John Maeda at Cologne

Added on 6 June 2005 Peter Bogaards
Video download – “On January 12th, 2002 the students of the Design Department at the University of Applied Sciences awarded John Maeda the ‘Cologne Thumper’ (Kölner Klopfer). Recording of the award ceremony including Maeda’s talk. It is 1 hour and 32 minutes long and contains the introduction and John Maeda’s talk.” (sendung.de)

Beyond the pixels: Consider the entire experience

Added on 5 June 2005 Peter Bogaards
“As a designer, I would love to be able to control more of the environment and experiences of my customers. Identically, as a business person, I would love to be able to control more of the environment and experiences of my customers. After all, the user experience is influenced by far more than the applications we are creating. And in order to best do our jobs, we must reach beyond our limited charge and traditional thinking to look at the problem in a more holistic way. It is what we get paid to do; it is part of what makes us designers.” (Dirk Knemeyer)

Business & Design

Added on 30 May 2005 Peter Bogaards
“As the number of designers interested in owning a seat at the corporate decision-making ‘table’ grows, the number of business strategies advocating design solutions expands as well. Designers keep asking: ‘How can we convince business owners that investments in design processes are money well spent?’
Simultaneously, a number of business publications (most notably Fast Company) are telling corporate decision makers that ‘design matters’. It’s useful for both sides to view the discussion from each other’s perspective.” (Luke Wroblewski – Functioning Form)

Blogs & Wikis: Technologies for Enterprise Applications?

Added on 29 May 2005 Peter Bogaards
“Blogs and wikis are flexible practices and technologies that are increasingly being used within companies and organizations to ease the creation and dissemination of information, as well as making it easier for companies to communicate effectively with customers, partners, and the public. This article discusses some of the salient features of blogs and wikis, and give examples of companies who already have implemented one or more of these systems.” (Lauren Wood – Gilbane Report)