I have always marveled at international airports. They are what Anthropologist Victor Turner refers to as liminal spaces, where its transient occupants are betwixt and between spaces of clearly defined nationhood. That is to say, an airport is meant to be a truly international place that is not fully where you are coming from, yet a little bit of where you may be going. For this reason, signage in airports needs to be internationally generic, …
On a recent sojourn out of town, I had to take a morning flight at a time of day when it was still dark. Although I generally dislike these flights due to how early I have to get up, they generally make for a more productive day since the normal waking hours for everyone else are spent interacting rather than traveling.
I came across this link the other day in reddit, for a marketing campaign from a UK mobile service provider. The campaign featured the song “We Built This City” by Starship”, in which you first watch an advert featuring a girl riding her bike with a cat in her front pannier. Then, you have the opportunity to upload your own photos and put yourself in the action. It’s great for a laugh, so see the …
Being the son of an architect and an engineer, I grew up with design thinking all around me. Something I realized after many years of being a design practitioner was that there is a design vernacular that we often take for granted.
When thinking about the user experience, one really has to think about the kind of information that the end-user needs from you to make a decision about how they are going to interact with and/or consume your product. This means that you need to put yourself in their shoes and think through what they need.
