Here’s some useful, noteworthy interviews with several fairly prominent thought leaders who are practicing designers, pushing the boundaries of interaction design thought & action: One with Dave Malouf of SCAD, on the new IxD online ‘zine, Johnny Holland. Here’s one with Dan Saffer for AIGA . And yet another one with Dan Saffer here :-) […]

The recent issue of Innovation, published by IDSA, features a fascinating debate pitting two design educators from very different institutions: Cranbook and IIT’s Institute of Design. The overall discussion hinges on “Design vs. Innovation” as its theme, and the differing viewpoints held by these spokespersons and their respective schools. This in fact serves as a […]

So where do novel design ideas come from? Indeed there are many sources of inspiration for creative ideas, both material (like books, films, products, or nature) and immaterial (values, beliefs, attitudes, philosophic assumptions, and cultural origins). Often however, the path towards the discovering of a novel solution begins with a simple yet vague feeling, something […]

One of the cornerstone qualities of a good designer, is empathy. Daniel Pink, author of “A Whole New Mind” describes it like this: Empathy is the ability to imagine yourself in someone else’s position and to intuit what that person is feeling. It is the ability to stand in others’ shoes, to see with their […]