One symbol which represents NC in the worst way is our current lottery logo. The mountains and lighthouse are child’s scribble. Our beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains are mushy mounds of dirt. Our beach coast is a stack of bobby pins. North Carolina Education Lottery you are a winner in poor graphic design. Please play again.
What a great meeting at the TriUPA & HFES Carolina World Usability Day event. HumanCentric had the opportunity to present our new recycling solution to this year’s design challenge. It goes without saying we were the clear winners in the design challenge (well… we were the only entry, but let’s not get caught up in the details…). The audience was very receptive and had lots of great questions about our process, information graphic and in-home bin prototype. Click here to view our presentation.
Many audience members wanted our solution implemented across the Triangle to jump-start awareness and increase recycling. HumanCentric is very excited about the community support and would love to have our vision for a better recycling system become a reality. If you would like to join our campaign for a greener Triangle please contact Alexander Hussain at HumanCentric. HumanCentric’s next steps are to connect local government officials to present our improved recycling solution.
In honor of World Usability Day, today, November 12, hundreds of usability conferences, design challenges and meet-ups are being sponsored and organized around the globe! Check out events in your local area and around the world.
HumanCentric will be attending North Carolina’s Triangle Usability Professionals’ Association and Carolina Chapter of HFES event at SAS. The event starts at 6 pm.
Staff from HumanCentric will present their solution to this year’s design challenge.
Happy usability!
HumanCentric is creating designs for better recycling containers and recycling systems as part of a design challenge sponsored by TriUPA for World Usability Day. We are collecting information about how you recycle, what you know about recycling, and what you would change, and would love for you to take 5 minutes and fill out our survey. Thanks!
From their site: “SPARKcon is a showcase of creativity, talent and ideas of ‘The Creative Hub of the South,’ The Triangle NC.”
SPARKcon has great events that are worth checking out. Here are the basics:
Who: Volunteer-organized, local work is represented.
What: A series of events which span Art, Music, Independent Businesses, Writing, Fashion, Food, Graffiti, Dance, Gaming…the list goes on.
Where: Downtown Raleigh. Most events take place on Fayetteville street.
When: September 17-20 (Thursday-Sunday)
Why: To bring creatives together, showcase work and have fun
It’s rare to watch a fashion show in Moore Square, or sit outside watching local films. BazaarSPARK is also a great way to support Triangle vendors. You’ll probably see people who participate in the Handmade Market or the Rock and Shop Market.
Less than four miles from our office, McDonalds has built its first “earth-friendly” restaurant which opened on July 14th. I love everything this new place represents. I can charge my electric car at a charging station while I eat my burger at a table made from sunflower seed board. I’ll have the benefit of natural light provided by solatubes while I enjoy the educational video kiosk on the restaurant’s design features. The exterior materials are just as healthy as those used on the interior. For more details, check out http://www.mcnorthcarolina.com/7501/.
It’s great that McDonalds is taking this step. Now if they would just make the food as healthy for me as the table I’m eating on is healthy for the environment, they might see me swing by for lunch from time to time.
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