RIM's BlackBerry 10 launch event (live blog) Phonoblaster. Stop using curved drop shadows - Andrew Ray's Github Blog. The curved drop shadow phenomena is a disgusting design trend that needs to stop. Right now. Maybe you think it looks nice. You’re wrong. The intent is to make the image corners appear curled. If you have any degree of spatial aptitude, the above image should make you nauseous. This shadow trend is the glossy reflected logo of our web era. Friends don’t let friends copy stupid design trends. Tumblr_m02klqYouo1qiqf01o1_500. Nicholas Felton | Feltron.com. Clear for iPhone (Coming Soon!) Apps That Boost Your Productivity. Say Hello to the New Vimeo on Vimeo Staff Blog. Design Thinking in Social Innovation ? Yes You Must !!!!!
Design thinking, which encourages consideration of a wide array of solutions, can be applied in the field, and used incrementally, is an important tool for social innovators. It approaches problem solving from the point of view of the end user and calls for developing a deep understanding of unmeet needs, thus avoiding the pitfall of imposing the wrong solution on a community. We have well-developed tools for tackling social issues based on thoughtful analysis and technological inventiveness, but there has been something missing from the toolbox.
We have not traditionally applied design thinking to this set of problems, yet design is a process especially suited to divergent thinking—the exploration of new choices and alternative solutions. Safepoint founder Marc Koska was seeking to reduce the transmission of blood-born diseases through the reuse of syringes. Design thinking is accessible as an approach to innovation in a way that technical R&D is not. And how exactly do you go about it? The iPod's Inventor Strikes Out On His Own, And Invents...A Thermostat?! | Co. Design. Tony Fadell invented the iPod. Okay, he didn’t do it singlehandedly--but the former Apple executive conceived it, got Apple on board, and then went on to shepherd the development of 18 (!) Generations of the company’s signature pre-iPhone product. In 2008 he left Apple and several years later founded a stealth startup called Nest Labs, which was revealed this year to be in the… thermostat business.
Wait, what? Yeah, you read that right. The Nest thermostat actually is iPod-like: The display and primary interaction are instantly intuitive and physically irresistible. As Fadell notes, the thermostat business was ripe for disruption, and a tantalizing business opportunity as well. So for users, the best thing about the Nest Learning Thermostat is under that gleaming case. [Nest is available for pre-orders today.] One Kings Lane. Design Ideas and Tech Concepts - Toxel.com. Packaging of the World: Creative Package Design Archive and Gallery.
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