Tag Archives: design

Modwells: Personal modules for wellness

 

Today there is a significant conversation around health, wellness and healthcare experiences.  The topic of healthcare reform has exposed the opportunity for healthcare innovation. Health and wellness is ultimately the responsibility of each one of us.  It is up to … Continue reading →

 

Two Perspectives on the Good Life

 

Artefact Design Director, August de los Reyes and user-researcher, Dave McColgin, contributed to the current issue of Arcade magazine, the magazine for architecture and design in the Northwest, released last week.  Addressing the topic of the issue’s theme “The Good … Continue reading →

 

Artefact founder kicks off new AIGA Webinar

 

Rob Girling presents at AIGA newest webinar series on 5/25 Continue reading →

 

RIM BlackBerry PlayBook

 

In the earliest phases of the project, Artefact assisted the Research in Motion (RIM) corporate user experience design team in developing aspects of the user interface for the BlackBerry PlayBook. RIM’s Vice President of User Experience, Don Lindsey, approached Artefact … Continue reading →

 

Camera Futura – A Concept for the Future of Digital Photography

 

In 2010, we embarked on a journey to investigate photography. Based on our findings, we identified several opportunities for innovation that are left untapped by the camera industry. We asked ourselves: Why is it not possible to share images right … Continue reading →

 

From fantasy to reality: How good is Hollywood at predicting the future of technology?

 

With the Oscars just a couple of days away, I thought it might be interesting to go to the movies and see how technology and innovation have been influenced by Hollywood over the years. This is Part One in a … Continue reading →

 

Camera Futura

 

Being passionate about photography, there are several questions we have asked ourselves for quite some time: Why cameras today still look like they did 60 years ago? Why does my camera not help me on the way to becoming a … Continue reading →

 

UW+Artefact: Design Foundations and the Curse of Knowledge

 

A recent article on Fast Company Design talked about the sorry state of American design education. Whether one agrees with the author’s standpoint, a common conclusion for many practitioners is to take on some of the responsibility ourselves and teach … Continue reading →

 

No more bad workshops

 

Over the course of my career I have lost a good year of my life that I will never get back.  I lost time to poorly run meetings without clear goals.  I lost time to product “brainstorm” workshops that yielded … Continue reading →

 

What your digital camera will do… three years from now.

 

In our previous post on the topic, we argued that for the future of digital photography we see big opportunities within the three areas of redefined product architecture, connectivity and the integration of hardware and software. We arrived at these … Continue reading →