@IanBach – IanBa.ch – #IxD15 We discussed the IxD15 Ian Bach presentation last night (amongst others) at the IxDA London Movie night at the Wellcome Trust. Ian Bach @ixd15 talks …
#DesignInTech report by KPCB
John Maeda’s inaugural #DesignInTech Report has been presented at South by South West 2015. It was great to be part of and contribute to some of the findings. More about …
Gallup blog series (2014) – The shifting landscapes for financial institutions
I revisit this 2014 blog post titled Looking Out for Customers’ Financial Well-Being Is Table Stakes for Banks and the blog series on the shifting landscapes for financial institutions. from …
Behavioural Adaptation & The Peltzman Effect on Design
I came across an interesting discussion today on the Peltzman Effect on the Golden Gate bridge. The bridge has recently seen an unexpected increase in speeding due to introduced forced …
China’s eye soothing rainbow tunnel
The WebUrbanist report on this long rainbow underpass in Zhengzhou, China which has been designed to help drivers’ eyes adjust from daylight to an artificial lighting and then back again.
Camera Harmony & the new Sonos logo
I came across the beautiful camera harmony video today and also the New Sonos logo appears to pulse when you on scroll.
Lunch with friends prior to their Melbourne trip
A beautiful afternoon lunch at the Canonbury with close friends who head over to Melbourne.
David Bowie hairstyles through the ages
Source: Laughing Squid and Helen Green
Thomas Heatherwick on Ingenuity, Transformation & Surprise
Thomas Heatherwick is giving a talk at the Emmanuel Centre in London with Intelligence ² on February 26th, 2015. Heatherwick is one of Britain’s most original creative talents bringing together …
Adding further meaning into the new Products we Design
Happy New Year everyone & Hello 2015. After a beautiful Xmas with family in the Lake District and a few weeks away. I start the new year catching up on …
Christmas Music season
A post on the planning, data analysis and market research leading into the Christmas period for radio and online streaming services. Mariah Carey, Bing Crosby and Jose Feliciano have seen …
How the new Skype Universal Translator works
Skype have written a blog post explaining how their Skype Translator works which is currently available as a preview-release for the Spanish language. The blog includes a short Behind the …
Nicholas Negroponte on the Future of Bio Tech
Nicholas Negroponte has described Bio-Tech as the next big Innovation wave in an interview this time with Think Big. Earlier this year at TED 2014 in Vancouver, Negroponte reflected on …
WikiGalaxy, a visualisation of Wikipedia
Owen Cornec, a computer science student in Paris has created a visualisation of Wikipedia as a 3D galaxy. Using WikiXMLJ, Python, UrlLib3, Three.js, WebGL and OpenOrd he created this project …