CATALOGING THE ART AND SCIENCE OF USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN
Title: Techmoan – Featuring the best & worst of new and old technology. Cameras, HiFi, RetroTech. Hunting out interesting and unusual devices to demonstrate. Context: Just because you can make something is absolutely the only reason we apparently need to … Continued
Title: What Was the Purpose of Saloon Doors? Context: While the modern designer might have come up with the label “user experience”, they certainly didn’t invent the concept. Synopsis: Ah the Old West. Rampant violence, lawlessness, intemperance, and plenty of … Continued
Title: Decoding the Design History of Your Coffee Cup Lid Context: Not all user experience problems are about saving the world. Synopsis: One of my all-time favorite design books is Henry Petroski’s “The Evolution of Useful Things”. I find the … Continued
Title: The irreverent (and slightly bloody) history of UX design Context: The user experience of human development could use some process refinements. Synopsis: Humanity is a product. Leaving aside the divine nature of the “intelligent designer” argument (after all, would … Continued
Title: History Of Icons Context: Iconography: 40 years later and we’re right back where we started. Synopsis: Of all the GUI’s contributions to the canon of design, none is so significant, and fraught with passionate debate as the lowly icon. … Continued
Title: 5 Confusing Icons and Their History Context: The meaning behind an icon is very often in the eye of the beholder. Synopsis: Designers of all stripes have a love/hate relationship with iconography. A good, clear icon communicates succinctly, saves … Continued
Title: 1995 video shows the struggle was real for first-time PC users Context: It’s all fun and games until the user throws their new computer out the window. Best Bit: “And interestingly enough, at software giant Microsoft Corporation, users were … Continued
The ubiquitous hamburger icon is as familiar as it is mysterious…until now! Best Bit: “Interesting inside joke… we used to tell potential users that the image was an “air vent” to keep the window cool. It usually got a chuckle, … Continued
The daily routine of some of history’s most creative thinkers. The common thread? They all slept, they all ate, they all worked. via fastcompany.com
Title: The Six Greatest Breakthroughs in UX History Context: We user experience professionals stand on the shoulders of UX giants. Synopsis: Gauguin once asked “Whence Come We? What Are We? Whither Go We?” Not sure what that has to do … Continued
Title: Beyond the Surface: 15 Years of Desktop Aesthetics Context: Don’t judge a man by his computer desktop…On second thought, maybe you should… Synopsis: Look at your computer desktop. No. Really look at it. Does it still have the OEM … Continued
Title: UX and UI, Chicken and Egg Context: Wait for the next installment, when we discover that the reason the chicken crossed the road was to refactor its UI. Synopsis: While this short video includes some questionable Latin translations it … Continued
Title: Understanding Our Interaction Design History Context: Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. And yes that includes you too UX designers. Synopsis: In the grand scheme of things (digital) user experience design is a mere … Continued
Historical Technology: Machines of Times Gone By. Photography collection of old machines from The Museum of the City of New York. Lovely stuff. via whitneyhess.com
Never forget from whence we came. via youtube.com