The idea: teach eighth graders how industrial designers work, and turn them loose to try the process for themselves by designing furniture for the classroom of the future. The kids astonished the designers, their teachers, and themselves, with their ability to grasp the concepts and the process, and brainstorm some truly innovative improvements on the neglec […]
"Instead of starting with technology and then adding a pretty 'skin' at the end of the process, find technical solutions to the problems real people have," he says. "Their satisfaction will ultimately govern whether or not your business succeed […]
Design is badly misunderstood to mean "making something look pretty." The modern designer is much more concerned with ensuring that the product or service meets fundamental needs. They make sure that things function well, and that they offer a great experience for the person. […]
But while companies have had some success divvying up simple jobs like categorizing products, harnessing the crowd for more complicated tasks has proved difficult. […]
Capturing an object in three dimensions needn't require the budget of Avatar. A new cell phone app developed by Microsoft researchers can be sufficient. […]
But if Joshua Moe and his team at the new digital media accelerator RootLevel Labs have their way, the entrepreneur and the executive will meet, collaborate and potentially create the next generation of Web-based software and mobile ... […]
From the President on down, everyone suddenly agrees that new businesses are the key to job creation. This view is the result of a failed bet by government that big business could save the economy. […]
