I was at the Ethnographic Museum in Kraków, attending The Function of Folk, a two-day symposium on Illustration Research, when a dawning realization came to me that I might be the only designer in attendance. I felt this for several … More…
The Function of Folk in UX Design
May 23, 2013
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Getting to ‘Know Thyself’
April 17, 2013What if you could know – really know – how getting only five hours of sleep a night affected your productivity at work? Or, if you could get an affirmation that yes, “this is why you’re fat”? Today, there are … More…
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Tagged design research, exploration, innovation, p202Labs
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The Smart-Grid Needs Great UX
April 11, 2013The smart grid presents a huge and growing service design problem that utility companies don’t give evidence of being aware of, nor appear to be set up to solve. More…
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Tagged customer experience strategy, energy, service design, smartgrid, unhappy customers, utility, ux
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High-level Knowledge Acquisition as a Part of UX Design
February 4, 2013An essential skill for UX designers at an agency with clients from various industries is the ability to become a subject matter expert in a short period of time. Yes, I’m using the word “expert” very loosely here. Of course … More…
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We Need More Humor in Our Designs
November 30, 2012As designers we try to think of how we can best serve the user. For many of us that is distilled down into how can I make this easier and quicker for the user to accomplish their goals. We look … More…
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Presenting Responsive Web Designs Tutorial
November 19, 2012On October 24th, 2012, Nathan Smith (@nathansmith), Mark Sims (@marksims), and I (@miketownson) gave a presentation on responsive web design at the DSCV (dsvc.org) working lunch. During our presentation, I showed a set of slides that I made for a … More…
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Tagged cool, design, process, user experience, ux design, visual design
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p202 Labs: Die Tur
November 16, 2012We’ve assembled quite the collection of powerful minds here at projekt202, and, as the air finally starts to cool down in Texas, we’ve tapped into that power to launch an in-house innovation generator called p202 Labs. The p202 Labs initiative … More…
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Tagged cool, futureUI, innovation, p202Labs, user interface
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It’s Showtime For User Experience
April 5, 2012As a family man, I don’t often get the opportunity to catch my type of movie on the big screen, but I was recently blessed with two such opportunities. Both films were blockbusters with all of the high budget features … More…
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Time To Set The Table
February 6, 2012Looking at place setting types can help us understand the different type of experiences they create and how they can be applied to a digital environment. More…
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A Good UI Reduces the Need for Documentation
January 11, 2012Recently I had an experience that made me reflect on the value of user interface design as it relates to reducing the need for product documentation and user manuals. My wife Megan was shopping for a new car, so we … More…
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