does not succeed without expertise. It’s just science. Synopsis: From the time we are young, individuals are categorized. He’s a good athlete. She’s smart. Those guys over there eating … Continued

I don’t know about you, but a room without a roof doesn’t make me particularly happy design-wise.

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Title: The Science of Happy Design Context: Rather than efficient, connected, and smarter what if we instead designed technology to make us happy? Synopsis: If you wrote down all of the values that we aspire to when working towards a … Continued