Is Manufacturing still a big driving force on the final product decisions?
This week I’ve been reflecting on this topic, as my brother shared with me an interesting podcast (Asymcar – The View From Tokyo with Bertel Schmitt) on the topic of manufacturing in the Auto industry, and how car plants have […]
UX research: The future of good business
Something very dear to me, as I saw in my past experiences, that everytime you have the chance to perform some User Research, you bring home loads of new insights that can be translated into new requirements for product development. […]
Someone is redesigning the Design Thinking process
So What? right? Well, make a search on Google for “UCD process” or “Design Thinking process” and many different diagrams will show up. This means that for someone new in the field, it’s almost impossible to choose one, or, you […]
2018 In-car infotainment systems
A good read, comparing several different in-car infotainment systems Every car infotainment system available in 2018 Photo of the interior of a KIA K900.
Weekly Readings
A New Study on Design Thinking is Great News for Designers https://medium.com/design-ibm/a-new-study-on-design-thinking-is-great-news-for-designers-593f71b40627 Putting Humans at the Center of Health Care Innovation https://hbr.org/2018/03/putting-humans-at-the-center-of-health-care-innovation How Analogies Reveal Connections, Spark Innovation, and Sell Our Greatest Ideas https://www.fs.blog/2015/11/analogies/
What do you look for in a Senior UX Designer?
I had a chat the other day about this topic, and that lead me to write down a few ideas I have about this topic. What to look for on a Senior UX Designer?… here’s a few things that pop […]
Quantitative VS Qualitative Data
…many companies are turning to customer research that is powered by big data and analytics. Although that approach can provide astonishingly detailed pictures of some aspects of their markets, the pictures are far from complete and are often misleading. It […]
Great design is about saying “no” way more than “yes”
Via: In the Age of Experience, Great Design is Your Business Plan
My thoughts about Google Inbox
A friend of mine told me about Google’s new app, Inbox, and since I’m a designer, he would like to hear my opinion. This is my answer to him. First thing I have to say, is that Google made a […]
Design Thinking in a nutshell
A few years ago I had the chance to have a training on Service Design with Arne from Design Thinkers, while I was still working for Novabase Consulting and based in Lisbon. Novabase was at that point starting to embrace […]
Doing the good, can hurt – Apple and UX good practices
Doing the good deed to users? or basic UX mistake from Apple?… “Don’t give me what I didn’t ask” some might say. And they are right. Others where probably happy to have a small gift from Apple. It’s debatable. Apple […]