Problem:  For a product or service inquiry, we often see the need to rapidly gather highly relevant feedback and informed opinions on a new concept. A similar problem is noted when a project team is identifying the opportunities for innovation and must conduct . . . → Read More: Hybrid Design Research Method: Roundtable Review]]> http://designdialogues.com/hybrid-design-research-method-roundtable-review/feed/ 0 http://designdialogues.com/the-persistent-persona/ http://designdialogues.com/the-persistent-persona/#comments Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:42:08 +0000 Designdialogues http://dialogicdesign.wordpress.com/?p=81 I have to admit not getting the fuss about personas. With a raft of new UX books out in recent years, including 2 books on personas in 2006 alone, I am always amused at the extent to which we (in UX, but also in design generally) believe we must re-invent everything. As if . . . → Read More: The persistent persona]]> http://designdialogues.com/the-persistent-persona/feed/ 6 http://designdialogues.com/semantics-of-innovation/ http://designdialogues.com/semantics-of-innovation/#comments Tue, 03 Jul 2007 18:40:13 +0000 Designdialogues http://dialogicdesign.wordpress.com/2007/07/03/semantics-of-innovation/ “That’s a great deal to make one word mean,” Alice said in a thoughtful tone. “When I make a word do a lot of work like that,” said Humpty Dumpty, “I always pay it extra.”

Lewis Carroll (1872) Through the Looking Glass

What twists and turns we put to the word “innovation .” We make . . . → Read More: Semantics of Innovation]]> http://designdialogues.com/semantics-of-innovation/feed/ 0 http://designdialogues.com/ideo-smart-space-a-transformation-of-what/ http://designdialogues.com/ideo-smart-space-a-transformation-of-what/#comments Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:27:32 +0000 Designdialogues http://dialogicdesign.wordpress.com/2007/02/25/ideo-smart-space-a-transformation-of-what/ IDEO’s Urban Pre-Planning

Can its “Smart Space” practice shake up the lumbering world of infrastructure, zoning, and public process? IDEO gets so much press on their approach to architectural projects – perhaps because its a relatively new space for design, and few other firms are taking it on in the . . . → Read More: IDEO Smart Space – A transformation of what?]]> http://designdialogues.com/ideo-smart-space-a-transformation-of-what/feed/ 1 http://designdialogues.com/architecture-as-social-research/ http://designdialogues.com/architecture-as-social-research/#comments Mon, 19 Feb 2007 21:56:48 +0000 Designdialogues http://dialogicdesign.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/architecture-as-social-research/ Critique of Pure Research: A new graduate program at London’s Goldsmiths College explores architecture as a tool of social and political practice.

Metropolis Magazine just keeps getting better – their editorial policy has strengthened their social focus with each issue.

The Centre for Research Architecture is as concerned with politics and human rights as . . . → Read More: Architecture as Social Research]]> http://designdialogues.com/architecture-as-social-research/feed/ 0