Monthly Archives: October 2009

Guitar Hero Without A Guitar

 

The User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) Conference introduced a bunch of amazing new work that’s coming out of research right now demonstrating new ways of using sensors to command different types of interactions. One in particular was interesting: the … Continue reading →

 

Wireless and Emerging Markets Experts Invited to Participate in I.D. Magazine Webcast

 

SEATTLE, WA – October 27, 2009 – Artefact Group, a Seattle-based design consultancy, today announced that Martijn Van Tilburg, senior design director and Masuma Henry, user experience research lead have been selected to participate in I.D. Magazine’s upcoming Webcast titled … Continue reading →

 

Live Webcast: Designing Products for Emerging Markets

 

[tweetmeme]If you’re at all interested in design products for emerging markets, as the title says, you can view the live webcast by Masuma Henry and Martijn Van Tilburg on Thursday, October 29th at 4pm (Eastern). It is hosted by ID … Continue reading →

 

Dear Mobile Manufacturers, Show Me a Truly Connected World – An Open Letter

 

[photo: movies.nytimes.com] [tweetmeme]The following is a result of a dialog between Gabriel Biller and I, Kevin Wong, who are both researchers at Artefact. Mobile manufacturers have put into people’s hands a device that unlocks information and connects people with each … Continue reading →

 

HALLOWEEN PARTY

 
 

3D Gets Off to Shaky Start on Mobile

 

The third dimension has piqued the interest of Hollywood for big-screen productions, but there may be a place for the technology on a much smaller screen – and not necessarily one attached to special headgear or glasses. Early experimentations are … Continue reading →

 

IxDA Seattle Event: Social Technologies, Oct. 19, 2009 @ Razorfish

 

The next IxDA Seattle Event will be on Monday, Oct. 19th at the Seattle Razorfish office. For this event we will be hosting three presentations – two about social technologies and a case study from Razorfish; here is the list … Continue reading →

 

IIT Design Research Conference 2009: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger Future

 

Co-authored by Kevin Wong A couple weeks ago, Ken and Rob packed their Speedos and traveled to South Beach to attend the IDSA International Conference. This past week, Kevin and I packed our appetites for fatty food and traveled to … Continue reading →

 

Verena Lugmayr

 

Verena joined Artefact after graduating with a Masters from the University of Applied Sciences Hagenberg, Austria where she studied Mediatechnology & -design and Digital Media. Her focus was on interactive media, especially on developing new interaction techniques for the digital office … Continue reading →

 

Old ID and New ID

 

[tweetmeme]Ask a group of industrial designers what they will be doing in 5 years, or 10 years, or 50 years, and the answers you get will fall into one of two camps. The first camp (I’ll call it “Old ID”) … Continue reading →