Come see some of the new ‘sophisticated and sleek‘ home decor accessories HumanCentric designed with PartyLite.
You will find traditional objects with a modern twist. Keep an eye out for lotus-inspired flourishes and obelisks that have found new life in new materials.
Thanks to everyone who made it out of bed and to our presentation at 9 am on Saturday! We appreciated the attentive ears, questions and discussion after the early morning presentation. For those of you who maybe had one too many caipirinhas at Luminaire, or couldn’t make the conference altogether, we wanted to share our paper and presentation with you. While this is a pretty mild substitute for the real deal, together they should give you a pretty good indication of what we were about. Enjoy!
Transparent User-Centered Design on a Dime (PDF, 310 KB)
After spending four days in beautiful Miami, sitting in freezing cold conference rooms, listening to a diverse collection of intelligent people talk about the field of industrial design, I noticed a few recurring themes. I recognize that there were probably many young industrial designers, much like myself, who didn’t have the opportunity to go this year due to budgetary constraints. So I wanted to share some of my thoughts on the themes I picked up on while I was there…
It’s hard to listen to traditional media outlets and not be inundated with the doom and gloom of our current economic condition. I was listening to new albums in the car for a few weeks and I almost thought the recession was over, but then I switched back to NPR. And it wasn’t. However, in all the reports I’ve heard, one piece of info stands out. It said, historically, recessions and depressions are times of drastic social and economic change.
Perfect.
I love Craigslist. With a regional filter, it provides a window into the lives of the single, the unemployed, and the junk ridden people you never knew lived all around you. For me it is a constant source of entertainment. But more than entertainment, it has changed the way I think about buying the things I need, and how I think about product lifetimes.
HumanCentric provides design solutions with.a focus on products, users and goals. Our process brings designers and researchers together to implement a customized approach for user and business needs. These are our thoughts on process, practice and life.
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